Macaron Spatter Cake

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• French Macaron cookie recipe
• Color Right™ concentrated food coloring*
• Pastel candy-coated chocolate eggs
• Creamy White Decorator Icing - 4 lb tub
• Favorite cake mix or recipe (6 cups batter needed)
• 16" disposable decorating bags
• Round decorating tip 2A (3 needed)
• Cookie sheet
• Parchment paper
• Cooling grid
• Food-safe gloves (optional)
• 5pc decorating brush set
• 12" disposable decorating bags
• 6"x 3" round cake pan
• 13" angled spatula
• Star decorating tip 1M

DIRECTIONS:

1. Prepare macaron batter following recipe instructions. Divide batter into thirds.
2. Using Color Right concentrated food coloring, tint one portion batter each blue, pink and green following color combinations provided.
3. Prepare three 16" decorating bags with tip 2A. Fill separately with blue, pink and green batter.
4. On cookie sheet prepared with parchment paper, pipe 40 (1 1/2") cookies in each color. Bake and cool following recipe instructions.
5. Arrange cooled macarons and candy-coated chocolate eggs on parchment paper. Using Brown concentrated food coloring and decorating brush, splatter macarons and candy eggs. If desired, food-safe gloves can be used to protect your hands for this step. Set aside to dry.
6. Prepare 12" decorating bag with tip 2A and creamy white buttercream. Pipe thin amount of buttercream on half of macarons; assemble sandwiches with remaining macarons.
7. Prepare cake mix following recipe instructions. Bake and cool two 6 in. cake layers. Trim one layer to 2" high. Level, fill and stack layers for 5" high cake. Ice smooth.
8. Lightly press macarons into side of cake, alternating colors. Prepare 12" decorating bag with tip 1M and creamy white icing. Pipe swirls around top of cake. Position candy-coated chocolate eggs, alternating colors, on top of swirls.

JOANN Hacks:

*Combine Color Right colors to get following colors shown:

• Blue - 2B + 1P
• Pink - 1P
• Green - 2B + 1Y