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Sheet Cake Topiary

cake by Robert Ayres
photos by Stringer Photography


[essential elements]
Quarter-sheet cake
Buttercream icing
Sheet of paper
Round cutter
Pencil
Scissors
Rolled-fondant icing
Airbrush (or canned food-coloring spray)
Airbrush colors: yellow and gold
Parchment or pastry bags
Icing colors: brown, yellow, green, red, and black
Gram cracker or cookie crumbs
Tips: #1, #3, #4, #10, #16, #104, and #352

[preparation]
Ice a quarter-sheet cake smoothly with white buttercream. Form a half-ball of fondant about the size of a fist by flattening the ball on the work surface. Model the paste to take the shape of a flowerpot. Add a rim to the edge of the pot with a strip of fondant. Color the pot with an airbrush and brown coloring.

Robert Suggests: You can also use colored fondant instead of coloring white fondant with an airbrush.


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