Wizard of Oz Themed Cake

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I made this cake for the daughter of a family friend.  It was so much fun to make and with a little bit of carving confidence, you can make it too!

Not feeling confident enough to make the gumpaste shoes? Make decorating this cake even easier by purchasing gumpaste ruby slippers from Piece of Cake Decorating!  We sell edible images for your sugar plaque too!

You will need...

2 1/2 sheet cakes (each 2 inches tall)
large cake board
yellow, red and green buttercream icing
gumpaste ruby slippers (click to view my Ruby Slipper Tutorial)
Emerald City icing plaque (click to view my Icing Plaque Tutorial)
tips #3 and #233
toothpicks
any straight edge


Directions:


Step 1

A few days in advance make your gumpaste shoes and Emerald City sugar plaque.  If you decide to purchase these items, make sure to plan ahead.



Step 2

Level, tort and fill your cakes.  Stack the cakes on your cake board and cut the cake to look like a winding path.

 

***Decorator's Tip*** Here I have carved the cake freehand but if you feel a little uneasy about this then you can make a template out of large paper or a 1/2 sheet cake, cardboard divider.

Step 3

Ice your cake with yellow buttercream icing. 

***Decorator's Tip*** To make the icing look smooth I used the Viva Paper Towel Method after the icing crusted.

Step 4

Using a straight edge, make evenly spaced, horizontal lines on top of the cake.

Then, using a toothpick, draw staggered vertical lines to create bricks.

Step 5

Using green buttercream icing and tip #233, pipe grass around the bottom edge of your cake.  Then with red buttercream icing and tip # 3, pipe your message.

Step 6

Place your Emerald City plaque and gumpaste ruby slippers on the cake.

For another version of this cake visit http://sugaredblog.blogspot.com.

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