These stacked presents make a great cake for any holiday celebration. In this guide you will learn how to decorate this cake as well as make the large bow topper, gift tag, and white chocolate snowflakes.
To make this cake you will need...
1 large cake board
1 4 inch square cake divider
10 inch square cake
4 inch square cake
4-5 wooden dowels
gumpaste
white and red buttercream icing
white chocolate chips
1 tube of black premade icing (optional)
gingerbread man sugar decorations
tips #3(optional), #2 and #19 or 21
Directions
Step 1
A few days in advance, make the large tag, bow and white chocolate snowflakes.
To make the snowflakes, melt white chocolate chips in the microwave. Pour the melted white chocolate into a piping bag and using tip #2, slowly pipe snowflake shapes onto a cookie sheet covered in wax paper.
To make the tag, I made a template with plain white paper and cut the gumpaste accordingly. You can not see it in this picture but I also poked a hole in the tag and ran a ribbon through it.
Making the large bow is very similar to the directions in my small gumpaste bow tutorial. However, instead of 2 loops and a middle piece you will need approximately 16 loops. If you look at the picture you will notice that the loops on the bottom are long and skinny and as you move towards the top of the bow they get more rounded. Keep this in mind when you prepare them for drying.
***Decorator's Tip*** Once all of your loops are dry your bow is ready to be assembled. Use a 2 inch circle of gumpaste as the base of your bow. This will help hold it together.
Step 2
Place the 10 inch cake on the cake board and ice with white icing. I decided to then cover the cake in green sugar to give it a shimmery look.
Next, place 4 dowels cut to size evenly around the middle of the cake for support. (See the tutorial for help on this step)
Finally, put the 4 inch cake on the cake divider and ice with red icing. Then, place this cake in the center of the 10 inch cake.
***Decorator's Tip*** Because this is only a 2 tier cake you should not need any more dowels for support but, if you are traveling with this cake you may want to hammer a sharpened dowel down the center of the stacked cakes. This will prevent the top tier from falling off.
Step 3
Using tip #19 or 21 and white buttercream icing, pipe a shell boarder around the bottom of the red cake. Next, place the sugar gingerbread men around the red cake and the white chocolate snowflakes around the green cake. Scatter a few extra white chocolate snowflakes around the cake board. Finally, place the tag and large bow on the cake. If desired, you can write a message on the tag with the tube of black premade icing and tip #3.
***Decorator's Tip*** If you are traveling with this cake, you may want to wait to place the tag, bow and extra snowflakes on the cake.
To make this cake you will need...
1 large cake board
1 4 inch square cake divider
10 inch square cake
4 inch square cake
4-5 wooden dowels
gumpaste
white and red buttercream icing
white chocolate chips
1 tube of black premade icing (optional)
gingerbread man sugar decorations
tips #3(optional), #2 and #19 or 21
Directions
Step 1
A few days in advance, make the large tag, bow and white chocolate snowflakes.
To make the snowflakes, melt white chocolate chips in the microwave. Pour the melted white chocolate into a piping bag and using tip #2, slowly pipe snowflake shapes onto a cookie sheet covered in wax paper.
To make the tag, I made a template with plain white paper and cut the gumpaste accordingly. You can not see it in this picture but I also poked a hole in the tag and ran a ribbon through it.
Making the large bow is very similar to the directions in my small gumpaste bow tutorial. However, instead of 2 loops and a middle piece you will need approximately 16 loops. If you look at the picture you will notice that the loops on the bottom are long and skinny and as you move towards the top of the bow they get more rounded. Keep this in mind when you prepare them for drying.
***Decorator's Tip*** Once all of your loops are dry your bow is ready to be assembled. Use a 2 inch circle of gumpaste as the base of your bow. This will help hold it together.
Step 2
Place the 10 inch cake on the cake board and ice with white icing. I decided to then cover the cake in green sugar to give it a shimmery look.
Next, place 4 dowels cut to size evenly around the middle of the cake for support. (See the tutorial for help on this step)
Finally, put the 4 inch cake on the cake divider and ice with red icing. Then, place this cake in the center of the 10 inch cake.
***Decorator's Tip*** Because this is only a 2 tier cake you should not need any more dowels for support but, if you are traveling with this cake you may want to hammer a sharpened dowel down the center of the stacked cakes. This will prevent the top tier from falling off.
Step 3
Using tip #19 or 21 and white buttercream icing, pipe a shell boarder around the bottom of the red cake. Next, place the sugar gingerbread men around the red cake and the white chocolate snowflakes around the green cake. Scatter a few extra white chocolate snowflakes around the cake board. Finally, place the tag and large bow on the cake. If desired, you can write a message on the tag with the tube of black premade icing and tip #3.
***Decorator's Tip*** If you are traveling with this cake, you may want to wait to place the tag, bow and extra snowflakes on the cake.
