Birthday Cakes

Birthday Bouquets

1 Frost 12 to 18 cupcakes with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix, saving 1½ cups for Decorator Icing (p. 9).

2 Tint ½ cup icing pink. Make rose (p. 10) in center of each cupcake.

3 Tint ⅓ cup icing light blue. Make rosettes with #96 flower tip.

4 Tint 3 tbsp. icing light green. Add leaves with #68 leaf tip.

5 Make border around edge with #28 star tip and rest of white icing.

Flower Garden Cake

1 Frost cake with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix, saving 1½ cups for Decorator Icing (p. 9).

2 Tint ½ cup icing yellow. Use ½ cup white. Cover cake with shaded pansies (p. 11) by putting icings into cone side by side (yellow on side of narrow end of tip).

3 Tint ⅓ cup icing green. Make trellis around side of cake using #4 writing tip. Add a few leaves with #68 leaf tip.

4 Make rosettes with #96 flower tip and rest of white icing.

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Happy Birthday Cake

1 Frost cake with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix, saving 1 cup for Decorator Icing (p. 9).

2 Tint the 1 cup icing pink.

3 With about ⅓ icing write Happy Birthday on top of cake using #4 writing tip.

4 Make a scallop border around top and bottom edges using #28 star tip.

5 Use same tip to make stars around edge of plate (at least 2″ away from cake) for each candle. Connect with scallops.

Circus Cake

1 Frost cake with Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Frosting.

2 Divide Betty Crocker Peanut Creme Frosting into 4 parts; tint red, yellow, green, and blue. Make ring and animal stands around top of cake using #28 star tip and yellow frosting.

3 Use animal crackers for animals, straws for uprights of 11″ paper canopy, and a candy stick for center.

4 Decorate sides of cake with other circus attractions using #4 writing tip and #28 star tip with the frostings.

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