2019-06-01_Food_Heaven

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Striped

buttercream cake

gel food colouring

40g (1½oz) sprinkles

1 Set aside about 180g (6½oz) of the

buttercream. Divide the remaining

buttercream in half and tint one portion

the colour of your choice. Fit two piping

bags with round medium nozzles of the

same size (or plastic couplers). Fill one

with the plain buttercream and the other

with the tinted buttercream.

2 Star ting at the bot tom of the cake,

pipe a ring around the cake with the

plain buttercream by holding the piping

bag perpendicular to the side of the

cake. Moving up the side of the cake,

continue to pipe rings around the cake,

alternating the colours.

3 Smooth the sides of the cake with an

icing smoother to reveal the stripes.

Only smooth the cake one full rotation

at a time, cleaning the smoother

between each rotation. Fill in any gaps

with the coordinating colour of

buttercream and smooth again. The

more the cake is smoothed, the more

the stripes will blend together. Use an

offset spatula to clean the top edge of

the cake by pulling any excess frosting

gently toward the centre of the cake.

4 Fit a piping bag with a small star

nozzle. Tint the reserved buttercream

the colour of your choice, then fill the

piping bag. Pipe shell borders around

the bottom and top of the cake. Fill the

centre of the top of the cake with

the sprinkles.

Decorating steps

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