How to Make a Baseball Cap Cake
Make a baseball cap cake for a birthday party or team event. The main part of the hat is made up of cake. Use any flavor of cake and any type of mix. Use any type of icing, butter cream or royal. Butter cream needs refrigeration, so if the cake has to be outside for a long period, use royal icing. When icing the cake, put the icing in the refrigerator if it becomes sticky. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Dome 3-D pan
- Cake batter
- Cooking spray
- Cooling rack
- Cake board
- Cardboard
- Freezer paper
- Stapler
- Frosting
- Frosting dye
- Frosting bags
- Frosting tips
- Scissors
Instructions
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Make the cake batter. Preheat the oven to the settings stated in the recipe. Spray the dome pan. Pour the batter inside. Bake.
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Remove the baked cake. Let it sit for two minutes. Flip it over onto the cooling rack to remove the cake.
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Let the cake cool completely. Icing melts and sticks to the cake if the cake is warm.
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Cut out a brim shape from the piece of cardboard. Cover it with freezer paper and staple it.
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Cut the tip off one of the icing bags. Drop a star tip inside. Push the tip down with your finger. Fill the bag halfway with icing. Twist the top of the bag.
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Put one hand on the lower part of the bag and the other on the twist. Push the icing down. Put a large glob on the cake board. Gently move the cake onto the glob of icing. Repeat with the brim.
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Start at the bottom of the cake. Squeeze a small amount of icing. A star shape comes out of the tip. Make another star next to that one. Continue this until the entire cake is covered. Cover the brim the same way.
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Put half a cup of icing in a bowl. Add red icing dye. Mix.
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Cut the tip off another icing bag. Put a small piping tip in the bag. Fill with the red icing. Twist the top. Make lines around the hat from the top of the dome to the bottom, about five. Make a red blob at the top.
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Tips & Warnings
Use any team colors.
