How to Make a Motorcycle Birthday Cake
Bake a birthday cake for any motorcycle lover, whether he's 4 or 84, and it's bound to be a hit. This cake does not require construction skills, but it still makes a fitting showpiece for a motorcycle-themed birthday party. Start with a coloring book page and wax paper to have everyone thinking that you are a professional cake decorator. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 9-by-14 sheet cake, baked and cooled
- 2 16 oz. cans white cake icing
- Offset spatula
- Motorcycle coloring book image or outline
- Wax paper
- Permanent marker
- Toothpick
- 1 tube black decorator icing
- Food coloring
- Small bowls (1 per color)
- Artist's paint brushes (1 per bowl)
- 1 to 2 tbsps. milk (optional)
- Birthday candles
- Small toy motorcycle (optional)
Instructions
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Using the spatula, spread one can of white cake icing over the top and sides of a baked and cooled 9-by-14 sheet cake.
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Lay the motorcycle image on a flat working surface, and set the sheet of wax paper on top of the image.
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Trace the outline of the motorcycle on the wax paper with a permanent marker.
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Lay the wax paper on top of the iced cake, and trace the outline of the image with a toothpick to create a light impression of the motorcycle image in the cake icing.
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Remove the wax paper, and trace the outline of the motorcycle on the frosted cake with a tube of black decorator icing.
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Use the black decorator icing to write "Happy Birthday" on an open area of the cake.
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Evenly divide the remaining can of white cake frosting in two or three bowls.
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Add food coloring to each of the bowls, and stir into the frosting until you have the two or three colors.
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Use an artist's brush for each color to spread the colored icing in the outlined motorcycle as you would paint a picture. Dilute the icing in the bowls with 1 to 2 tbsps. milk if the icing is too thick to spread.
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Insert candles, and set an optional motorcycle toy on top of the cake before serving.
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Tips & Warnings
Look at cake supply stores for an offset spatula, which has an angled head designed for applying frosting to a cake. Use a regular spatula or even a butter spreader to frost the cake if you don't have an offset spatula.
References
Resources
- Photo Credit motorcycle image by Bionic Media from Fotolia.com
