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Make Your Own Enchanting (And Easy!) Unicorn Cake

MATERIALS AND TOOLS NEEDED:


Buttercream-covered cake


Wooden skewer


Caramel-colored, white, pastel and black


fondant


Gold edible paint


Pink buttercream


Rose piping tip (we used the 855 by Ateco)


Disposable piping bag


Large rose petal cutters


Fondant rolling pin


Edible glue


Paintbrushes


Candy, cookies, macarons, meringue kisses, etc


Sprinkles


Cake dummy


Cake smoother (optional) 

STEP 1: MAKE THE UNICORN HORN.


Let's begin by making the main feature for your unicorn cake: the horn! Insert a wooden skewer into a cake dummy, which will help you decide how tall to make the horn.  


Roll out a tapered rope of caramel-colored fondant.  


Twist the tapered rope around the wooden skewer until you reach the top.  


Next, you can paint your unicorn's horn gold! Of course, you can opt for another color like silver, pink or even a vibrant rainbow stripe.  

STEP 2: MAKE THE EARS


To make the ears, first roll out some white and pastel-tinted fondant (we did mint-green). Cut two large ears using large rose petal cutters from the white fondant. Then cut two smaller inner ears from the pastel-colored fondant.  


Use a veining tool to indent the centers of the ears. Pinch the tips before leaving to set on flower formers (or an egg crate).  

STEP 3: MAKE THE EYES


For the eyes, roll out two thin ropes of black fondant. Pinching each one in half and taper the ends to form V shapes. Set aside to firm up a little before adding to your cake.  

STEP 4: PIPE THE MANE


Fill up a piping bag fitted with a rose piping tip with buttercream.  


Around the edge and down one side of the cake, pipe simple buttercream rosettes. These will be part of your unicorn's mane. If you're adding things like cookies or macarons, remember to leave some space for them among the buttercream rosettes.  

STEP 5: ADD SOME SPRINKLES  


We used white sugar stars for a star-themed unicorn cake, but feel free to use rainbow confetti or whatever shapes and colors you'd like! You can even toss on a little edible glitter too.  

STEP 6: ADD THE HORN


Now you can add your horn! Push your wooden skewer and horn into the center of the cake.  


If you've given enough time for your horn to set, you can even simply buttercream it in place without the skewer.  

STEP 7: FINISH IT OFF


Now pile on the goodies! You can add swirly lollipops, edible glitter, various candy pieces, chocolate truffles, macarons or decorated cookies.   


We nestled star vanilla macarons with mint-colored buttercream and gold painted star cookies on top of ours.  

 
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