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December Holidays
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HAPPY HOLLY-DAY CAKE
Fluffy, snowy white cake punctuated with beautiful fondant holly and berries. A breathtaking centerpiece for your holiday dessert table.
Tools:
- Checkerboard Cake Pan
- Holiday Mini Metal Cookie Cutter Set
- Brush Set
- 10-Pc. Fondant/Gum Paste Tool Set
- Wave Flower Former
- Fondant Shaping Foam Set
- Cake Dividing Set
- Perfect Height™ Rolling Pin
- Roll & Cut Mat
Ingredients:
- Kelly Green Icing Color
- Red-Red Icing Color
- Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant
- Gum-Tex™
- Leaf Green Pearl Dust™
- Buttercream icing
- cornstarch
Makes: Cake serves 20.
SKATIN' ST. NICK CAKE
Look what Santa does in his spare time! Our detailed fondant character goes out for a spin on a smooth fondant-covered cake. Tools:
- Petal Pan Set (9 in. pan used)
- Brush Set
- Rolling Pin
- Roll & Cut Mat
- Cutter/Embosser
- Easy-Glide Fondant Smoother
- Cake Boards
- Fanci-Foil Wrap
- 8 in. Lollipop Sticks
- 9 Pc. Holiday Cutter Set
- Tree Stencil-A-Cookie Cutter & Stencil Set
- Tapered Spatula
Ingredients:
Makes: Cake serves 14.
DAPPER DUDE CAKE
Remember building your first real snowman? Now it’s time to make a holiday cake to commemorate that event! Our Dapper Dude Snowman cake sports a traditional broomstick, top hat, pipe and carrot nose—all edible and enjoyable! Tools:
- Stand-Up Cuddly Bear Pan Set
- Tip: 3
- Tip: 8
- Tip: 12
- Tip: 17
- Brush Set
- Rolling Pin
- Roll & Cut Mat
- 4 in. Lollipop Sticks
- Cake Board
- Fanci-Foil Wrap
- Scissors
- Freezer paper
Ingredients:
- Black Icing Color
- 24 ounces Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant
- Ready-To-Use Rolled Fondant Primary Colors Multi Pack
- Gum-Tex™
- clear vanilla extract
- Buttercream icing
- Thinned Fondant Adhesive
- coconut marshmallows, toasted
- Pretzel rods
- cornstarch
Makes: Cake serves 12.
Remember building your first real snowman? Now it’s time to make a holiday cake to commemorate that event! Our Dapper Dude Snowman cake sports a traditional broomstick, top hat, pipe and carrot nose—all edible and enjoyable! Tools:
- Stand-Up Cuddly Bear Pan Set
- Tip: 3
- Tip: 8
- Tip: 12
- Tip: 17
- Brush Set
- Rolling Pin
- Roll & Cut Mat
- 4 in. Lollipop Sticks
- Cake Board
- Fanci-Foil Wrap
- Scissors
- Freezer paper
Ingredients:
- Black Icing Color
- 24 ounces Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant
- Ready-To-Use Rolled Fondant Primary Colors Multi Pack
- Gum-Tex™
- clear vanilla extract
- Buttercream icing
- Thinned Fondant Adhesive
- coconut marshmallows, toasted
- Pretzel rods
- cornstarch
Tools:
- Stand-Up Cuddly Bear Pan Set
- Tip: 3
- Tip: 8
- Tip: 12
- Tip: 17
- Brush Set
- Rolling Pin
- Roll & Cut Mat
- 4 in. Lollipop Sticks
- Cake Board
- Fanci-Foil Wrap
- Scissors
- Freezer paper
Ingredients:
- Black Icing Color
- 24 ounces Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant
- Ready-To-Use Rolled Fondant Primary Colors Multi Pack
- Gum-Tex™
- clear vanilla extract
- Buttercream icing
- Thinned Fondant Adhesive
- coconut marshmallows, toasted
- Pretzel rods
- cornstarch
Makes: Cake serves 12.
HAPPY TO HELP SANTA CAKE
This Christmas Elf is sure to make your family smile! Teddy Bear shaped cake is transformed using shaped cookies to build the hat, mittens and shoes.
Source: 2009 Yearbook
Pattern: Happy to Help Santa - Elf Hat, Elf Shoe
Tools:
- Teddy Bear Pan
- 18 pc. Holiday Metal Cutter Set
- Cookie Sheet
- Cooling Grid
- Tip: 3
- Tip: 5
- Tip: 12
- Tip: 16
- Tip: 21
- Tip: 366
- Cake Boards
- Fanci-Foil Wrap
- Spatula
- Toothpick
- Knife
Ingredients:
- Kelly Green Icing Color
- Christmas Red Icing Color
- Black Icing Color
- Lemon Yellow Icing Color
- Golden Yellow Icing Color
- Brown Icing Color
- Copper Icing Color (for skin tone shown)
- Buttercream icing
- Roll-Out Cookie Dough
- cornstarch
Makes: Cake serves 12. Each cookie serves 1.
HE'S SNOW MUCH FUN CAKE
Four stacked cakes make this snowman a real crowd-pleaser! He’s covered with snow-white fondant and dressed for cold weather with a fondant hat and scarf.
Pattern: Large, Small Poinsettia
Tools:
- 6 x 2 in. Round Pan
- 8 x 2 in. Round Pan
- 10 x 3 in. Round Pan
- 12 x 3 in. Round Pan
- Tip: 1A
- Tip: 12
- Decorator Preferred® Heating Core
- Cake Board
- Fanci-Foil Wrap
- Plastic Dowel Rods
- Decorator Brush Set
- 4 in. Lollipop Sticks
- Craft knife
Ingredients:
- Kelly Green Icing Color
- Black Icing Color
- Christmas Red Icing Color
- Orange Icing Color
- Lemon Yellow Icing Color
- Buttercream icing
- 144 ounces Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant
- 48 ounces Chocolate fondant
Makes: Cake serves 58.
HOLLY JOLLY CUPCAKES
Holly Jolly cupcakes are topped by holly-shaped cookies and candy-coated chocolate berries. Their bright green and red colors will really stand out when you ice your cupcakes with Snow White Buttercream icing! Tools:
- Standard muffin pan
- Holiday Mini Metal Cutter Set (holly leaf used)
- Gingerbread Boy Standard Baking Cups or other holiday baking cups
- Rolling Pin
- Cooling Grid
- Spatula
Ingredients:
- Kelly Green Icing Color
- Green Colored Sugar
- Roll-Out Cookie Dough
- Buttercream icing
- Candy-coated chocolate dots red
Makes: Each cupcake serves 1.
WHITE CHRISTMAS COOKIE TREE
Bake star cookies using roll out cookie dough and the Christmas Cookie Tree Cutter Kit. Ice and decorate with quick pour icing and you have made a magnificent cookie tree for the holidays. Top the tree with a ribbon bow!
Tools:
- Christmas Cookie Tree Kit
- 1/4 in. wide ribbon
Ingredients:
- 20 baked star cookies (2 of each size) made from Large Batch Roll-Out Cookie Dough
Makes: 1 Cookie tree.
HATS OFF TO THE HOLIDAYS MINI CAKES
Single-serve cakes say Hats Off to the Holidays! Each one can be decorated differently using pre-tinted fondant from the Neon Colors and Primary Colors Multi Packs. Tools:
- Mini Wonder Mold Pan
- Brush Set
- Roll & Cut Mat
- Perfect Height™ Rolling Pin
- Easy-Glide Fondant Smoother
- Cutter/Embosser
- Confectionery Tool Set
- Round Cut-Outs™
- 6 in. Cake Circles
- Fanci-Foil Wrap
Ingredients:
- 24 ounces Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant
- 2 pkgs Ready-To-Use Rolled Fondant Primary Colors Multi Pack
- Ready-To-Use Rolled Fondant Neon Colors Multi Pack
- Sky Blue Icing Color
- Buttercream icing
Makes: Each cake serves 1.
GIANT CUPCAKE CAKE
It’s a snowcapped mountain of a cake…over 7 in. tall. Dimensions cake pan bakes the shape right in. You just stack the halves and add the icing and fondant trims. Tools:
Ingredients:
- Kelly Green Icing Color
- Red-Red Icing Color
- White Sparkling Sugar
- 24 ounces Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant
- Buttercream icing
Makes: Cake serves 12.
JOLLY GINGERBREAD MEN COOKIES
It’s years later and the classic holiday “boy” has turned into a Jolly Gingerbread Guy! Here he’s dressed for a party with bow tie, buttons and spats you pipe on using royal icing. Tools:
- 9-Pc. Colorful Holiday Cutter Set
- Tip: 2
- Tip: 3
- Disposable Decorating Bags
- Cookie Sheet
- Cooling Grid
- Cake Board
- Waxed paper
Ingredients:
Tools:
- 9-Pc. Colorful Holiday Cutter Set
- Tip: 2
- Tip: 3
- Disposable Decorating Bags
- Cookie Sheet
- Cooling Grid
- Cake Board
- Waxed paper
Ingredients:
Makes: Each cookie serves 1.
A WINTER DELIGHT CAKE
Cool shades of blue and cute globe snowmen will make this cake a hit from the first snowfall to the last! The fondant ornament hung on top adds the finishing touch.
Source: 2007 Yearbook
Tools:
- 6 x 2 in. Round Pan
- 10 x 2 in. Round Pan
- Tip: 1
- Tip: 7
- Brush Set
- Rolling Pin
- Roll & Cut Mat
- Cutter/Embosser
- Disposable Decorating Bags
- 2 in. Globe Tier Set
- 2 1/2 in. Globe Tier Set
- 8 in. Decorator Preferred® Smooth Edge Plate
- Snowflakes Nesting Metal Cutter Set
- Holiday Mini Metal Cutter Set
- 12 in. Round Silver Cake Base
- Cake Dividing Set
- Flower Spikes
- Fanci-Foil Wrap
- Cake Boards
- 1/8 in. wide white satin ribbon
- Waxed paper
- Wire Cutters
- 18 gauge white wire
- Craft block
- Serrated knife
- Ruler
- Scissors
Ingredients:
- Kelly Green Icing Color
- Leaf Green Icing Color
- Lemon Yellow Icing Color
- Royal Blue Icing Color
- Violet Icing Color
- Black Icing Color
- Rose Icing Color
- Orange Icing Color
- Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant
- Meringue Powder
- Buttercream icing
- Royal Icing
- cornstarch
Makes: 40 cake servings.
THE CHRISTMAS COUPLE COOKIES
THE couple that makes the season bright. Invite these sweethearts to your holiday party and watch the fun begin. Santa and Mrs. Claus are cut from Roll-Out Cookie Dough and decorated with quick-drying royal icing. Tools:
- 9-Pc. Colorful Holiday Cutter Set
- Tip: 2
- Tip: 3
- Tip: 4
- Disposable Decorating Bags
- Cookie Sheet
- Cooling Grid
- Cake Board
- Waxed paper
Ingredients:
Makes: Each cookie serves 1.
GIFTS GALORE CAKE
Beautiful pastel fondant gifts shimmer on a two-tiered cake towering with excitement. It’s a dessert and a delicious gift, all in one.
Source: Website Exclusive
Pattern: Gifts Galore Cake - Present
Tools:
- 6 x 2 in. Square Pan
- 8 x 2 in. Square Pan
- Tip: 2A
- Brush Set
- Perfect Height™ Rolling Pin
- Roll & Cut Mat
- 6 in. Lollipop Sticks
- Fanci-Foil Wrap
- Oval Cut-Outs™
Ingredients:
- Teal Icing Color
- Rose Icing Color
- Leaf Green Icing Color
- Lemon Yellow Icing Color
- Violet Icing Color
- 102 ounces Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant
- Gum-Tex™
- White Pearl Dust™
- White Cake Sparkles™
- Piping Gel
- White Candy Melts®
- Buttercream icing
Makes: Cake serves 32.