Barnyard Cake

This adorable cake was made using the House Cake Pan, cupcakes and frosting...

In advance, using roya icing and tips 1, 1A, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13 and 81, figure pipe barnyard animals (see how to make each one in this newsletter).

On waxed paper in royal icing pipe tip 16 zigzag upper door, measuring 1 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in. Cover with tip 16 red stars: add tip 17 diagonal line in white. Let dry. Peel off and attach in perpendicular fashion to two lollipop sticks with royal icing.

Bake and cool House cake and 3 cupcakes (cupcakes should be domed). With spatula, ice front of barn smooth with red. Mark 2 in. x 3 in. door and ice upper half black. Mark 1 1/2 in. x 1 1/4 in. window. Ice black. Pipe tip 17 white ines and tip 3 black lines. Pipe tip 2B band roof. Cover barn and lower door with tip 16 stars. Edge lower door and pipe criss-cross with tip 17 white lines. Insert royal icing upper door into cake. pipe tip 3 pull-out string hay in window using Golden Yellow/Lemon Yellow combination.

Stack three 13 in. x 19 in. boards and wrap with Fanci-Foil Wrap. Position barn and ice around it in Brown/Ivory combination royal icing. Imprint birthday message.

Decorate haystack cupcakes. Place cupcakes on boards. using Golden Yellow/Lemon Yellow combination buttercream, cover cakes with tip 233 pull-out string hay. For fence, on waxed paper, attach pretzel sticks together with royal icing. Arrange haystacks on board. Attach fence to cake sides and base with royal icing. Attach horse's head on door, chickens in window and on roof and other animals on cake board. with royal icing. Toast coconut by spreading on a cookie sheet and placing in a 300° oven for about 20 minutes. Sprinkle board with toasted coconut. Barn serves 12 and each haystack serves 1.

Sheep

Use white, black and rose. Pipe tip 12 body, tip 12 head, tip 5 muzzle, tip 1 dot facial features. For standing legs, pipe tip 5 on pretzel sticks. Let dry. Attach to sheep. Tuc tip into sides, pullout lying legs. Add tip 3 hooves, tip 13 zigzag fur.

Cornstalks (can be used on side of barn)

Use butercream icing and tip 352. Start just below where brown "ropes" will go, using medium pressure pipe elongated stalks to bottom edge of cake. Above "rope" area, add tip 352 pull-out stalks. Pipe tip 3 "ropes".

 

Scarecrow Cookies: Using round cookie cutters and a hat or upside down flower pot cookie cutter you can create these adorable cookies.

Pretzel Haystacks

These cute little haystacks can be made by dipping pretzels in frosting or use the shoestring potatoes.

 

Farm Animal Edible Sugar Decorations

Barnyard Scene Edible Cake Art Image

 

Shoofly Cake Recipe

Makes one 9 x 13 inch Cake

4 cups flour
2 cups light brown sugar
1/2 lb. vegetable shortening
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 cup dark corn syrup
1 tbsp baking soda
2 cups boiling water

Mix together the flour and the sugar, then cut in the shortening to make crumbs, like a pastry. Reserve 1 cup of these crumbs to use on top fo the cake. Add the ground cinnamon to the remaining crumbs and then stir in the syrup.

Dissolve the baking soda in a little of the boiling water and slowly add it, with the rest of the boiling water, to the crumbs-and-syrup mixture.

pour the mixture into a buttered and floured baking pan and sprinkle the reserved crumbs over the top. Bake in a preheated 375° oven for 45 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.

 

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Horse's Head

Pipe tip 12 head on wax paper. Add tip 81 ears, tip 1 features and mane. Dry, attach to barn door.

Pigs

Use tips 2, 6, 12, 81. With tip 12, hold bag at 90 angle to cake board. Start at rear, squeezing with medium pressure, move hand forward to form body. With heavy pressure, allow head to build up. When desired size is reached, stop add pull out legs. Score feet with a toothpick. Pipe tip 6 snouts, tip 81 ears (pull tip out slightly), and tip 2 e-motion tail. Add tip 2 dot eyes, nostrils and outline mouth.

Stand Up Pig

To pipe leggs on standing pig, pipe 4 - tip 12 mounds. Dry and attach to pig.

Chicken/Hen

In nest or on wax paper -- use tips 1 and 6. With tip 6 hold bag at 90° angle, and using medium pressure, let body build up. Relax pressure as you pull bag toward tail.

Add tip 6 dot head and pull-out bead wings. Pipe beaks and wings, combs, tail feathers and dot eyes with tip 1. To add feet pipe tip 1 "Vs" with pull-out stars in orange for legs. Attach bodies.

Cows

Pipe tip 1A body, tip 8 legs and tip 3 tail. Separately on waxed paper, pipe tip 1A head with tip 12 muzzle, tip 1 features, tip 3 ears and mouth. Let dry. Attach head to body. Pipe tip 2 spots and pat smooth.

Chicks

For chicks, use tip 2 to pipe bodies and heads and follow procedure for Chickens/Hens. Trim with tip 1 eyes, beaks and wings.

 

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Some photos courtesy of Great American Home Baking Collection 1-800-683-8115 and also some photos courtesy of Wilton