Good Housecreeping Cake

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1 This old haunt is custom-built with Color Flow windows and doors, gingerbread roof panels and royal icing fences and turrets. What an adorably ghoulish baby shower cake this makes! For Basic White, Yellow Or Chocolate cake recipes visit: For Basic Buttercream, Chocolate Buttercream and Royal Icing recipes visit: For All The Tools You ll Need For This Cake Visit Our Wilton Store: 1

2 Ingredients: * Black Icing Color Easy-Add Black Icing Color * Orange Icing Color Easy-Add Orange Icing Color * Golden Yellow Icing Color Easy-Add Golden Yellow Icing Color * Violet Icing Color Easy-Add Violet Icing Color * Brown Icing Color Easy-Add Brown Icing Color * Leaf Green Icing Color Easy-Add Leaf Green Icing Color * White Candy Melts Easy-Add White Candy Melts * Garden Candy Color Set Easy-Add Garden Candy Color Set * Buttercream icing * Royal Icing * Color Flow Icing * Grandma's Gingerbread Recipe * Halloween FoodWriters Easy-Add Halloween FoodWriters * Violet Color Mist Food Color Spray Easy-Add Violet Color Mist Food Color Spray * Meringue Powder Easy-Add Meringue Powder * Color Flow Mix Easy-Add Color Flow Mix * 10-1 in. purple gumballs * shredded coconut Pattern: Small Window, Large Window, Small Shutters, Large Shutters, Roof Points, 2nd Floor Roof Brace,3rd Floor Roof Brace, Fence 3rd Floor, Roof Panel, Door, 1st Floor Roof Panel, 2nd Floor Roof Panel, 1st F Makes: Cake serves 88. Techniques Used: * Painting Details in Lollipop Molds * Color Flow Decorations Tools: * 6 x 2 in. Square Pan Easy-Add 6 x 2 in. Square Pan * 8 x 2 in. Square Pan Easy-Add 8 x 2 in. Square Pan 2

3 * 10 x 2 in. Square Pan Easy-Add 10 x 2 in. Square Pan * Tip: 2 Easy-Add Tip: 2 * Tip: 3 Easy-Add Tip: 3 * Tip: 4 Easy-Add Tip: 4 * Tip: 45 Easy-Add Tip: 45 * Tip: 47 Easy-Add Tip: 47 * Tip: 55 Easy-Add Tip: 55 * Tip: 57 Easy-Add Tip: 57 * Spooky Ghost Candy Mold Easy-Add Spooky Ghost Candy Mold * 2 sets 7 in. Grecian Pillars Easy-Add 7 in. Grecian Pillars * Decorator Preferred Square Separator Plates (7 and 13 inch needed) Easy-Add Decorator Preferred Square Separator Plates * Plastic Dowel Rods Easy-Add Plastic Dowel Rods * Cake Boards Easy-Add Cake Boards * Fanci-Foil Wrap Easy-Add Fanci-Foil Wrap * Decorating Comb Easy-Add Decorating Comb * Decorator Brush Set Easy-Add Decorator Brush Set * Parchment Triangles Easy-Add Parchment Triangles * 20 in. square x 1/2 in. thick plywood base * Plastic ruler * Plastic bag * Waxed paper Instructions: Step 1 At least 3 days in advance: Using Color Flow and patterns, outline with tip 2 and then flow in the following using a cut parchment bag: Make 20 small windows, 8 large windows, 2 doors, 20 sets of small shutters, 8 sets of large shutters. Let pieces set for 2 days, then outline detail on doors using tip 2 and full-strength Color Flow. Using royal icing and pattern, make the following tip 57 fence pieces: four 7 in. lengths, two 6 in. lengths and two 4 1/2 in. lengths. Pipe 30 tip 4 roof points. Using gingerbread and patterns, cut 2nd floor and 3rd floor roof panels and braces; 1st floor back, side and front roof panels and braces. Also cut four 4 1/2 in. squares. Bake all, then immediately re-measure and trim to correct sizes if needed. Step 2 A day in advance: Mold candy ghosts; refrigerate until firm and unmold. Tint portion of white candy black using candy color. Using a cut parchment 3

4 bag, pipe facial features. Draw FoodWriter spider webs and spiders on some windows. Draw lines on shutters. Pipe tip 55 royal icing windowpanes, then outline window frames with tip 57. Set aside. Cover tops of gingerbread roof panels with royal icing and comb swag lines using large-tooth side of decorating comb. Run a spatula along edges to remove excess icing. Let dry. Attach longest edges of braces to backs of roof panels, near top edge of panel; let dry. Thin royal icing and paint pillars. Let dry. Step 3 Bake and cool two 10 in. 2-layer tiers (that's 4 layers 2" high each, giving a finished height of 8"), one 8 in. 2-layer tier, and one 6 in. 2-layer tier; ice smooth in buttercream. Assemble and dowel rod the two 10 in. and the 6 in. 2-layer tiers on a same-size cake board. Comb sides of tiers with small-tooth side of Decorating Comb and spray with Color Mist. Dowel rod all tiers and prepare for stacked construction. Position 13 in. separator plate on top of 10 in. cake, feet facing up. Leave a 1 in. overhang at back, creating a larger overhang at front of the cake. Center 8 in. tier over 10 in. cake. It will rest on back feet of plate. Position 6 in. tier. Position 7 in. separator plate on top, feet facing down, pressing into cake. Step 4 Using royal icing, stack the four gingerbread squares together with icing between each square. Attach to top of cake at center of 7 in. separator plate. Position the cookie roof panels on the stacked squares and join the edges with icing. Outline edges with tip 47. Attach the roof panels to 2nd floor and 1st floor cakes, resting at an angle. Outline edges with tip 47. Step 5 Using buttercream icing, outline house corners using tip 45. Divide sides of 6 in. tier in half and sides of 8 in. tier in thirds. Pipe tip 47 stripe down sides at division marks. Attach small window in each section with dots of icing. Pipe tip 57 stripes along side of windows and attach small shutters. On 10 in. tier, attach doors, large windows and large shutters. Using tip 3, pipe shells and dot above doors; pipe fleur de lis and scrolls above large windows. Step 6 Attach roof points and gumballs to tops of pillars using royal icing. Ice base board smooth and imprint wood planks using edge of plastic ruler. Position pillars and secure with icing. Attach fence pieces with royal icing, placing two 41/2 in. lengths in front, one 7 in. and one 6 in. length on each side and 4

5 two 7 in. lengths on back. Tint coconut and place around house. Attach candy ghosts with royal icing. For Great Savings And Special Deals On All Wilton Products Please Check Out Our Wilton Affiliate Store: For more instructions and patterns visit: 5