One of my goals when I signed up to do the Wilton classes was to be able to do 3D decorations with buttercream. It's great to be able to make edible decorations that actually taste nice, so you don't have to pick things out of your cake to be able to eat it.
For our last November class the project was to make a clown cake.
I made an orange flavoured sponge, and filled it with crushed pineapple. It was then covered with vanilla and almond buttercream before being brought to class on the Saturday afternoon.
To get the striped effect for the clown suits and the borders we painted the inside of the piping bag with colouring paste, and filled it with white buttercream.
The entire clown suit was piped using a medium size star tip (Wilton tip #16), and a bit of pressure. Then we piped some hands and feet, and a few buttons, before applying the heads .
The boarders were made using the left-over buttercream in the bag, to get the same striped effect. Add some balloons for the finishing touch, and the result is an awesome 3D clown cake perfect for any kids birthday.
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