| To Make the
Base for the Elephant
Place one 14"
round on your base board that has been covered with a non-toxic covering
such as the foil that Wilton sells. Ice the cake, which will be the
base for the elephant, with green buttercream. Using the leaf tip,
pipe leaves all around the base of the cake. Using a grass tip and
green buttercream, pipe the grass around the bottom and on the top of the
cake base. Use the rolled buttercream and flower cutters to create
the flowers. Place these around the cake top.
To
Make the Elephant
Cut one 10"
round cake in half and stand up both pieces on the top of the decorated
14" round cake. This will be the elephant's body. Insert plastic
straws or wooden dowels from the elephant's body to the 14" round, in an
"x" type crossing, for support. Cover the two parts with grey, rolled
buttercream. Make an indentation on the sides and at the front to
simulate the legs. Use white, rolled buttercream to hand mold the
toes at the bottom of the legs (see picture, above). Make the tail
of grey rolled buttercream and attach this to the back of the body using
water as glue.
For the head,
roll a round piece of grey rolled buttercream (same as body), and place
it on the body. Insert a plastic straw or a wooden dowel from the
head to the body for support. Roll two pieces (same size) of the
grey rolled buttercream into ears. Flatten one side of each of these
pieces. Place one to the left side of the head and one to the right
side of the head.
Roll a flute-type
piece of grey rolled buttercream and attached to the front for the trunk.
Take two rolled pieces of white rolled buttercream and make the marfils.
Then, with a wet brush, brush the attached pieces so the divisions where
the pieces were attached will not show.
Clarification:
I used a 14"
round for the base.
Then, the
10" cut in half was placed on the 14" parts. the 10" round was cut in half
and placed both halves together standing up on top of the 14" round that
was already iced in green for the "yard'. |
