Santa Cake

by Laura Y. Gonzalez
(Schaumburg, IL)

To make this santa cake, I made a circle shape using the circle pans with white cake. I used fondant for his white face, nose, mouth, eyes and the red part of his hat. Then I used butter cream icing to create his hair and the ball at the end of his hat. I colored sugar with red food coloring.

Santa's hair is piped with a star tip (you can use #21 or #22) in a swirling motion to make it look like hair. It can be difficult to tint fondant a bright red. You can either use store-bought fondant red, or paint the fondant with a mixture of powdered red food coloring and vodka if you want to get a more intense color.