SPECIAL OCCASION CAKES : Page 303
Place crib end on waxed paper. Fill cone with thinneddown royal icing, spreading it lightly over sides of tworectangle pieces. Attach and insert 2nd crib end. Toform base, run icing along 4 sides of 3rd rectangle pieceand place it against bottom of crib. Set on warm oven1 hour to dry before decorating.Pipe swans on both sides of crib with pastel royal icing as trimming.
EASTER CAKE
The flower pot and flowers may be made up in advance,by using ROYAL ICING and working on wax paper.After drying for 12 hours, flowers may be lifted fromthe paper and placed on the cake.When working directly on the cake, draw an outlineor cut a stencil of a flower pot. Fill-in, as illustratedusing a No. 16 TUBE on a cone filled with yellow icing.After stems are drawn with a No. 4 TUBE, flowers aremade in the following manner: