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    Home » Recipes » Baby Showers

    Elephant and Wagon Cake with Buttercream Ruffles!- Video

    March 23, 2015 By Melissa Diamond 31 Comments

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    In this two part cake decorating video, you will learn to create an adorable cake topper of an elephant in a wagon, along with a fabulous ruffled buttercream technique!

    Whether you're interested in learning how to create the perfect topper for baby showers and young birthdays, OR how to pipe a unique vintage style buttercream ruffle, this video has something for everyone!

     

    Adorable Elephant and Wagon Cake Decorating video tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Featuring sweet elephant cake topper and buttercream ruffles! MyCakeSchool.com Online Cake Decorating Classes & Recipes!

     

    Part One:  Learn to create our cake topper!

    Part One:

    Part Two:  Learn to pipe a wonderfully unique ruffled buttercream cake & see how our cake comes together!

    Materials:

    For the topper:

    Rice cereal treat- we used a 22g. size

    Fondant with tylose powder kneaded into it (or gum paste)

    Templates for the sides of the wagon (optional)

    Small circle cutter for wheels (we used a large piping tip)

    Coloring Gel:  We used Americolor super black, Teal, Deep Pink, Electric Green

    Pink Petal Dust (optional) - Watermelon is the shade that we used

    Pearl Dust (ours was ultra super pearl)

    Americolor Black Coloring Pen (optional) for eyes

    Floral wire for balloons in a sturdy gage (20 gauge for example)

    Misc.: Sharp knife,

     

    Part Two:  Buttercream Effects

    Medium consistency buttercream/frosting

    Piping tip 70 (this is a leaf tip)

    Cake boards to boost the cake while piping (I used 4 stacked and wrapped 8" cardboards).  Optional, but I find that it helps to get a good angle as you make your way to the bottom of the tier.

    Sweet Elephant Baby Shower Cake Decorating Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com {Member Video}

     

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    1. victoria fordham March 2, 2016 at 3:18 pm

      Thank you Bebe ?

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    2. Pauline Leighton May 25, 2016 at 4:04 am

      Why is it that I can not view the elephant and wagon tutorial? Frustrated trying!

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    3. BeBe May 25, 2016 at 7:19 am

      Hi Pauline, We've had a few members lately with this issue. For all of them, it was a matter of updating the device that they are using to visit our site (whether iphone, computer, etc.) - Most likely, if you check your device to see if an update is available, there will be one. This should solve things for you but please let me know if you continue to have trouble!

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    4. Maria Flores January 21, 2019 at 9:36 am

      Hola de cuántas pulgadas, cada piso ?

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    5. Lorryn Wietecha March 31, 2019 at 12:58 pm

      I am new at this whole adventure! I am going to start making a cake or cupcakes every weekend and giving them away to my family/friends for the experience. I would love to make this shower cake or any shower cake for that matter; can the animals be made and frozen or stored ahead of time? Also what would you easiest shower cake be to make for a beginner? Is there a video for it? Thanks for all your help

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    6. Melissa Diamond April 1, 2019 at 12:57 am

      Hi Lorryn! Your family and friends are so lucky for all of the sweets that will be headed their way ;0) - Gum paste or fondant cake toppers can be made well in advance and just stored at room temperature in a dry place out of the sun (as the colors can fade). I like to store mine in a bakery box or something that can breathe a little. (We still have toppers from old videos that are over a year old!) ;0) -

      Some of the easiest in my opinion are the ones with fondant or gum paste cut-outs (for instance a stork or teddy bear, etc.). I also love the baby shoe cake toppers because they can easily be made using the provided templates and they look so cute on top of a cake! Here is the link to the shower cakes in our member section:
      https://www.mycakeschool.com/video-tutorials/themes/showers/#baby

      We also have some cute and easy baby shower cakes in our "free tutorial section" as well-- Here is a link!:
      https://www.mycakeschool.com/theme/showers-tutorials/baby-showers/

      I hope this helps!

      Reply
    7. c colsen February 11, 2023 at 12:25 pm

      could you please tell me the size of each tier in the elephant wagon and the number of layers in each ttier i am havintrouble with sound on my computer thank you

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