[Sca-cooks] Cake pans

[johnna holloway]

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Another solution for a shield cake would be to do
the 24 by 18 or whatever size pan you have.

Once you know the size of the pan, cut a paper pattern
that will fit on the top of the cake. Leave a border
around the edge and do up the design of the birthday
Lord's coat of arms.

Then For the decoration--- either order or visit a store
that sells cake decorating supplies and buy
"Color Flow" Icing mix. You make the color flow
up in the appropriate heraldic colors.
Place the paper pattern under a sheet of plastic, like
transparency grade plastic or clear sheet protectors.
Or  use waxed paper. Tape it down so the sheets don't slide.
 Then begin by outlining all the design elements in black
color flow using a size 2 or 3 tip. Let that dry. Then you color
flow in the rest of the colors. It's also called run-out work.
If you can take a look at a cake decorating book, it should
show how to do it. Let the design dry on the plastic until hard.
Bake your cake and level it.
Place the cake on a cake board and then decorate
with white frosting for background. Then you carefully peel
the plastic from the back of the color flow design and place the
design on the cake. It's easier than attempting to ice a design
on the actual cake... (unless you are Martha S. or have her staff
of 30 kitchen people to do it for you.) We used to routinely
do very elaborate Celtic Design flat cakes using coloring books
for patterns with color flow fill-in work. 20 years or so ago.

Johnnae llyn Lewis   Johnna Holloway