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These are the cupcakes I made for my daughters birthday on June 28th. I also made the cupcake stand my self, I tried to follow the tutorial on cakejournal.com but I didn’t find the stuff to buy so I just made my own with different material, it didn’t come out as pretty as the one on the tutorial but it did the job.

  Father’s Day Tie Cake Tutorial

Father’s are very special people and we should show them everyday how much we care and do something special on Father’s Day. 

You will need:

1 Batch Buttercream Icing (click on the underlined)
1 Batch MM (Marshmallow) Fondant 101 (click on the underlined)
9”x 13” sheet pan (don’t use a Pyrex Glass casserole)

1 box Spice Cake Mix (preferably Duncan Hines)
1 ¼ cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, room temperature
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ Teaspoon ground nutmeg (fresh is best)

Instructions here

Dad’s cookout cake

Modeling candy
14 oz. bag of Wilton Candy Melts (sold at Michael’s, Wal-Mart and other craft stores)
1/3 cup light corn syrup
Candy or icing colors (food coloring)

Directions
Melt candy as directed on the package. Stir in corn syrup and mix only until blended. Shape mixture onto a 1-inch square of waxed paper and let set at room temperature until dry. Wrap well and store at room temperature until needed. Modeling candy handles best if hardened overnight.

To use: If you wish to tint candy, add candy, icing or food coloring. Knead a small portion at a time. If it gets too soft, set aside at room temperature or refrigerate briefly. Lasts for several weeks in a well-sealed container.

Rolling out: Sprinkle surface with corn starch to prevent sticking. Thickness of rolled-out candy should be approximately 1/8-inch. HINT: Secure pieces together with dots of buttercream icing, if necessary.

Details for the cake
Grates: With thinned Royal Icing, “paint” nine pieces of “spaghetti” size rounds gray. These can be piped right onto waxed paper and dried, then handled like clay to put on top of cake.

Hamburgers and hot dogs: Flatten rounds for hamburger and rolls for hot dogs. Indent and paint marks on hot dogs. Use a cut bag to flow thinned Royal Icing cheese over hamburgers. With leftover modeling candy clay, make a 1-inch wide rim piece, the circumference of the top of the grill.

Barbecue: Ice a two-layer cake smooth; top black, sides white. Position candy rim on edge of top. With toothpick, mark grill sides, 3 inches from top. Outline bottom of grill with decorating tip 8. Cover grill rim and sides with tip 16 stars. Use tip 3 to print a message, then overpipe it for shadowing (if desired).

Coals and grates: Place marshmallow “coals” and spaghetti “grates” on top. Edge top with a tip 6 outline.

Legs and ball feet on BBQ: Pipe tip 8 outline legs and ball feet. Add tip 233 grass at base of cake.

Hamburgers and Hot Dogs: Position them on top of grill. Pipe tip 70 spatula-striped leaf motion to lift and create “flames” between the grates.

Father’s Day Cake Ideas
by Mary Ann Ross and Kimberly Lainson

Want to do something different for Dad this Father’s Day? Why not make him one of these cool cakes?

Shirt cakes
Batter for a two-layer cake
2 cups creamy white frosting
Paste food coloring
Writing tip & decorating bag
Small gumdrops, sliced crosswise, or candy-coated milk chocolate pieces, fruit leather for executive tie, licorice ropes, shortbread cookie for the cowboy

Directions
Pour batter into a greased and floured 13×9x2 inch baking pan and bake according to recipe directions. Cool in pan on a cooling rack. Tint frosting with desired food coloring. Reserve 1/4 cup of the frosting and tint darker for piping. Spread lighter frosting on top surface of cake in pan. Make the collar by building up and shaping the frosting.

Use writing tip, decorating bag, and reserved dark frosting to outline the collar, shoulder seam, sleeves, pocket and center placket of shirt.

Oxford: For buttons, place gumdrop slices or candy-coated milk chocolate pieces on center placket, cuffs, and collar. If desired, serve cake in a shirt box lined with tissue paper.

Executive: Prepare Father’s Day shirt as above, except omit buttons and reserve and tint only 2 tablespoons of frosting a darker color; use to pipe outline on collar and shoulder seam only. Cut a tie shape from desired flavor(s) rolled fruit leather and place on cake.

Cowboy: Prepare Father’s Day shirt as above, except divide and tint frosting with paste food coloring as follows: tint 3/4 cup with a dark color, 2 tablespoons with a contrasting dark color, and the remaining with a lighter complimentary color. Spread the light-tinted frosting on top of cake. Form collar with about half of the 3/4 cup dark-tinted frosting. Spread remaining dark tinted frosting in 2-inch squares atop cake, making a checkered pattern. Pipe the 2 tablespoons contrasting frosting around collar and on shirt for yoke and center placket. For western tie, place a shortbread cookie at collar front and tuck ends of two 7 inch lengths of shoestring licorice under cookie.

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A cake for flag day, june 14th. You can also make it for Independence Day (4th of July).

Red, White and Blue Strawberry Shortcake 

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1 pint blueberries, rinsed and drained
• 2 pints fresh strawberries, rinsed and sliced

DIRECTIONS

1. Prepare cake according to package directions and bake in a 9×13 inch pan. Cool completely.
2. Frost cake with whipped topping. Place blueberries in a square in the corner, and arrange sliced strawberries as stripes to make an American flag. Chill until serving.