Decorating the Blueberry Pie Decorated Cake can be a delightful and creative experience. From piping the ruffle border to crafting the lattice pattern and painting the blueberries, each step offers an opportunity for artistic expression. Plus, working with vibrant colors and intricate designs adds an element of fun and excitement to the decorating process. Whether you're an experienced baker or a novice decorator, this cake provides a fantastic canvas to let your imagination soar and create a masterpiece that's as fun to make as it is to eat.
Consider adding lorann blueberry flavoring to the chocolate drip on this cake for a little something extra.
Instructions
Prepare the Cake: Bake and cool a 7-inch cake of your choice. Once cooled, frost the cake with ivory buttercream and chill it in the refrigerator until the frosting is firm.
Create the Drips: Melt white candy coating and thin it with paramount crystals until it reaches a pourable consistency. Add navy, teal, and purple oil-based candy colors to achieve the desired color. Mix well and transfer the mixture into a tipless piping bag. Pipe drips down the edges of the chilled cake. Allow the drips to set.
Color the Buttercream: Deepen the color of the ivory buttercream by adding more ivory food color. Mix until the desired shade is achieved.
Pipe the Ruffle Border: Fit a piping bag with a petal tip #125, ensuring that the thinner portion of the tip faces outward. Pipe a ruffle border around the top edge of the cake, mimicking the crimped edge of a pie crust.
Pipe Blueberries: Color some buttercream with navy, teal, and regal purple to create a deep blue shade resembling blueberries. Fill a piping bag fitted with tip #12 with the blue buttercream. Randomly pipe small mounds of icing onto the cake to replicate blueberries. Allow the first layer to crust over before piping another layer. Continue piping blueberries until the entire top of the cake is covered. Pipe clusters of blueberries at the base of the cake as well. Allow the icing to crust over before proceeding.
Paint the Blueberries: Prepare an edible paint using True Blue sterling pearl dust and grain alcohol. Gently paint this mixture onto all the blueberries on the cake. Ensure that all the blueberries are evenly coated with the edible paint.
Pipe the Lattice Pattern: Use the same ivory buttercream and petal tip #125 to pipe a lattice pattern on top of the cake, resembling the lattice crust of a pie. Pipe lines of buttercream horizontally across the top of the cake, leaving small gaps between each line. Then, pipe lines of buttercream vertically across the cake, weaving them over and under the horizontal lines to create the lattice pattern.
Final Touches: Once the lattice pattern is complete, your Blueberry Pie Decorated Cake is ready to be served and enjoyed!
