Split and fill
the cake with butter icing. Place on the cake board
and brush with apricot jam. Cover with a thin layer
of marzipan then with white sugar-paste icing. Mark
the position of the features. Pipe stars around the
base of the cake with some royal icing, placing
silver balls as you work, and leave to dry
overnight.
Make a template
for the face and features. Tint half the remaining
sugar-paste icing pink and cut out the face base. Tint
and cut out all the features, rolling a sausage to
make the mouth. Cut thin strands for the hair. Stick
all the features and hair in place with a little
water.
Tint the
remaining sugar-paste icing green. Cut three strips
4cm wide. Give each a scalloped edge and
stretch by rolling a cocktail stick along it to make
the frill. Stick on with water and arrange the
frills, holding them in place with cotton wool until
dry. Place the candles at the top of the head.
Children's Cakes
Recipes - Clown Face Cake Recipe
