Toucan Cake

• Roxstarbakes Cut out Sugar Cookie for the cookie
• Roxstarbakes Swiss Meringue Buttercream for the buttercream frosting
• Magnolia Bakery's Vanilla Birthday Cake and Frosting for the cake
• For the royal icing
• confectioners' sugar↗3 cups
• meringue powder2 tablespoons
• warm water1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Make sure to prepare all of your ingredients in advance! This includes five 6” vanilla cakes colored pink, a 2.5” round cookie cutter, buttercream in two colors, sprinkles, sugar cookie dough, royal icing in two colors, a wafer paper design, A4 paper for creating a template, toothpicks, angled pallet knife and an Exacto knife. I used Swiss meringue buttercream for this recipe for the entire cake.

2. 2

   You’ll want to create your cookie toppings so the royal icing has time to dry. Make your favorite shape cookies using my recommended sugar cookie recipe halved.

3. 3

   Prep four of your cakes by cutting out a hole in the center with the 2.5” round cookie cutter. Stack by frosting with buttercream in between each layer.

4. 4

   Once you’ve stacked the four cakes, fill with sprinkles. Pro tip: more sprinkles means more fun! Fill with quarter inch remaining.

5. 5

   Close the cake with the final layer and then crumb coat and frost your cake.

6. 6

   Print out your toucan or favorite shape on edible wafer paper. Use an Exacto knife to cut out the template. Pro tip: make sure your hands are completely dry and that the template is kept dry and out of light.

7. 7

   Refrigerate the cake. Pro tip: you’ll want a very, very cold cake for this step.

8. 8

   Print your favorite shapes on a A4 piece of paper. Cut out the shapes with an Exacto knife. Place the template pieces against a very, very cold cake. Take a tooth pick and trace the template piece. Fill the stencil with the second buttercream color. Once filled, swipe using an angled pallet knife from the outside towards the center.

9. 9

   Pro tip: place the toucan on last as warmth and too much moisture can make it curl.