Go, Diego, Go!
Go, Diego, Go! explorer-themed decorated cake, featuring soccer biscuits and sporty decorative elements, perfect for children's parties.
Ingredients
Go, Diego, Go! baking tray (made per mold)
1
buttercream frosting (made per recipe)
to taste
cookie dough (prepared and rolled out in advance, for making soccer-shaped cookies)
to taste
edible food coloring (Go, Diego, Go! color set (brown, black, blue, Diego skin tone), royal blue, leaf green, kelly green, lemon yellow, golden yellow, orange, terracotta)
to taste
soccer sugar art decorations (for decorating)
2 packs
colorful sprinkles (for decorating the background)
to taste
Wilton piping tips (for various decorations)
1, 3, 4, 6, 16, 233
Instructions
1
Make soccer cookies in advance
Prepare and roll out the dough, cut with a soccer-shaped cookie cutter. Bake and cool.
2
Prepare the cake
Bake and cool the cake. Use a knife to trim the vest, align the arms with the watch and straighten the other arm. Smooth the sides and background areas of the cake.
3
Outline facial features
Use the #3 piping tip to outline facial features, use the #4 piping tip to outline the rest of the cake. Fill and smooth with a finger dusted with cornstarch: mouth and tongue; decorations and shoe soles; chest patches; inside of pants legs and sleeves; eyes, irises and pupils.
4
Add highlights and cover
Use the #1 piping tip to add dotted highlights on the pupils. Use the #16 piping tip to cover the remaining parts of Diego.
5
Prepare soccer cookies
Smooth the soccer cookies. Use the #6 piping tip to outline and fill in stripes. Use the #3 piping tip to outline shoelaces. Glue the cookies to the cake with frosting.
6
Finish decoration
Use the #4 piping tip to outline hands and sleeves; use the #16 piping tip to fill in stars. Pipe a #233 star tip grass border. Place sugar art decorations. Sprinkle colorful sprinkles on the background.
