Bring the magic of winter to your dessert table with our charming Winter Penguin Cake! This delightful cake, featuring an adorable penguin design, is perfect for holiday gatherings, winter birthdays, or any festive occasion. With its smooth black and white fondant, bright orange beak and feet, and cute, expressive eyes, this cake is sure to be a hit.
Follow our step-by-step guide to create this whimsical masterpiece, and impress your guests with a cake that's as fun to make as it is to eat. Let's dive into the enchanting world of penguin cake decorating and create a treat that's full of winter wonder!
Ingredients
- 8" round cake
- black fondant
- orange fondant
- white fondant
- circle cutters
- piping gel
Instructions
Using a piece of paper, make a 5 1/4" oval shape. Add two 1 1/4" circle shapes, side-by-side to each other, to the top of the oval. This shape will be the pattern for the white part of the cake. See picture to see what finished pattern should resemble.
Lightly frost cake with buttercream and cover cake with black fondant. Use paper pattern to cut shape out of center of the cake with a sharp knife. Carefully pull cut black fondant off of cake. With the same pattern, cut white fondant to replace the black fondant. Brush white piece of fondant with piping gel then lay in empty space. Gently smooth edges of white fondant with finger. Using the black fondant and a pastry wheel, cut the penguin some wings and attach with piping gel. Using the orange fondant, cut feet and a beak. The beak will need to be dried before attaching to the cake so that it stands up. Use a small round cutter to cut the eyes from black fondant and attach to the cake with piping gel.
