How I created this galaxy unicorn cake

– Start by making the horn and ears so they can dry – I used black modeling chocolate as a base – I like the dark base under the gold for depth.

– I used 2 cone shapes twisted over a skewer to create the horn and 2 sizes of extra large rose petals around skewers to create the ears

– The dark and beautiful colors of the galaxy were the inspiration here, so for the fondant base we mixed black and navy

– To create the colors of the “clouds” and stars of the far away galaxy’s we mixed white food coloring mixed with the bright shades of fuchsia, turquoise, blue and violet we were using in all the party decorations and food

– Using a natural sponge I created the “clouds” and stars by dabbing the colors all around the cake (leaving room for the eyes and cheeks.)

– Then I used the straight gel colors to create a darker layer over the brighter colors to create depth

– Then I colored a large batch of buttercream with the same fuchsia, turquoise, blue and violet colors.  I used 1B large closed star tips for the rosette main, then various smaller star tips (open, closed and french) to add all the smaller rosettes and stars along the mane.

– Then add the horn and ears to the cake

– Roll out a fondant snake, tapering both ends, for the eyelashes – then cut 2 small tapered pieces for the extra eyelash – and add them to the fondant and paint them gold

To make this unicorn cake you’ll need

• 6 seven inch cake layers
• chocolate ganache
• navy fondant
• Black fondant
• fondant smoothers
• black modeling chocolate (optional) recipe here
• skewers
• super gold luster dust
• paint brush
• white food coloring
• fuchsia, turquoise, navy and violet gel food colorings
• natural sea Sponge
• buttercream recipe
• 1B tip
• various smaller star piping tips
• piping bags

Galaxy Unicorn Birthday Cake Decorating Tutorial

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