Kootek Rustic Woodland Cake Decorating Guide

Directions

Starting with the Base

1. I started by covering the cake in whipped cream, of course.

2. Then I used the spatula from the decorating kit to smooth it out and give the top a soft spiral texture. For the sides, I grabbed a pastry brush and added rough strokes to make it look like tree bark. It gave me the perfect tree stump base to build on.

Piping the Details

1. From there, I used several piping tips that are included in the kit:

2. Tip S18 – This is one of the Russian tips, and I used it to pipe large tufts of grass all around the bottom of the cake.

3. Tip K49 – A smaller grass tip, perfect for layering over the larger grass at the base and also for the mossy strands hanging down from the top. I just kind of let them fall naturally for a wild, overgrown look.

4. Tip K36 – I used this one to pipe the green side-shell border on top of the cake. It's simple but framed everything really nicely.

Mushrooms & Flowers

1. Next came one of my favorite parts, the mushrooms!

2. I used Tip K41 to pipe them directly onto the cake. I did the white stem first, then changed colors for the red tops. I added little dots on the mushrooms too, just to give that classic toadstool look.

3. Tip K47 – to pipe the white rosette flowers scattered throughout the cake.

4. Tip K43 – to add the small leaves around the flowers.

Final Touches

1. To finish it off, I sprinkled some tiny white nonpareils across the top and around the base. They looked like little forest pebbles or mushrooms popping through the moss. It was the perfect final detail.