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don't let a December birthday get
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swallowed by Christmas or Hanukah or New
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Year's with these December birthday cake
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ideas of course you can ignore the
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December holidays completely and make a
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standard birthday cake with piped Swirls
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and cheerful sprinkles but you're not
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watching this video for an obvious idea
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like that if you want to incorporate
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elements of December in a birthday cake
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you'll prefer these next ideas zodiac
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cakes are really trendy with catchy
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messages combined with the Vintage or
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lambath style of excessive piping using
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different colors and different piping
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tips to create elaborate designs the
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link to my tutorial on Vintage cakes is
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in the top of the screen and in the
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video description check the zodiac
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calendar because December birthdays
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could be either Sagittarius or Capricorn
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turn the birthday date into a joke with
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this funny message using a small round
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piping tip to pipe thin lines for the
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letters here are some tips for piping
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messages use a toothpick to scrape off
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any lines you don't like which works
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best if you chill the cake before piping
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the message so the frosting is firm and
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you won't damage it when you scrape the
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message off if you pipe a whole word you
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don't like it's quicker to use a cake
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comb to scrape and lift off all of those
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letters to fit a word into a gap or
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space start with the middle letter and
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work your way out to center it and to
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make sure you can fit all of the letters
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in leave piping borders until the end
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because piping a message is much easier
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when you don't have to worry about
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knocking any piped borders with your
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hands December birthday cake idea number
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four blend Christmas with birthday Vibes
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with this fun colorful design by piping
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zigzags with a petal tip like a number
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104 holding the wide part of the tip
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against the cake with the pointed side
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facing outwards it's quickest to pipe
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all of the Trees of one color first but
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then switch the piping tip to another
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Piping Bag with the next color to pipe
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all of those trees to get away from the
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traditional Christmas feel incorporate
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colors like blue and pink to make this
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much more festive add sprinkles to make
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it even more celebratory attaching them
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now while the buttercream trees are
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still soft and sticky for a low effort
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cake that still delivers all of the
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flavor bake your cake in an ovenproof
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dish and after it cools decorate it
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right there in the dish you can pipe the
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frosting on or spread it and smooth it
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or combine both make a calendar showing
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that this birthday is an important date
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even though Christmas decorations have
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been everywhere since September and this
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tray bake cake will be just as
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effortless to serve as it was to make
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focus on winter with a buttercream
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carving where you cover a cake with a
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crumb coat and then another layer of
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frosting let it chill and set in the
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fridge for at least an hour and then add
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another color on top or several colors
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like with this watercolor style I teach
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watercolor frosting in my free online
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course 10 frosting techniques which
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you'll find on British gal bak.rr.com
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a specialized tool like this clay
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modeling tool you can buy on Amazon or
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you can use a tool you probably already
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have a petal-shaped piping tip dipping
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the metal into warm water before carving
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will give you the neatest results but
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make sure you dry it off before you use
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it because dripping water onto the cake
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can make the colors run December
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birthday cake idea number seven use
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seasonal ingredients in your cake for
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example eggnog like in this cake with
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decadent eggnog filling and frosting and
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the recipe for this is on British gal
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bakes Com or Blitz some peppermints and
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add them to cream cheese buttercream for
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a delicious filling between cake layers
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make a December figure cake like a
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gingerbread man or snowman or reindeer
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this is my best chocolate buttercream
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for frosting the cake and also covering
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up two halves of an Oreo cookie with a
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toothpick stuck in the middle of each
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half the antlers are made out of melted
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chocolate piped through a Ziploc bag
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with a hole cut off the corner use a
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wooden skewer so that after they set you
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can poke them into the cake the face is
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r really easy to do with shapes cut out
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of parchment or wax paper and I'm using
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a petal piping tip to carve out a smile
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add white details to the eyes with plain
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white buttercream in a Piping Bag with a
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medium round piping tip or use a Ziploc
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bag with a corner cut off pipe some more
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chocolate buttercream for fur and to
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make this more of a birthday cake you
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could add a party hat number nine
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embrace the season with a cake version
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of a gingerbread house admittedly this
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has nothing to do with birthdays but I'm
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sure your time and effort will be
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appreciated from carving the cake to
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frosting and decorating it and if the
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person loves cake then I'm sure they
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won't mind what shape it is for a New
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Year's Eve birthday make this fun party
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llama birthday cake learn how to make
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this design and hundreds more on my
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online cake school on British gal
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Day cake ideas are your favorite thanks