Description
Transform a standard round cake into a dazzling unicorn cake complete with a pastel mane, golden horn, and whimsical details. This fun project is beginner-friendly and quick, perfect for busy moms looking for a festive dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- One 10‑inch round cake (pre-baked and cooled)
- 1 cup pastel-colored icing (pink, yellow, or blue)
- 1½ cups white icing
- ¼ cup gold-colored or yellow icing (for the horn)
- 2 tablespoons black icing (for eye and smile)
- Offset spatula or butter knife
- Piping bags with star piping tips
Instructions
- Bake and cool a 10‑inch round cake using your preferred mix or recipe.
- Place the cooled cake on a flat surface, then cut a wedge from one side to form the ear and horn shapes.
- Arrange the cake on a serving platter, positioning the horn and ear pieces for the unicorn shape.
- Frost the entire cake with white icing using an offset spatula.
- Pipe gold or yellow icing onto the horn piece for the spiral effect, and add pink frosting on the ear.
- Fill piping bags with pastel icing (pink, blue, etc.) fitted with star tips; create a swirled mane along one side of the cake.
- Add final details with black icing, forming the eye, smile, and nostril.
Notes
- Allow the cake to cool completely before cutting to avoid excessive crumbs.
- If your frosting is too soft, refrigerate briefly.
- Have fun experimenting with colors and decorations for endless unicorn birthday cake ideas.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking, Decorating
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/12 of the cake
- Calories: 420 kcal
- Sugar: 38 g
- Sodium: 270 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 66 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
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