Celebrate our planet on Earth Day.
Earth Day is a day for environmental awareness that takes place on April 22 every year. The holiday is a time to celebrate the beauty of our earth by taking the time to learn about how we can protect it. Bake a cake celebrating elements of the earth such as the sea, trees, flowers and leaves. Alternatively, bake a cake to show pride in your recycling practices, or to encourage others to participate in recycling. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Under the Sea
Celebrate the oceans of the earth by decorating a cake with under-the-sea decorations. Add blue food dye to white cake frosting and cover the cake. Sculpt fish, sea creatures, dolphins and octopus decorations using fondant or gum paste. Sculpt by hand, or use molds to shape the creatures. Create an underwater scene on top of a sheet cake by placing candy rocks and seashells at the lower edge, using fruit rolls and licorice lacing to create plants, and your sculpted fish and sea creatures floating through the water. As an alternative to sculpted creatures, purchase gummy fish and other sea creatures at a local candy supplier.
Trees, Flowers and Leaves
Create a cake with trees, flowers and leaves to celebrate the beauty of the earth. Bake a cake using a cake pan in the shape of a tree, flower or leaf and decorate by piping with icing. Alternatively, bake a sheet cake and hand pipe the shape of a tree trunk and branches using brown icing, and use leaf-shaped candies for the leaves. Sculpt three-dimensional fondant flowers and place them along the base of the tree. Create elaborate scenes, if desired, of jungle or forest landscapes.
Recycling
Order a custom edible print decoration from an edible image printing service with the recycle symbol, the image of the earth or "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" to place on top of a cake. Download a royalty-free image from the Internet to send to the printing service. Dye white icing with green or blue food coloring, add the icing to a round sheet cake, and add the edible print to the top. Alternatively, pipe the triple-arrow recycling symbol onto the center of the cake using white icing and add white sprinkles to the design for texture.
Earth Day Phrases
Embellish all of your decorated cakes with Earth Day Phrases such as "Go Green," "Back to Nature," "Think Green," or "Happy Earth Day." Purchase edible letters from a local cake-decorating store to spell out the phrases on the cakes. Edible letters come in a variety of font styles, such as block letters and script letters, in several colors. Alternatively, use the same fondant you used for making decorations, roll it flat using a fondant roller, and cut letters using cookie cutters.
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