Cowboy and Indian fans will love this cake made in the shape of a wigwam

PLAY WIGWAM CAKE 

MATERIALS.

• 20cm ( 8in ), 18cm ( 7in ) & 10cm ( 4in ) round cakes
• 25cm ( 10in ) round cake board
• 1.35kg ( 2 ¼ lb ) sugarpaste / rolled fondant
• green, black, yellow, red, blue, cream & brown food coloring pastes
• icing/confectioners' sugar in a sugar shaker
• 440g ( 14oz / 1 ¾ cups ) buttercream
• sugar glue
• chocolate stick 

EQUIPMENT

• large rolling pin.
• sharp knife.
• 4cm ( 1 ½ in ), 2.5cm ( 1 in ) & 1cm ( ½ in ) square cutters
• miniature
• circle cutter
• cocktail stick/toothpick 

PLAY WIGWAM CAKE METHOD:

Color 315g ( 10oz ) of sugarpaste green Roll out and cover the cake board, trimming excess from around the edge, then put aside to dry. With trimmings shape two cacti and put aside. Trim the crust from each cake and slice the tops flat. Stack the cakes together, graduating in size. Trim from the top, cutting downwards, removing each cake's top edge to create the wigwam's sloping sides. Sandwich the layers with buttercream, then spread a layer over the surface of the cake to help the sugarpaste stick.

Color 30g ( 1 oz ) of sugarpaste black. Reserve a tiny amount for the boy's eyes then thinly roll out the remainder and cover the front of the cake for the opening. Place the cake on the board Colour 875g ( 1 ¾ lb ) of sugarpaste yellow Using a small piece, cover the top of the cake. Roll out the remaining yellow and cut an oblong measuring 50 x 22cm ( 20 x 8 in ). Carefully roll up, place a straight edge against the front of the cake by the blad strip, then unroll around the cake, keeping the top smooth and neat against the cake This will create excess at the bottom, so trim away until level with the opposite side. Trim at the join, smoothing open at the center. Pinch around the top of the wigwam, creating a lip.

Color 45g ( 1 ½ oz ) red and 22g ( ¾ oz ) blue. Thinly roll out red and cut squares from squares using the cutters Cut in half to make V ' shapes, and stick around the wigwam creating a zigzag pattern. Thinly roll out blue and cut small squares, sticking them in place following the zigzag pattern Mark two line patterns using a knife. Using sugar glue, stick the cactus in place. Break the chocolate stick into three pieces and push gently into the top of the wigwam.

Color 35g (1 ¼ oz ) of sugarpaste cream and 7g ( ¼ oz ) brown. For the boy, model two teardrop shapes for hands, an oval nose, and two ears, pressing in the center of each indent, then roll the remaining piece into an oval-shaped head Stick the nose in place Mark his smile by pressing in with the circle cutter. Stick it in place with sugar glue.

Thinly roll out blue trimmings and cut a strip for the headband and stick around his forehead Model three teardrop shapes for the feathers using trimmings and press flat. Indent down the center of each and gently cut lines on either side. Stick on two oval-shaped eyes Stick different-sized pieces of brown sugarpaste over the boy's head for his hair

USEFUL TIP

Press the circle cutter in at an angle when marking the little boy's smile. Create dimples by pushing the tip of a cocktail stick into each corner of the smile and lifting slightly.

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