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Basket Weave Birthday Cake

August 29, 2011 By: Linette6 Comments

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I told you yesterday about the vanilla birthday cake I made for my mom, today I want to show you how I decorated it with basket weave. I used the lemon cream icing recipe I posted with the vanilla cake recipe here: lemon cream icing.

Here’s the result.

I was a little rushed to get it finished. We were going to my nephew’s football game, it was supposed to be at 5pm, but we got a call that morning that the game was moved up to 3, eek! I had two hours less than I thought I would, so I had to keep the decorations simple!

I started by icing the top of the first cake, then piping some icing around the outside edge. Then I put about 3-4 tablespoons of strawberry preserves in the center. The piped icing around the outside held the preserves in the middle of the cake so they didn’t get into the icing when I was decorating it.

Then I added the second cake to the top.

Then I gave the whole thing a thin coat of icing to seal in the crumbs, and let the cake sit for 15 to 20 minutes to let that layer dry.

I added a second thicker layer of icing to the top of the cake, then started on the basket weave for the sides.

I used a Wilton Basket #47 Decorating Tip with a pastry bag to make the weave.

I started by putting one line of icing down the side of the cake, then I crossed over it with horizontal lines of icing, about 1 inch long, and enough room between them to add another line.

Add another vertical line of icing over the tips of the horizontal line, put more horizontal 1 inch between the original horizontal line so they look like they’re coming out from under the original vertical line. Check out the photos above and below for a visual if you’re confused. It’s a little confusing to get started, but once you get going it’s really easy. Just repeat the process all the way around the cake.

I used a Wilton Round #3 Decorating Tip to pipe the words and the vines.

I used fondant, a small flower fondant press, and round pearlescent decors to make the flowers. I tried to make my flowers from icing, but it was a hot day and the icing just would not cooperate! I didn’t want to run out of time so I just went with some simple fondant flowers instead.

I used a Wilton Decorating Tip – #352 to make the leaves, and a star tip to make the border around the top and bottom.

The cake turned out OK, I just wish I would have had more time to decorate!

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  1. Cristine says

    August 30, 2011 at 8:45 am

    Great decorating tips. I love all my Wilton supplies but the down side is that I eat my creations. Thanks for sharing your tips.

  2. Jewels for Hope says

    August 30, 2011 at 9:50 am

    I love love love decorating cakes! This was a great post about how to do that technique! I will definitely have to try it out on my next cake!!! Thanks!

  3. Miriam T. says

    August 30, 2011 at 12:29 pm

    Thank you for showing me how to do this! I’ve been meaning to get a “real” set of icing tips. All I have is a ziploc bag and the tips you can get from the grocery store…you can imagine the results from that…LOL!

  4. Cherie says

    September 1, 2011 at 9:51 am

    I like the photos and instructions you give here. Gives me hope that I can make one of these. 🙂

  5. Eileen says

    September 3, 2011 at 11:46 am

    Lovely and it looks yummy too. Thank you for the tips. I get so nervous when I try to decorate a cake that my hand shakes. That’s sort of counterproductive. Maybe the tips will help.

  6. nishadi says

    June 7, 2012 at 11:37 am

    thanks for showing that

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