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Step by Step Instructions
Items Needed (commission earned)
- Vanilla buttercream
- Beet juice (or pink food coloring)
- Piping bag with coupler
- Small open star tip
- Medium petal tip
- Small petal tip
- Small round tip
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Smooth Buttercream Cake Frosting
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3. Add some vanilla buttercream to make a lighter shade of pink. Stir with a spatula until the colors are both combined.
4. Fold down the sides of the same piping bag and fill it with the lighter shade of pink buttercream.
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6. Pipe a second, identical row of ruffles that overlaps with the first row of ruffles.
![How to Make a Doll Skirt Cake](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/How-to-Pipe-Buttercream-Decorations-on-a-Doll-Cake.jpg)
8. Squeeze all the buttercream out of the bag and into the bowl again. Add some more vanilla buttercream to make an even lighter shade of pink.
9. Using a small petal tip with the rounded part facing down, pipe a fourth row of ruffles overlapping with the third.
10. Change to the small round tip. Pipe a final row of pearl dots in the crevice left by the previous row of ruffles to complete the piped buttercream element of the skirt.
Next: Part 3
Decorating the Doll Pick
Here are my recipes and techniques for crisp frosting
Smooth Buttercream Cake Frosting
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