Dress up a Sheet Cake: Easy Funeral Cake
One of the first questions I had regarding cake decorating was how would you dress up a sheet cake for a funeral? Well, I rarely go to funerals, so I haven't been asked for a cake for a funeral before, so I've avoided this topic for a while. But I can't avoid it forever. It was past time to try a cake for a funeral. So this is my best try. I colored some buttercream muted pink, dark purple and leaf green. When making a cake for a funeral, try to stick to muted, cool, or neutral colors. Avoid very bright, particularly primary colors. You also need a frosted sheet cake. You can frost it yourself, leave it in the pan and only frost the top, or you can buy it frosted. Put the buttercream in piping bags. Green buttercream with a leaf tip, purple, pink and ivory with medium star tips. I first made a simple star border along the bottom of the cake. This is really easy. It's just a simple squeeze and release. I grouped pink rosettes in an arch on one side and a small group on t...