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Quick & Easy Camouflage Baby Onesie

Want a camouflage icing decoration for your cake that is super easy and fast? Icing sheets are your answer. Many of the craft stores that carry Wilton cake decorating products offer icing sheets. You can order these cake decorating sheets on line if none are available in your local stores. These sheets of thin candy icing are easy to cut and position onto cakes.

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I am utilizing a camouflage icing sheet to create a baby onesie for a cake. If no camouflage icing sheet is available in your local stores, see the *instructions in the last paragraph.

 

 

phone 5-27-15 1477I printed out the baby onesie pattern located at Sandhilldreams Kids Corner Coloring Pages. There are T-shirts and other coloring pages located at the website.

 

 

 

20150521_165402Two different size patterns of the plain onesie are available for your use. The large pattern fits on an 8″x13″ or larger cake.

 

 

 

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Secure the coloring page on top of the icing sheet with a piece of tape at the top and bottom to prevent slipping. Carefully cut out the pattern. Remove any tape that may be holding the coloring page to the icing sheets.

MAGIC!! You have your camouflage baby onesie!!

 

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To place on your frosted cake, remove the plastic layer from the back of the icing sheet cut out and position onto your frosted cake. Simple and easy!

 

 

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Now you can write funny or sentimental quotes onto the camouflage cut out. Use a small round tip cake decorating tube such as # 1 or #2 and thin frosting to pipe the letters onto the cut out icing sheets.

 

 

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If you like, you can pipe icing borders around the cut out with a star shaped decorating tip.

 

 

 

*If you cannot locate this camouflage design, purchase brown, light green, dark green, yellow, or other color icing sheets. Cut out the baby onesie out of brown icing sheet. Cut assorted shapes out of the two or more different colors of icing sheets. To make your job easier, remove the plastic backing of the icing sheets before cutting into smaller assorted shapes. Position the shapes onto the brown onesie cut out to get an ideas of where you want to adhere the cut out shapes. Once you have made that decision, dampen the back of each assorted cut out piece and attach to the top of the brown onesie to create your own camouflage print. Position the onesie onto the top of your frosted cake.

 

Sandhilldreams Kids Corner Coloring Pages

Buttercream icing for Reverse Frozen Buttercream Transfers

My Buttercream icing for cakes

How to do a Reverse Frozen Buttercream Transfer

 

My Frosting Recipe for Reverse Frozen Butter Cream Transfers

This butter cream icing works well for reverse frozen butter cream transfers and is delicious to eat.

  • 1 pound confectionery sugar
  • 1/2 cup Crisco shortening
  • 1 tablespoon solid Blue Bonnet Margarine
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
  • 1 to 4 tablespoons of cool water

In a deep bowl, cream shortening, margarine, and vanilla with an electric mixer.

Stir in one pound of confectionery sugar.  Once the sugar is mixed well beat on high with the electric mixer until light and fluffy.  If frosting is too thick, add one tablespoon of water at a time to obtain a good consistency.

Enjoy these two other recipes/instructions at the links below:

 

 

Camouflage Baby Onesie Reverse Frozen Butter Cream Transfer

Reverse frozen butter cream transfers are not that hard to create.  Below are a few of the cake decorations I have made using this method.  You just need a coloring page or printed outline of a picture.

I will show you how to create a camouflage baby onesie.  This method can be used on all your reverse frozen butter cream transfers.

I have an assortment of camouflage designs for baby onesies and T-shirts available for you at Sandhilldreams Kids Corner Coloring Pages. These printable coloring pages are available in jpg and pdf formats. ENJOY!

Stay turned for my next post for a quick and easy camouflage baby onesie edible cake decoration. Follow my blog so you do not miss a post!!  Join the Journey!

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Now Let’s Begin! Reverse Frozen Buttercream Transfer

First you will need a good frosting that will freeze well.  I did experiment with a couple of ‘store  bought icings”.  The Wilton worked excellent. Pillsbury did not work well at all.  You can find my Reverse frozen buttercream icing  recipe at Sandhilldreams that works well for the transfers.   My buttercream cake icing recipe is also available.

 Items needed:

  • Frosting  (black, green – light & dark), brown – light & dark)
  • Food coloring (optional if using colored Wilton frosting)
  • Wax paper
  • Coloring page
  • Food coloring
  • Tape
  • Stiff board or cake pan to tape the coloring page
  • Pastry decorating tubes or closeable plastic storage bags
  • one #1 or #2 decorating tip to complete the outline

Coloring your Frosting: You will need 1/4 to 1/3 cup of each color of frosting.

20150521_173237If using Wilton icing in the tubes, you can combine the icing to create different colors. Combine green and a dab of black to obtain a forest green color. Combine green and dab of yellow to create a light green.  Combine equal amounts of red and green to create brown. You can lighten any color by adding more white icing.

phone 5-27-15 1566If using white butter cream frosting, always add just one drop of coloring at a time.  You can always add more food coloring to obtain the shades your want.

  • Brown – add equal amounts of red and green food coloring
  • Green – add green food coloring till desired color is achieved
  • Light Green – add one drop green food coloring. You can add 1 drop of yellow for a lime green.
  • Forest green – add green food coloring with a dab of the black or brown frosting.

20150519_195900 Insert the decorating tip into the plastic decorating bag and gently push to the bottom of the bag. Carefully cut away the end of the bag to allow the decorating tip to insert into the opening.

 

20150519_195957Fold the top of plastic decorating bag over and fill with the black icing. Gently squeeze the frosting until it seeps out the decorating tip.

Fill plastic decorating bags or closeable plastic bags with the remaining colored frosting. Gently squeeze each bag to push the frosting to one corner. Cut a tiny tip off the corner of the plastic bag.

phone 5-27-15 1399With two small pieces of tape, secure the coloring page to the board or back of a cake pan. Using two more small pieces of tape, secure the wax paper over the top of the coloring page.

20150521_171724Start in the middle of the coloring page and squeeze black frosting onto the outline working your way out to the edge of the drawing.

Carefully place the outline transfer into the freezer for 20 minutes to harden. You can test with your finger gently pressing the black frosted outline. If not firm, allow more time in the freezer. Once firm, remove from freezer and begin filling in the empty areas.

20150521_182608Decide which colors you prefer in each outline area. Select one color of frosting in the storage bag and gently squeeze the colored frosting into the empty design area. Repeat this process with the remaining colored icing making certain the black outlines are covered.

20150521_195355The design will look YUCKY as this is the back of the transfer. The front side will be smooth.

 

 

20150521_175055Carefully check the design. If you find any tiny space not filled in with frosting, squeeze a little of the appropriate colored icing into the area. Use a butter knife and gently smooth the frosting. At this point you can add more frosting to the top. Example if your cake is to be frosted in white, add white frosting to the transfer and smooth over the design. IMPORTANT: do not press hard on the frosting as it will mess up the black outline.

Carefully, place the butter cream frosting transfer into the freezer. If using homemade frosting, leave the design in the freezer at least 1 ½ hours. If using Wilton frosting, the icing will be firm in 30 to 45 minutes. Once firm to the touch, remove the frosting transfer from freezer.

20150521_202900Remove the tape from the wax paper. Carefully hold the frozen butter cream transfer in your hand and flip it onto the center of the frosting cake top.

You can use small pieces of a paper towel or the back of a teaspoon to smooth any 20150521_203110imperfections. In addition if you like, you can pipe a border around the design with a decorating tip inside pastry bag of !

 

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