How To Make An Easy Unicorn Cake

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Using just cake mix, frosting, and a few simple steps, you can whip up this magical unicorn cake in no time to wow all your friends and family!

This enchanting unicorn cake isn’t just a magical feast for the eyes, but also a fantastic opportunity to try creative cake making in the kitchen, especially if you’re baking with little ones.

With a few basic ingredients and some simple steps, you can turn an ordinary cake into a mystical masterpiece that will dazzle everyone at your table! Plus who doesn’t love unicorn food! 

Unicorn Cake – Ingredients: 

• One 10 inch round cake (baked and cooled, using your favorite cake mix!)
• Pastel-colored icing (such as pink, yellow, or blue)
• White icing
• Black icing
• Offset spatula or butter knife
• Piping bags
• Star piping tips (choose your favorites)

How to make an easy unicorn cake 

Step 1: Bake and Cool Your Cake 

Start by baking your preferred cake mix in a 10 inch round pan according to the package instructions. Allow the cake to cool completely before moving on to shaping and decorating.

Step 2: Shape Your Unicorn 

Once cooled, gently transfer the cake onto a clean, flat surface. Using a sharp knife, carefully cut out a wedge from one side of the cake round. Take this wedge and cut it into two pieces: one piece will be shaped into the unicorn’s ear, and the other piece into its horn.

Step 3: Arrange Your Unicorn 

Position the main part of the cake round in front of you, with the cut wedge forming the unicorn’s ear and horn. Arrange these pieces creatively to bring the unicorn shape to life on a serving platter or cake board.

Step 4: Ice Your Cake 

Using an offset spatula, ice the cake with white icing. Ensure the unicorn’s shape is well-defined and smooth out the icing for a clean base to decorate.

Step 5: Add the Horn and Ear

Use a gold-colored or yellow icing to pipe lines on the unicorn horn. Then spread a little bit of pastel pink icing into a triangle shape on the ear.

Step 6: Frost the Mane

Using 2 or 3 colors of pastel icing (in piping bags fitted with star tips), pipe multiple swirls of icing to form your unicorn’s mane. Feel free to overlap them to create a full frosting mane!

Step 7: Final Touches

Pipe on a little black dot for the unicorn’s nostril, then pipe the smile and the eye. 

Final Thoughts 

With a bit of creativity and some colorful frosting, you can transform a basic cake into a magical unicorn masterpiece right in your own kitchen. Whether you’re surprising a unicorn-loving child, celebrating a special occasion, or simply enjoying a fun baking project, this cake is sure to bring joy and wonder to everyone who sees it. Get ready to bake, decorate, and delight with your very own enchanting unicorn cake!