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Depending on how you handle it, adding frosting can give a critter cake a coat of fur or a rocket ship cake its panels of steel. Smashed sugar can lend a lawn mower the look of shiny paint or give a zebra its stripes. Flavor painting can put a vibrant glaze on a pumpkin or detail the knothole in a stump. And adding candies, snacks, or patterns to the batter can make a cake even groovier. The techniques illustrated in this chapter will put a pretty face on your cake and fool your eye in projects throughout the book.
