1. Make batter from 2 box cake mixes, same brand/flavor. Bake in the largest Wilton Paisley cake pan. See: http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?sku=2105-4039 Tip: this cake pan set is dead useful - I've done tons of cakes with this shape, including the scuba cake, Holidays on Hoth, Death Star base, artist palette, etc. Love these pans!
2. Bake a double batch of brownies is a 9x13 or larger rectangular pan. I use Betty Crocker Original Supreme Brownies - add an extra egg for "cake like" brownies.
3. Place cooled cake on a large cake board. Do not level. (The rounded nature of the cake looks great.)
4. Make standard Buttercream icing, tint color of your choice. I went for a burgundy, but green or blue would be good too. Cover the entire cake with open stars, using a Wilton No. 16, 18 or similar tip.
5. Cut the cooled brownies into stripes. Tip: for perfect cut brownies, use a plastic knife. (The kind that comes in a box of plastic cutlery at the grocery store or a fast-food place.) Arrange the brownies for the drones, blowpipe and chanter as shown. Shape ends of blowpipe and chanter as shown. For the chanter, use a Wilton tip to cut 7 depressions, for the holes. Put the tip about 1/4" in and twist to extract a bit of the top of the brownie.
6. Using a Wilton No. 3 round tip or similar, pipe the chords around the tops of the drones as shown. You can either pipe the tassels or use a bit f fondant tinted to match. (I tinted a bit of fondant and squeezed it through my garlic press to get a group of stands that made the tassels here.)
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