Juliet Brutger, Cold Spring Bakery decorator and RBA Cake Decorating Grand Champion

1. Base ice a quarter sheet cake with white icing. Airbrush a yellow sun, blue clouds, green field and brown fence.

2. Use tip No. 8 to pipe a red barn with a steeped roof and a silo. Smooth the icing with a damp finger. Overpipe the edges of the building with red icing. Add a brown roof using tip No. 10.

3. With tip No. 8, pipe a red barn door and an opening for the hayloft. Outline the door and hayloft, and add cross hatches with white icing using tip No. 5.

4. Use tip No. 5 to pipe a large, white circle for a rooster’s body, a smaller circle for the head and wings. Add black door hinges and a handle along with barn details with tip No. 2. Use tip No. 2 to pipe yellow hay and the rooster’s beak.

5. Add a red gobbler and black eyes to the rooster. Using tip No. 10, pipe one large black oval and two smaller ones for tractor tires. Use the same tip to pipe a green circle  above the front tires and semi-circle fender over the back tire. Connect the two with loops of icing, and add the gearshifts extending up from the center of the tractor.

6. Use tip No. 4 to fill in the centers of the tires, and add details to the tractor with yellow icing. Use tip No. 2 to add black details to the tractor body and screws to the hubcaps.

7. Use tip No. 6 to pipe a large pink circle for a pig’s body. Add a circle at the top for a head, two ears, two cheeks, a snout and four legs extending up into the air. With a dowel, poke two small holes in the snout.

8. Use tip No. 2 to add white eyes, black irises and black nails. Add brown splashes of mud around the pig with tip No. 22.

9. With tip No. 22, pipe white triple ‘e’, reverse triple ‘e’ borders. Add sprinkles to the top border.