2. Ice the cake with thinned gray icing, and use a spatula to create the feathers. With tip No. 8, pipe the white claws, tummy, ears and “cheeks” of the owl, smoothing with a spatula. Paint the irises of the eyes with a small brush and yellow food coloring. Trim the tip off a sugar ice cream cone for the owl’s beak, and coat with yellow and orange icing. You also may create the beak with icing. Pipe claws using tip No. 8 and a bag striped with yellow and orange icing. Use a cut paper tube to add black details.