Duck Cake Decorating Set
If you grew up in Australia, you know this duck. A crinkle-cut chip beak, a fluffy popcorn tuft, a big red bow and that proud little face. Now it's your turn to make it.
The Duck Cake Decorating Set includes edible duck eyes, a bow and buttons that cut out and stick straight onto your iced cake, plus two templates so you can cut the duck to exactly the right shape. A duck cake, shaped properly.
Please note: cake mix, icing, chips, popcorn and lollies are not included.
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What's in the Duck Cake Decorating Set?
- Edible paper duck eyes, a red bow and buttons.
- Two cutting templates for the duck shape.
- Step-by-step Duck Cake guide.
What do I need to make the Duck Cake?
Shape Tins
- 1 x Dome Shape Tin
- 1 x Cylinder Shape Tin
Ingredients and extras
- 2 packets of cake mix (about 24 serves, based on 12 serves per packet mix and how generous your slices are)
- Icing with yellow food colouring
- A large packet of plain crinkle-cut chips (the beak)
- Yellow popcorn and red Smarties
- Toothpicks and wooden skewers
Duck Cake recipe and guide
Bake a dome and a cylinder. Use the two templates to cut the body, head and tail, assemble with toothpicks and skewers, and ice yellow. Then add the chip beak, popcorn tuft, bow, buttons and eyes.
Decorating your Duck Cake
The chip beak
Add the chips right before serving so they stay crunchy. Stack a few at the front of the head to make the beak.
Make it yours
Our edible red ribbon is the classic look, but you can swap in a real ribbon in the birthday kid's favourite colour. Just remember a real ribbon isn't edible, so take it off before serving.
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Buy this set and unlock the full Duck guide, with every step to bake, build and decorate your cake.
- How to bake
- How to build
- How to decorate
Your unlock code is emailed as soon as you order, and it comes in your delivery too.
See the Duck Cake Come to Life
From freshly baked shapes to a birthday centrepiece.
An Easy Duck Cake You Can Make at Home
Simple cake shapes, finishing details and a little imagination.
You don't need a duck-shaped tin or hours of sculpting a cake from scratch. Shape Tins uses simple cake shapes that come together to create the Duck Cake, and the Decorating Set adds the details that give it character.
Tins this cake uses
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Cylinder (used in this cake)
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Cube
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Dome (used in this cake)
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Rectangle
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Round + Ring
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Bake
Bake your cake in the Cylinder and Dome Shape Tins, ready to build your duck.
- 2
Build
Follow the step-by-step guide to bring your cake shapes together.
- 3
Decorate
Add your icing, then bring your duck to life with your Decorating Set.
- 4
Celebrate
Bring out your finished Duck Cake, take plenty of photos and enjoy sharing it at the party.
Duck Cake Options Compared
| Option | Approx. cost (AUD) | How it compares |
|---|---|---|
| Recreate from an old recipe book | $60 to $100* | Nostalgic, but shaping freehand is fiddly. |
| Specialty cake shop | $150 to $600+ | Not many shops make the retro duck. |
| Shape Tins | About $34 to $44 per cake* | The classic duck, with templates and reusable tins. |
*$18.95 set plus $15 to $25 ingredients, using tins you own.
One Set of Shape Tins. So Many Cakes to Make.
Your Duck Cake might be the first cake you make with Shape Tins, but it doesn't have to be the last!
Instead of buying a different novelty cake tin for every birthday, Shape Tins offers reusable baking shapes you can combine in different ways to create many cake designs. With the Complete Set, you'll have all five Shape Tins to explore everything from 3D animal and character cakes to number cakes and other birthday creations.
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Duck Cake FAQs
Is this the classic duck cake with chips?
Yes, the retro favourite with a crinkle-cut chip beak and popcorn tuft, made easy with templates.
When do I add the chips?
Just before serving, so they stay crunchy.
How many does it serve?
About 24 serves from two packet mixes (based on 12 serves per packet mix, depending on how generous your slices are).
What are the templates for?
They help you cut the body, head and tail to exactly the right shape.
Are the bow and buttons edible?
Yes, they're edible paper, and so is the red ribbon in the set. If you use a real ribbon instead, that one isn't edible, and neither are the skewers.
