Archive for June, 2009
{ June 25, 2009 @ 4:39 am }
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{ Tags: bug cake, butterflies, butterfly, butterfly cake, chocolate cake, jello cake, whipped cream frosting }
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What better way to celebrate summer than with butterfly cakes? Yum! I made 2 butterfly cakes (one jello cake w/ whipped cream and one chocolate cake w/ cream cheese frosting filling) for a friend’s daughter’s birthday party. All the little girls got cute fairy wings at the party, so the butterfly cakes were a great complement.
Can you tell how I cut the cakes? For one butterfly, I used two 8×1.5 round pans. I stacked the cakes, cut it in half, and then cut each half into 1/3. So, start the cut a third from the long side of the half circle to a third from the round side of the half circle. I used a long donut for the body and placed the rounded sides of the half circles alongside of the body to create the wings. I used whipped cream to frost the cakes and tinted the whipped cream to color the wings. You can pretty much use sprinkles and other types of candy to further decorate the wings.
{ June 25, 2009 @ 4:32 am }
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{ 3-Dimensional }
{ Tags: 3D lady bug cake, 3D leaf cake, bug cake, ladybug, ladybug cake, ladybugs, leaf, leaf cake, lemon cake, piping chocolate, raspberry curd, whipped cream frosting }
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For my cousin’s daughter’s 1st birthday party, I decided to make 2 ladybugs lounging on a big leaf. For the ladybug bodies, I used a ball pan and shaped the head from the “bump” of the cake, rising from baking, in the ball pan. For the giant leaf, I used two 9×13 pans…I had very little cake scraps left! I made lemon cakes with raspberry curd filling and whipped cream frosting for the ladybugs and leaf. I piped melted chocolate to create the antennas (which you don’t see here as I added them when we got to the party and this is a pix before).
{ June 1, 2009 @ 4:36 am }
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{ 3-Dimensional }
{ Tags: 3D blue whale cake, 3D whale cake, blue whale, blue whale cake, jello cake, whale, whale cake, whipped cream frosting }
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My daughter loves whales! So it wasn’t hard coming up with the theme for her 2nd birthday party. I made jello cakes and shaped them into 2 whales using egg and loaf shaped pans. Ignoring my gut instinct, I decided not to skewer the whales down to the cake board…big mistake! The whales slid during transport and crashed into one another and into the sides of the cake cover. I will trust my instincts next time. On a happier note, I was able to take a picture of the cakes prior to transport. However, I did not have them fully decorated with pearl sprays as the water blowhole.
As part of the whale theme, I made “save the whale shirts” to give out to kids, gave out “The Snail and The Whale” storybooks, and had the kids “save the plushy whales” beached in the jumphouse.
Below are pix of 1) freshly made whales, 2) whales in captivity during transport, 3) whale with pearl spray, 4) packaged shirt favors, and 5) save the whale shirt.
