Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Birthday Cake Round-up

It's that time of the year again. Time to share the birthday cakes that I have made, and follow the links on Life As Mom to get inspiration for this year's cakes. I really enjoy making cakes for my kids. I have such fun coming up with the idea and executing on the theme. Normally, I know the theme well in advance, but this year seems to be an exception, the kids have had a few ideas, but I'm not sure that we have decided on a final theme for either one yet.

We had some good birthday themes this past year. My son chose Phineas and Ferb. I had a lot of fun recreating their images in fondant on top of a sheet cake. I think I did a pretty good job!

Phineas and Ferb Cake:


My daughter wanted a princess theme. Last year was Abby Caddaby and we did a Magic Wand cake, so this year for princess, we decided (by we, I mean I) to go with a Doll Cake. I found a "dressed" ballerina Barbie that allowed me to focus on the dress. I wrapped a bowl cake in a fondant and added some flowers to the skirt. Again, I got lots of happy smiles from my daughter, meaning this was a successful cake.

Princess Doll Cake:

Abby Caddaby Magic Wand Cake:


Some past favorites can be found below:

Dueling Light Saber Cake:

Outer Space Cake (or should I say cakes):

Elephants cake (big cake/smash cake):

Wiggles Big Red Car Cake:

Blue's Clues Cake:

Airplane Cake:

Cars - Lightnin' McQueen cake:




You can see all of my birthday cake posts here):
, or click on the link by the image to learn more about how I made some of these cakes.
This post shared at the Ultimate Recipe Swap Birthday Cake Roundup.

2 comments:

Micha @ Cookin' Mimi said...

Love the Phineas and Ferb cake.

Charli said...

I've been trying to talk one of my 3 boys into a Phineas & Ferb party for the past year. Nice job!
I really love the light sabers.