Cakes

Since Alice was three and Jake was one I’ve made them a cake from a molded cake pan - you know, a shape or character. Okay so we’ve just used the same Dora and Elmo cake pans, but hey, it’s the thought that counts!

This year I made a gumball cake for Jake - thank goodness for eBay! I searched one day just in case a gumball mold had been made at some point - only to discover yes one had been made…back in 1987. Thanks to eBay I managed to score one and received it in the mail early last week.

It was super easy to decorate - three colors (really just two) and the gumballs! I suppose I could have squished the icing together more so you can’t see the chocolate cake underneath, but it still looks great.

Alice’s cake was a big tougher - she wanted a strawberry. Unfortunately a strawberry mold isn’t out there, only Strawberry Shortcake is. I figured making one myself couldn’t be that hard - a heart shape, something for the seeds and leaves. And so I made the circle cake and the square cake and cut the circle in half. Only then did I realize how much more the circle cake rose up! Rather then cutting down the circle cake, I cut the edges of the square cake and filled it in. Needless to say it didn’t look like anyone on Duff’s team of awesome cake makers was here helping! I wasn’t sure it would even work out - but check it out, very cool! I used chocolate chips for the seeds and a few fake leaves for the leaves. It turned out great. I even dyed the cake batter pink.

6 Responses to “Cakes”

1. August 19th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
   Lynne comments:
   

   Those are really cute, I especially like that gumball cake! When my daughter turned 2 I made her a Thomas the Tank cake. That blue was the hardest color to achieve!

2. August 19th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
   chelle comments:
   

   Those cakes are soo cute! My friend made Becca a strawberry cake this year, just like yours! Adorable!

3. August 21st, 2007 at 4:19 pm
   Aurelia comments:
   

   WOW those look amazing!! I am cake-challenged so I am always in AWE of beautifully decorated cakes.

   Yummy!!

4. August 21st, 2007 at 5:19 pm
   Tsoniki comments:
   

   Thanks everyone!

   What I forgot to do was use cake decorating food coloring! Using the ones we typically buy for eggs just doesn’t cut it - that’s why the red on the cakes look pink! In the past I used other colorings and the colors were amazing.

5. August 25th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
   CasualFridayEveryday comments:
   

   Ohhhh droooooool, yummmm, give me some!!!

6. September 3rd, 2007 at 12:04 pm
   Tishia comments:
   

   Those cakes are super cute! Too cool. I love the gumball cake