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August 19, 2007 by Tsoniki 12 Comments

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.

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  1. Lynne says

    August 19, 2007 at 11:09 pm

    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!

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  2. Lynne says

    August 19, 2007 at 7:09 pm

    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!

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  3. chelle says

    August 20, 2007 at 2:15 am

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

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  4. chelle says

    August 19, 2007 at 10:15 pm

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

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  5. Aurelia says

    August 21, 2007 at 8:19 pm

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

    Yummy!!

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  6. Aurelia says

    August 21, 2007 at 4:19 pm

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

    Yummy!!

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  7. Tsoniki says

    August 21, 2007 at 9:19 pm

    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.

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  8. Tsoniki says

    August 21, 2007 at 5:19 pm

    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.

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  9. CasualFridayEveryday says

    August 26, 2007 at 2:43 am

    Ohhhh droooooool, yummmm, give me some!!!

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  10. CasualFridayEveryday says

    August 25, 2007 at 10:43 pm

    Ohhhh droooooool, yummmm, give me some!!!

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  11. Tishia says

    September 3, 2007 at 4:04 pm

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

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  12. Tishia says

    September 3, 2007 at 12:04 pm

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

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