Joey's Lego Cakes

Joey requested a Lego cake for his birthday . . .

Originally I was going to make one cake with multiple colored Legos, stacked on top of each other like the typical tower kids build with them, but I couldn't decide how I wanted the tower to look, so I made four individual Legos instead. Apparently this was the best decision I made because all of the kids wanted a specific color piece of cake. 

Speaking of cake, the flavor was red velvet; Joey's favorite, of course. I topped the cakes with vanilla buttercream and then fondant. I used marshmallows to create the traditional Lego shape.

Spiderman

My downstairs neighbor's little boy loves Spiderman. When it was time for his sister's 1st birthday, his mom wanted to do something special for him as well. I asked the little boy what kind of cake he wanted and he shouted, "SPIDERMAN!!!" I got out the black and blue food coloring and created this:

I believe the cake was a wacky cake (which you can probably tell from my previous posts is my favorite chocolate cake) with vanilla buttercream and layered with blackberries and raspberries.

 

When I walked down the steps to deliver the cake, (I must say that was definitely the easiest delivery I have ever made) the little boy was so excited. He immediately ran and got his Spiderman action figure, which he then shoved directly into the cake :) 

Mini Cupcakes

Mini cupcakes are not only adorable, but are just as tasty as normal sized cupcakes. Even better, is the fact that you can get away with eating more than one!!!

These are wacky cake mini cupcakes with chocolate wing-it icing (one of my favorites) and some green sprinkles. I found the cupcake liners at Michaels, on the clearance rack, and were perfect for the holidays. 

Katie Turns Two!!!

This adorable cake was made for Katie for her 2nd birthday. Katie loves Mickey Mouse and red velvet cake, so why not put the two together . . . 

The cake was a moist red velvet cake with pink cream cheese frosting. You have to put cream cheese frosting on a red velvet cake or it isn't a red velvet cake. I used one half of Wilton's Sports Ball Pan Set to make Mickey's hat and then covered the cakes in fondant. Mickey's ears were completely made of fondant and were strong enough to stand up with just a few toothpicks holding them in place.

Max's Soccer Ball

This cake was a lot of fun to make. It isn't often that I get to make a spherical shaped cake. Max's mom and I work together almost every day and for Max's 3rd birthday he wanted a soccer ball cake. So here it is:

It was a yellow cake with chocolate chips folded into the batter. Vanilla butter cream was dyed green for the grass, while fondant pentagons and hexagons covered the ball. I've never had so much fun piping icing on a cake before.

Monkey's Galore

These cakes and cupcakes were for Jaxson's 1st Birthday. The theme of his birthday party was monkeys, so monkey cakes and cupcakes were a must. 

The smaller blue cake was Jaxson's own cake to devour, while the larger green cake and cupcakes were for all of the guests. The cakes and cupcakes were yellow cake with brightly colored vanilla buttercream frosting. I used fondant to create all the monkeys and thanks to Jaxson's mom, Kellee, I discovered that chocolate fondant does exist. And let me tell you, it smells wonderful!!!

Miss Madison's 1st Birthday

My beautiful niece, Miss Madison, turned one in September and on her 1st birthday she needed to have a cake that was as beautiful as her. So here it is . . . 

Each tier was a different flavor because I couldn't decide on just one. The bottom tier was a chocolate cake layered with vanilla buttercream and mini chocolate chips. The middle tier was a yellow cake with layers of fudge frosting and raspberry jam. And the top tier, which was entirely for Miss Madison to devour, was red velvet with pink cream cheese frosting. Of course I made it so Miss Madison's portion was the messiest!!!

I used fondant for all the decorations, including all of the flowers. The monogram letter I actually found at A.C. Moore and thought it would be the perfect topper for the cake. 

With the leftover batter from each of the tiers I made cupcakes too. And because three types of cake weren't enough, I made a batch of pumpkin spice cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese frosting too. This is how it looked when it was all set up . . .

Miss Madison had a wonderful time at her party and thoroughly enjoyed the top tier of the cake. She daintily pulled of each fondant flower and polka dot, eating one at a time. I guess she knew that her Aunt Rachel spent a lot of time on them!!!

Isn't she a cutie???