Imagination Station Cake

For my 10 year old's party they went to Imagination Station.  So, I copied the logo and came up with this cake.  It was simple, but they got it!  The cake itself is also a swirl cake so it was fun!  We added the balloon decoration to make it feel like a birthday!

Football Oreo Truffles

 

The perfect tailgate treat!  EASY, too!  Crush up a package of Oreo's then mix in a package of cream cheese.  Form into footballs then dip into melted chocolate.  I used chocolate bark which I found by the cocoa in the baking isle.  I dipped the balls by sticking a plastic fork in one side and swirling it in the chocolate.  As you can see, some didn't get wiped off very good so I had some 'run off' but, no worries, they tasted great!  When hard, pipe on white icing for the strings.  They were a huge hit at the party and taste great!

 

Dad's Tool Cake

My 5-year old wanted to decide how we did Dad's cake this year! So, he drew out his design and told me what shape the cake should be. I made the cake and we used fruit roll-ups for the saw and wrench and fruit by the foot for the tape measure. He used cookie cutters for the letters (also out of fruit roll-ups). He was so proud of HIS cake!

BYU Football Helmet

Another BYU challenge from my son: BYU themed, no repeat from another year! So, I attempted a football helmet this year. It was much harder than I thought (allow some extra time in your day!) but he seemed very pleased with it. My husband liked it so much he had a hard time wanting to cut it up to serve it!

I used two small circle pans for the bottom of the helmet and a bowl for the top layer. I stacked them up and cut out the front. The pieces were then used to fill in the gaps from the second layer to the bowl layer to round it out more. I had the hardest time finding a dark navy blue coloring for my contrasting colors. I did buy a navy food coloring gel, but it never turns dark so I add a little black and I think I have it for the chocolate I used for the face guard. So, I tried that same mixture in the frosting and it didn't work. So, I ended up using the chocolate that I had colored for all the blue that you see. I piped the face guard similar to how I did this except I just freehanded it instead of using a pattern. Then, I piped right on the cake for the logo and stripes.

Wood Cake

For my son's birthday we took them to the local Home Depot for the kid's workshop!  So, to celebrate the wood building theme I made the cake to look like two pieces of wood.  I even made chocolate/yellow swirl cake for an added touch!  I mixed light brown and dark brown fosting slightly to get an uneven look and then scraped each with a texture tool I have.  Then I added dark frosting to make "knots" and a couple of swipes to add more grain look.  He was happy with it!

Music Note

This cake started with a bunny!  I baked a chocolate cake and turned it out onto a platter.  After tilting in to the right and trimming it where needed, I frosted it with dark chocolate frosting and clear sprinkles.

The final product...a 16th Note for a 16 year old's birthday cake!!

Hot Wheels Cake

My attempt at a Hot Wheels Cake.  I was trying to make it look like a Hot Wheels track that the car was coming down from.  It also is supposed to double as a number nine because it is his ninth birthday!  The car even has a nine.  He said he gets it and I think he is more excited about the car than the cake...so??  Maybe next time.

I used a round cake and sour candy strips for the track.  I think next time I would just do it flat on the cake instead of trying to do it 3-D.

Rocket Cake

Okay, so this wasn't actually a cake I made, but I added to it and thought I'd share my inspiration! You could very well make the rolled cake by either doing a jelly roll or an ice cream roll, but I bought mine. If I made it I would have maybe written his name down like a rocket or something. Anyway, it was already 'sprinkled' so I kept it. Then I added the sparkling candles and the end and made a paper cone for the top. Very easy but it was neat when the candles were lit!

Radio Cake

I made this cake for my daughter's dance party (which explains the pink radio)! It is two layered cakes that were baked in loaf pans, then frosted and decorated as shown. The top circle was a fruit roll-up. The other candies include M&M's, Dots, Rolos, licorice, etc.

Microphone Cupcakes

To celebrate the American Idol Finale, we made these cupcakes in a cone. Actually , we didn't bake the cake in the cone because we needed it to go higher. So, what we did was fill the bottom of the cup with M&M's for weight and then put frosting around the top of the cone for 'glue'. We placed the unwrapped cupcake on the top and frosted all the way around. Then we rolled it in a bowl of chocolate sprinkles. There you go--a microphone you can eat!

Rock Cake

This cake was made for my 7-year old son who is into rocks right now. I baked a chocolate cake in a glass bowl....

Then decorated with grey frosting. It is actually white with black gel coloring swirled in, but you can't tell in this picture. I let the chocolate cake show through a little for the look of the rock! Then, I crushed peanut butter oreos to make the rock look like it is in dirt and added candy rocks for the added touch. He was pleased!

Artist's Palette

This was for the art party, obviously! I just did a circle cake and cut it out in this shape. Then added different colors of frosting for the paint. I used chocolate licorice and fruit roll ups for the paint brushes. I like how it turned out.