Monday, January 19, 2009

A Cake With Wheels...


Did anybody else's Mom make themed birthday cakes for you growing up? My Mom always made us a special theme cake for our birthday. Some of the themes over the years were dolls, teddy bears, trucks (for my brother), a barbie cake and 3-D candy house.

Last year for Bubbalu's first birthday I made a monkey face cake to fit his monkey party:



Bubbalu turned 2 in December and because he is obsessed with anything truck, car, or motorcycle (AKA "Lululululu" in Bubbalu language, NO idea where that came from!) Mama made a truck cake.

I used a 9x13 sheet cake cut into thirds, stacked and 'glued' them with frosting then trimmed the sides:



Next a shaved down mini-loaf pan cake became the cab and an extra cake piece (one that I actually didn't eat during the shaving process) became the hood:



Next up, make blue frosting:



ALWAYS let the youngun lick the spoon! It's a rite of passage and provides cute pictures, see?



Lil Chick was kinda crabby, so Mama threw her in the Moby and went right back to work painting the truck:



Finished product, with mini bundt pan cake "wheels" and pretzel wipers, grill and door handle:



Notice where the door handle is? Yeah, I moved it to the correct spot after Lance pointed it out. He thought that was funny.

Hint: use chocolate donuts for the wheels, cause mini bundt pan cake wheels are annoying.

I used red hots for the tail lights and a hershey bar for the license plate.



Our family of four at Bubbalu's birthday party:



Bubbalu blew out the candle the very first try! Notice how surprised/excited Lance is? Hilarious:



Because he blew the candle out so quickly, we re-lit it a good 3 more times for optimal photographic opportunities:



I think it's safe to say Bubbalu liked his cake:



Inspired? Check out this website or this website for some ideas, techniques and pictures. And be sure to post your creations!

A

8 comments :

  1. Super fun! My birthday was right around Easter so my mom always did a bunny, or Easter egg themed cake for me. I did a monkey cake for Chandler's #2, and then for his #3 I did a rice crispy and fruit loop cake. I'll have to try a truck cake this next year.

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  2. Super cute, Amanda! I might make this for Kevin's next birthday, he'll love the chocolate donuts!

    I did a Strawberry Shortcake cake for Corinne one year, it took me ages to do, squeezing pink frosting one little star at a time. Oy! But it turned out looking like the picture on the cake pan [thumbs up]. I also did a bunny cake one year. That one didn't turn out so good.

    You are one talented mama, decorating an important cake and keeping Emmy content, all at the same time. Impressive!

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  3. Happy Birthday VERY IMPRESSIVE cakes, you have a hidden talent there! You are one amazing Momma!

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  4. Nice job! I love doing the themed cakes for my kids. I'm currently mulling over how to do a pig wearing high heels for my daughter. Thoughts?

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  5. How Cute! It's so little boy that my 50 year old husband would like and might request!
    Joanie

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  6. Jae & I were looking at your Christmas card, and we both agreed that you & Lance are a GOOD-LOOKING couple. Totally off topic, but I had to mention it before I forget to tell you.

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  7. You are so full of motherly awesomeness!!

    That cake rocks and ROLLS!

    I think you're a shoo in for Mommy of the Decade :)

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  8. Genious! I am very impressed, not to mention inspired!

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