Robot Cake and a Birthday!

It is that time of year again at our house.

Birthday time!!

February is the first month of the year that has a birthday at our house. 

Little Dude is turning 9 and when the time came for him to look through my cake books and choose a cake he went for it and picked a robot cake!

This book is awesome!

There are so many ideas and shortcuts to awesome cakes.

The first thing I had to do was go out searching for all the candy needed for this guy.

I don't live in a huge town so I had to make some substitutes for the candy I couldn't find. For example BottleCaps for Razzles and Mini M&Ms for the Jujubees.

That OK. 

If I didn't tell... no one would know!

I followed the directions in the book except I made my cake instead of buying store bought pound cakes.

Crumb layer

We chose green instead of blue. (I am of the opinion that blue is not a food color. Just a pet peeve!)

Once it was frosted it was time for assembly.

Head, arms, ears, neck.

The all important lollypops added. 

Frosting dots. I didn't like the little points that the frosting tip left so how to fix that? 

TIP:

Dip your finger in some water, shake off the excess and gently press the peak down. The frosting won't stick to your finger and it will nicely round out.

Yeah, Yeah, he is legless! 

I did it on purpose, I swear.

There are 6 people in our family. This year we are not having company over for cake so I left the legs off because really... 

isn't this enough cake already?

I didn't want to be too wasteful! 

Look at the kid!

He doesn't care that his robot has no legs. 

He is happy as a kid can be!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIDDO!!

Construction Cake

A friend's little boy is turning 3.

She wanted a cool cake for him and asked me to come up with something to do with construction.

After spending way too much time on Pinterest.

(Thank heavens for Pinterest!!)

I found a cute idea.

 What could be better than trucks and dirt?

I started with a 10 inch pan and an 8 inch pan and lined them with parchment paper.

 

 

 

For the crumb layer I made up a quick buttercream. Since I was going to be cutting a chunk out of the cake to look like it had been excavated I knew it was going to be a crumbly mess. I frosted the whole thing and put it in the freezer for about 15 minutes before I cut the chunk out. I then put the buttercream on the cut part. That way it was still soft and the Oreo dirt stuck to it.

Decorating Time!

 

This is my favorite part. Since I couldn't find just one big digger truck I found a fun 5 pack. I wanted to cram them all on there because they were all cool trucks but alas... it wasn't big enough.

 



Construction cones.

In the picture I found on Pinterest she used fondant. I have a love hate relationship with fondant. (I would like to love it but right now I hate it.) So I used Starburst. I just warmed them, still wrapped, in my hand and then molded them into cones. The bottoms I got soft in the microwave for 10 seconds and rolled out with a rolling pin. Pizza cuttered them and they stuck together pretty well with me just warming the bottom of the cone with my finger and pressing them together.

Once all the dirt was added, the trucks  placed and the cone put up it looks pretty good. I also added candy rocks into the big pile of dirt on the top.

Giant

hole!

 

 

Vinny I hope you have a wonderful birthday and enjoy your cake!!