by admin | Jan 13, 2014 | 1st Birthday Cakes, 3D Cakes, Birthday Cakes, Character Cakes, Children's Cakes
Character Cakes With so many great children’s television shows and movies it’s no wonder that character cakes are among the most requested birthday cakes we make at Dreamy Cakes. From Peppa Pig to Lightning McQueen, come and take a look at these fun character cakes for girls and boys. 1. Peppa Pig Birthday Cake There is no denying how cute these little piggies are. Check out Peppa Pig in cake form. This design is one of the most asked for character cakes… 2. Adventure Time Cake This Cartoon Network hit show is loved by adults as well as kids. 3. Barbie Cake Would you believe the first Barbie doll was invented in 1959? The popular toy is still a firm favourite with little girls. I love this Barbie Cake design as it isn’t the traditional ‘Barbie with the cake dress’. 4. Elmo Cake Elmo the furry red muppet monster from Sesame Street not only has his own show “Elmo’s World”, but also a popular line of toys following the huge success of ‘Tickle Me Elmo’ back in 1996. Toddlers will love Elmo in cake form too… 5. Lightning McQueen Cake This popular character from the Cars movie makes a fantastic cake for little boys. 6. Monsters University Cake The 2nd movie from the Monsters Inc franchise. ;The popular main characters Mike and Sulley have be sculptured out of sugarpaste and feature on this show-stopping cake. 7. Raa Raa The Noisy Lion Cake This popular show from ABC4Kids features the main character Raa Raa and his little jungle friends. Our Raa Raa cake features all of the show’s characters plus...
by admin | Oct 30, 2013 | 3D Cakes, Birthday Cakes, Character Cakes, Children's Cakes
Birthday Cake Ideas – Adventure Time theme! Adventure Time is a quirky, animated kids show created for Cartoon Network. It features main characters Finn (a human boy) and his best friend (and adoptive brother) Jake (who is a dog) and a host of other crazy characters. It’s one of those kids shows I don’t mind watching myself – it’s very funny and a bit different. So I was really excited when asked to come up with some birthday cake ideas inspired by the Adventure Time characters. The customer wanted Jake the dog to be the main cake. To start, I covered the cake board in green fondant icing. Jake was created by hand carving into 3 layers of butter cake, covered with buttercream icing and finished in yellow fondant. Fondant is like an edible playdough. It is made from sugar and can be moulded into almost any shaped. Fondant creates a perfectly smooth surface to work, can be coloured into any shade and is one of the most versatile ingredients to work with and for all of these reasons, is my preferred medium create with. When the cake was covered it kind of looked like an egg or a beehive! Once the base was finished it was time to decorate. I finished Jake’s face and arms and then I started to add some characters. The first is Princess Bubblegum. She is made entirely by fondant and is fully edible: Then the Ice King character was next. He took the longest time to create out of all the characters as his beard and teeth were so fiddly as was the...