I made this Homemade Underwater Cupcake Birthday Cake for my daughter’s first birthday, because we were doing an “octopus” theme. I made two flavors of cupcakes (chocolate and strawberry), baked in color-coordinating liners for where they would be placed on my cake sheet. Then, after frosting them, I rolled each one in colored sugar/sprinkles to get either a sandy or watery look for them.
For the coral reef, I just stacked a bunch of cupcakes (regular sized and mini) and stuck them to each other with a dab of frosting on the bottoms.
All the little creatures, coral, etc is all molded homemade marshmallow fondant (in vanilla and almond flavors – all colored with Wilton coloring). I made all the little birthday letters out of construction paper.
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