This helicopter cake was for my son’s 2nd birthday, because he LOVES helicopters. I had looked for some other examples of helicopter cakes and didn’t find much so I was mostly going on my own idea.
I used half of a “Ball” cake pan and a square (8×8) pan for the other half of the batter. From the square cake, I cut it into 4 strips – using 2 for the foot rails and the third as the back body leading into the tail. I rested the half ball on top. Then from the last section of square cake, I made the tail fins.
Then I frosted the whole cake and used decorator frosting pens for outlining the windows and other details. The rotor blades are “Pirouettes” by Pepperidge Farm. We pushed toothpicks into the centers to connect the blades and balance the weight across the cake.
For the tail blades, I just cut the pirouettes in half and pushed it into the frosting/cake. (And as an FYI, the blades can’t sit out overnight or they’ll get too soggy and droop!)
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