My son really liked The Backyardigans especially Pablo. So for his third birthday I made this Pablo penguin cake and put an igloo from “The Yeti” episode on it – his favorite by the way. We have a large family and with friends attending I knew the cake had to serve a lot. The rectangular … Read more
This Uniqua Birthday Cake I made for my daughter’s first birthday. I made a three tiered cake, and put a crumb coat on each layer. I use wooden dowels, and cake boards in between the layers to keep them from caving in with the weight of the top tiers. I then colored my fondant into … Read more
My daughter wanted a Backyardigans theme for her 3rd birthday…and since Uniqua and Pablo are her favorite this was who I made. After searching the internet for a Backyardigans birthday cake I was unsuccessful (except for the recipe on Nick Jr. which sounded far too difficult and expensive seeing as I was searching for a … Read more
I decided to make a Pablo cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. I bought the cake pan from Michael’s and used buttercream icing made from scratch. I made one batch royal blue, the other a bright yellow another black, red, and then kept one white. I applied white around the sides of the body then … Read more
This Pablo Penguin cake was for my one year old nephews birthday.The head is an 8” round orange supreme with classic white icing and food coloring for Pablo’s colors. The beanie is a piece of the cake that I cut from the 14 in round bottom. I cut it out so that the body would … Read more
My daughter loves The Backyardigans, with Uniqua being her favourite, so I decided to make her a Uniqua cake for her birthday. Thank goodness, I thought, because she has a round head! I used a box cake for the bottom, and another one baked in a round pan for the top layer. Her smile, her … Read more
I made this Tyrone cake for my nephews third birthday. He loves Tyrone from the Backyardigans. I found the picture of Tyrone on the internet and traced it onto parchment paper. I then drew in the balloons freehand. After frosting the cake and letting it set for about an hour I placed the pattern on … Read more
To make this Uniqua cake as shown, you will need: Aluminum foil 14×20 piece of cardboard 3 boxes of cake mix (your choice) 10 inch round cake pan 2- 12 inch round cake pan royal icing (stiff decorating icing) red food coloring gel black food coloring gel stiff white card stock (for her eyes) The … Read more
This is my first homemade birthday cake. I have not made many cakes at all, in fact this Uniqua cake is the first cake I have done using layers and also my first time using fondant! I had so much fun making it and for a cake full of firsts I was really pleased with … Read more
I made this Backyardigans cake for my twin Niece & Nephew’s 2nd B-day. I made a chocolate & vanilla marble cake 12″x18″ & iced it with butter cream. The image of the Backyardigans was made by using a method called “Frozen Butter Cream Transfer”. Take the image that you want to use (reverse it if … Read more
I made this Backyardigans Pablo Cake for my son’s best friend’s 3rd birthday. It was kind of an experiment based on others I had seen online but I think he turned out great! 1) Go to Nick Jr. site and download a coloring page of Pablo. Then enlarge the image on a copier, focusing on … Read more
My daughter wanted a Backyardigans theme for her 3rd birthday, so I made her a Uniqua cake. After searching the internet for a Backyardigans birthday cake I was unsuccessful (except for the recipe on Nick Jr. which sounded far too difficult and expensive.)I didnt have any templates or patterns. I just had her stuffed critters … Read more