This last minute Nemo Birthday cake was my first ever attempt at a big cake. I never stray from what I know which are cupcakes, but my friend couldn’t afford to pay at the time so I offered free of charge to attempt one. So glad I did. It was a plain vanilla sponge cake filled … Read more
I made 4 sheet cakes and layered it with frosting in between. Then carved the body shape and frosted it. I then made a lot of rice crispy cereal treats and shaped them into the fins of the fish. I had to shape them around bowls and cups and let them harden for a while … Read more
This Nemo cake was made for my granddaughter. My grandchildren think I can make any cake and decorate it! It is a lot of pressure for this very inexperienced cake decorator. This was about my third attempt working with color flow icing. I used the Wilton color flow mix. By using color you can create a dimensional … Read more
I made this Finding Nemo birthday cake for my hairdresser for her granddaughter, she said she loved Nemo the film and decided this was what she wanted. Before baking the cake I needed to make the decorations so they dried out. I started by making the body of the fish. I colored one piece of icing in orange … Read more
My sister in law called me as my nephew’s birthday was approaching and asked me if I could combine his two favorite characters, Scoop the Dozer from Bob the Builder and Nemo, into a cake for his second birthday. I asked her to text to my phone a picture of Scoop, which she promptly did, and off … Read more
I made this cake for my son’s 1st birthday. Ahead of time, I made frozen buttercream transfers of Nemo, Pearl and Squirt. (If you Google “frozen buttercream transfer” you will find a detailed explanation of this method. It is time consuming but gives a clean look and almost a 3D look to your characters.) I … Read more
This Finding Nemo cake was done for a little boy. Around the edge of the cake I used sherbet to look like sand, up the sides of the cake I put green icing to look like seaweed. I mixed a green and blue icing together loosely so that it made a marble effect for the … Read more
This Nemo cake was for my son’s 2nd birthday. My son loves Nemo, so my sister and I decide to make this Nemo cake for him. We decorated the top of the cake with blue and green color mist food spray to give the cake an aqua look and used blue sparkle gel to write … Read more
I made this Nemo cake after being inspired by this phenomenal site! The base is a football pan. The extra segments are cut from a frozen 8×8 cake pan. The fin in the center is a frosted graham cracker. The eye is a junior mint. I covered a cutting board with blue cellophane wrap for … Read more
My son loved Finding Nemo, and Bruce The Shark was his favorite. I wanted to make his cake look as much like Bruce as possible and still be edible. I used two store-bought yellow cake mixes and followed instructions for the 8×13 pan on the box. I baked one of the two cakes a bit … Read more
This Finding Nemo cake was designed for a little girl who loved Nemo but wanted it more on the girly side. I started with a 12″ round and a 6″ round. I iced it with teal blue and then sprayed the bottom of each part of the finding Nemo cakes with the Wilton blue spray … Read more
The water is marbled fondant on 1/2″ foam core board. The body of the fish is made with Wiltons egg pan with an oval in between. A support board in the center is a must, with bamboo stakes hammered down through the cake and into the baseboard to keep it from rolling off. Fins, added … Read more