Making this Nemo cake was so much fun. They do not sell a Nemo cake pan that looks like Nemo. I went to Google images and typed in Nemo. There I was able to see several images of the fish. I picked the biggest image I could find, printed the photo on my printer. I … Read more
First I found a picture from one of my son’s books for this Nemo Birthday Cake Idea. I then sketched the image to the size I wanted for the cake onto some greaseproof/see-through paper. The cake was made by using vanilla butter cake packet mix as I find the packet cakes are easier to ice … Read more
Quick and easy Dory birthday cakes for kids with jellyfish:You will need 2 x A3 size printouts of a Dory colouring picture. I saved a colouring picture of Dory from the internet. I then opened it and chose the fit to page (A3) option when printing as I have an A3 printer. If you dont … Read more
For this Nemo cake I used 3 tiers which were frosted using blue buttercream which I tinted darker on the bottom layer and gradually got lighter toward the top. I made the frosting for all three layers and then frosted the bottom cake. I added in some white to lighten the color and frosted the … Read more
I looked in the internet for a cool Finding Nemo picture, because I wanted to make a very special cake for my daughters 2nd birthday. Then I found this Finding Nemo cakes page, and I am very happy, because here in Austria, it’s not very common to make a theme cake. Nevertheless, it was not … Read more
I used an example of “rainbow fish” I found online to get the idea (I found a Finding Nemo picture); but basically I created this all by myself. I used 1 cake mix and two 9″ round pans. I cut out the shape of a fish (I had to get creative) and pieced it together … Read more
After browsing all the photos on this site I decided to try my own Nemo for my sons first birthday. I made 2 rectangular cakes and a third using the football cake pan. I covered the 2 rectangular cakes with icing and marbled marshmallow fondant (quite fun to play with). I placed Nemo’s body in … Read more
This was a Nemo cake I made for my 1 year old boy who loves Nemo. It is made from two Betty Crocker pound cake mixes. I used bowls for cake pans in different sizes. For the body I used a mixing bowl and different sized custard cups for the fins. I used chocolate frosting … Read more
I recently bought my son the movie Finding Nemo, which he has watched endlessly and now recites! So when it came to his birthday a couple of weeks ago there was no contest about what to make him. The whole thing took 2.5 hours from the time I remembered I had to make him a … Read more
I used to make special birthday cakes for my three children when they were growing up. My son remembers the cakes fondly and told his wife that he wanted his son to have that experience. My daughter-in-law asked me to continue the tradition by making her son’s birthday cakes. Last year, I made a monkey … Read more
My son was turning 2 and he is in love with Nemo. I knew I needed to make my 1st cake. (I was scared). I came upon this site while doing my search! And used some others ideas. I did 2 9×13 white cakes with chocolate filling, 2 9in layered round cakes with Vanilla filling, … Read more
I made this Nemo Birthday Cake for my 2 year old son for his birthday. I looked for a few months for a Nemo Cake topper or Nemo decorations and was unable to find anything. I decided that I would just make it myself. This was my first attempt at a cake other than just … Read more