I saw many Baby Einstein Caterpillar Cakes on this site but I decided to give it my own perfectionist twist for my son’s first birthday! This cake was made with 5 different cake mixes using the Wilton sports ball cake pan. Each ball was covered with fondant. I rubbed water on each ball to give … Read more
I was doing a baby Einstein theme for my sons first birthday. I wanted to use the caterpillar for the cake. I made four 8-inch rounds in assorted flavors, one 6-inch pan for the head, and 8 cupcakes. I used 4 cupcakes for the caterpillar’s feet, I cut one in moon shape for the tail, … Read more
I bought the Wilton Sports Ball to make each of the sections of the caterpillar. I used Strawberry Chocolate and Vanilla cake batters – 1 box makes 2 sections. I made standard buttercream icing (2 batches were enough to cover all 5 sections) and used bright food coloring to color the icing. I piped the … Read more
Each ball of the cake was created using the small Wilton’s ball pan. Each ball was covered in fondant and airbrushed to match the colors of the DVD. Dowel rods were screwed to the cake board and the cakes were slid over the rods to keep the balls in place. Grass was created using colored … Read more
This Baby Einstein Caterpillar Birthday Cake was such fun to make! This was a half sheet cake, white and devils food cake. I used a royal icing for the entire cake. I used the mini ball pan for the ladybug and caterpillar. I cut off about 1/4 of the ball to help it look better … Read more
My son loves to watch Baby Einstein so I decided to make the caterpillar cake for his first birthday party. I found this website and looked through all of the examples of a Baby Einstein cake and decided to use the Wilton sports ball pans. I bought two sets (40% off coupons for Jo-Ann Fabrics … Read more
My son loved Baby Einstein. I looked through many a cake gallery last year to find Baby Einstein caterpillar cake and supplies, but they were none to be found. I had to come up with my own ideas to make this party a success. The baby Einstein logo is a caterpillar so I searched high … Read more
I got the idea for this Baby Einstein cake from the second picture sent in from Monica R. from Walland TN. I used 6 inch cake pans for the body of the caterpillar and cupcakes for the feet tail and antenna. I took 4 tubs of white icing and 3 boxes of cake. I ended … Read more
My daughter, after watching an old Baby Einstein video, decided she didnt want a Spiderman cake after all for her third birthday party; she wanted a caterpillar cake! So I utilized this website to help come up with my Baby Einstein caterpillar cakes and there were some really great ideas. I started by buying the … Read more
I made this for my friend for her sons 1st birthday (Linkin loves Baby Einstein). I used 1 liter Pyrex glass bowls (which you can buy from any super market) lined with baking paper to bake the balls. I had 3 different types of cake – 1 ball caramel mud, 2 chocolate mud and 2 … Read more
My son was into Baby Einstein and I wanted to have something different for his first Birthday. I couldn’t at the time find anything online that was more than a flat cake with a drawing on top. So I made this Baby Einstein 1st birthday cake. I could have used the Wilton mini ball pan, … Read more
I used 2 Wilton dome pans (4 domes in each pan), 1 box of cake mix, let cool really well in pan then turn upside down to let the domes slide out, hopefully unharmed. I then used Wilton roll out Fondant icing (a little hint: knead in a little bit of clear vanilla or almond … Read more