We wanted to make the cake for our daughter’s first birthday party. We looked all over for themes in the party stores and only found a few that we liked. The flower and ladybug theme were our favorites. We decided to go with the ladybug cakes since it was just a bit cuter. We only … Read more
This ladybug birthday cake was made for a friends little girl. The body is the soccer ball.s little girl. The body is the soccer ball.
My daughter was turning four and loves ladybugs. To make this ladybug cake I used a soccer ball cake pan and frosted it heavily with butter cream, fill in all the grooves as well. I then covered it with red fondant I dyed with Wilton’s coloring. I used black fondant to form the head and … Read more
I made this Ladybug cake for a friends daughter’s birthday. I used the Wilton soccer ball pan for the bug’s body. I used a small metal mixing bowl to bake the head. I iced both sections with tinted buttercream icing and for the black spots I attached Oreo halves and covered them with black tinted … Read more
For my daughter’s first birthday, I made her a Ladybug Birthday Cake. A smash cake just for her and one for the rest of the party goers. I had never made a birthday cake before so I was nervous. I used 3 packages of store bought moist vanilla cake mix. I used round bowl Bakeware … Read more
I saw a photo of this Ladybug cake and copied it from memory. I used a very large, fairly shallow, pyrex dish to bake the ladybird dome. I then cut 1/3 off for the face. I iced this black with plastic icing. I iced the ladybird’s body red and then stuck the two together with … Read more
I got the idea for this Ladybug 3rd Birthday Cake just by asking my daughter what cake she wanted for her birthday. She was about to turn 3 so you can imagine what her answer was. Uhhhhhmmmmm, a butterfly, no a princess, no a watermelon, etc. Finally, I decided to find pictures of cakes online … Read more
Last minute, I got a call from a friend that BOTH of her kids needed birthday cakes! Lily wanted a strawberry cake with strawberry frosting with lady bugs (the strawberry frosting was canned Pillsbury frosting). At my local cake supply store, I picked up some sugar lady bugs, royal icing roses and sugar letters. I … Read more
I made this bug cake for my daughter’s 1st birthday and everyone just loved it. I started out by using a round Pyrex bowl for the lady bug, and covered it in marshmallow fondant. I had never made it before, but it was super easy. You can get the recipe on-line and video directions on … Read more
This Ladybug Birthday Cake is a strawberry cake. I used half of the Wilton ball pan. I covered the cake in white fondant, and then sprayed red. I covered in black fondant dots, molded the head, eyes, and antenna. I also covered the base in green fondant.
I created the cute ladybug cake for my stepdaughter’s 7th birthday. I used nine-inch cake rounds for the two-layer cake. After making a basic chocolate cake I covered the entire cake in a thin layer of chocolate buttercream. After the entire cake was covered I added extra chocolate frosting to the face area and sides … Read more
I put the 8 in. cake on top of the 12 in. cake and formed it into the body of the ladybug. I then rolled out some red rolled fondant (you roll it out just like pie dough; you roll it to be bigger then the cake). Drape it over the cake and gently form … Read more