This Space Shuttle Birthday Cake was for my son’s 4th Birthday. He was having a space party. The shuttle came out a bit fatter looking than I planned but I was happy with the end result and most importantly my son loved it. I got some inspiration from some of the other great shuttle cakes … Read more
Make your favorite dense cake and bake one in a 10 ” spring form pan and another one in a 6″ spring form. Cool, then remove from the pans. I then froze my cakes to make cutting into the shapes easier but this is not necessary. Cut the 10 ” cake into quarters then divide … Read more
My son is turning five and he decided that he wanted a space themed cake. I racked my brain trying to come up with an idea and then I came across a silicone baking pan shaped like stars. Then inspiration came to me to make this Birthday Space Mission Cake. I baked two boxes of … Read more
I looked all through lots of unique birthday cakes to find a cool cake my little Outer Space Astronaut birthday boy would love. I found a rocket cake mold — BORING — and some cute space candles.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Then at a friends birthday party it hit me like a asteroid! The mom said she made … Read more
I made this Little Einsteins cake using three chocolate cake mixes; a sheet pan for the base, an oval casserole dish for the bottom of rocket and a round Pyrex dish for the top. I used mini chocolate Swiss rolls and pieces of graham wafer biscuits for the engines. The oval cake rose up unevenly … Read more
I created this Little Einsteins Rocket Birthday Cake for my son’s second birthday using a 9”round cake tin and 6” round cake tin. I started by baking two separate cakes, one sponge and the other chocolate. To keep things simple I used a whipped cream and jam filling with both and then covered in butter … Read more
I made this Rocket Cake for a 5 year old birthday boy! Blast-off from Saturn! For Saturn/Planet: 1. Butter and flour Pyrex bowl. Combine Red Velvet Cake mix per directions, pour into bowl and bake at 350 for 1hr 15 min or just until done by testing with skewer or toothpick. 2. Cool completely then … Read more
My two year old just loves Disneys Little Einstein and especially Rocket. Of course they don’t make a cake pan for Little Einsteins cake so I took an oval shaped graduated Pyrex dish and a large round pan (I think it was 14″). I cut the large round cake into an oval shape to be … Read more
Mercury, Earth’s Moon, and Pluto are cake-donut holes, dusted in colored powdered sugar. For the bigger planets I bought an expensive soccer ball dome pan at Hobby Lobby, which was a waste of money. I ended up just baking regular size cakes and trimming them into domes. Cupcakes were Earth, Venus, Mars, Uranus, and Neptune, … Read more
I made this cake for my sons 7th birthday. I baked a cake in a 9×13 pan of his favorite recipe. Frosted it with white frosting and then covered the surface with black sugar crystals (which make your mouth and anything it touches black). My son and I made the planets with different colored salt … Read more
This Space Shuttle Cake is approx 55cm in length, consisting of 4 premix mud cakes. I used two for the lower half of the shuttle, one and a half for the upper. I fashioned the tail out of a piece of cardboard covered with royal icing. This is the only non edible part of the … Read more
I made this sunshine cake using marshmallow fondant. I was inspired by a lamp in my daughter’s bedroom. I was looking for a picture of something similar that I could get ideas from but didn’t find any so we did this cake without any tips. I made the fondant and colored it rolled it and … Read more