For my twin boy’s 6th birthday, they wanted a space theme, so I decided on a rocket cake. We had a big crowd coming, so I knew we could do something large and impressive. The cake requires a little bit of carpentry to get started. The cake is elevated on an 8-inch wood circle from … Read more
My solar system birthday cake started out small and grew really fast. It was fun to figure out the effects and special characters. I used poured sugar, cake, cake balls, candy and a ton of time to create a cake a young boy would love. All the planets are made of different sized cake balls. … Read more
I made this Outer Space Moon Landing cake for my son’s fifth birthday. The party was an Astronaut Training Party. The cake itself is from a mix. The base is a half sheet cake (3 cake mixes). For the moon and the planets, I used different sized glass mixing bowls (2 each for the round … Read more
I must first say that this Little Einsteins Rocket Birthday Cake is my first attempt at cake decorating; clearly I am not a pro!! Having made my disclaimer, here’s how I made this cake (which took about 4 hours including baking time). Pans: Wilton 3D Egg Pan (1 box of mix) and an 8×8 pan … Read more
This Homemade Little Einsteins Birthday Cake is a basic vanilla recipe. I didn’t want anything crazy because it was for a 2 year old. I used a glass casserole dish for the base, try to find one that resembles an egg. I filled it about 1/4 full of batter. I then used a 9″ cake … Read more
I made this rocket birthday cake for my son Dexter’s fourth birthday. I made two cakes using the Wilton football cake pan (one cake mix per cake). Using a toothpick I sketched an outline of the top layer of rocket. I cut out a rough shape of the top layer of rocket out of one … Read more
I prepared this Little Einsteins cake for a friend. I used a half sheet cake for the bottom layer. I iced it with sky blue butter cream icing with a star tip boarder around the bottom. For the rocket I baked a one layer 8″ round cake and tapered the top edge for a rounded … Read more
My son has really been into the solar system/outer space recently, so we agreed to design and make his 5th birthday cake a Solar System cake. I decided to make a 9×13 sheet cake from a regular cake mix, since I figured that would give me a good “canvas” to start with. Beginning with white … Read more
My son for his 5th birthday decided he wanted a space shuttle cake. I looked on this site and decided to go with a Homemade Space Shuttle Birthday Cake Design similar to one found here that included a planet. I also did some additional cupcakes, which have little alien heads on them made from the … Read more
This homemade Little Einstein Rocket cake was made using a chocolate mud cake. A 10″ round pan was used to make the base of the rocket, which I then just shaped using a serrated knife. A round Pyrex dish was used for the top. I then covered the entire cake with red fondant. Blue and … Read more
I made this Little Einstein Rocket Birthday Cake for my son on his second birthday. He LOVES the Little Einsteins and it was impossible to find a Little Einsteins cake from a store anywhere. I got the idea from a website that had some similar rocket cakes and I took a little from some and … Read more
My 4 year old son decided he must have a rocket birthday cake for his birthday party, after looking in vain for a shop one I turned to the net for inspiration. I picked ideas from here and there resulting in this rocket cake which my little boy absolutely loved. Second time lucky as his … Read more