For this planets cake I baked two square chocolate cakes in 8 inch tins and laid them side by side on the cake board. I covered them with blue fondant icing in a marbled effect achieved by mixing dark blue and light blue packs. The fondant icing was stuck to the cake with a thin … Read more
The base of this moon cake is a simple round pan. I stabilized the ball cake with two wooden dowels. I piped stars on the moon and then smeared craters with some light gray frosting on the back of a spoon. The astronaut is a K’nex figurine. Everyone loved this cake and the kids all … Read more
I made this Little Einsteins Rocket cake for a friend and it turned out really cute and it was fairly simple to make. I used the 3D Wilton egg pan for the top portion and a Wilton oval pan (10 3/4 x7 7/8 inch). I used the ready made Wilton frosting and I think it … Read more
Since Einstein is the only show little Khalil will watch, it was fitting to make his first birthday cake with that theme. This Little Einsteins Rocket Cake was pretty easy, as there were no difficult shapes to deal with. First I baked an 8×3 and 10×3 round cake. I refrigerated them for 10 minutes and … Read more
This rocket cake was pretty easy. Use a 9″x13″ prepared cake (mix or other) then cut out the sections. Try to be careful at the bottom triangles, because you will be using those on top. I found that I didn’t have enough cake to do the “USA” part, (which was 4.5″ x 1.5″) but was … Read more
I made this Little Einstein cake for my daughter Zoe. She loves Rocket. I used nine cakes to get the shape I wanted. I froze cake and carved Rocket out, then covered in buttercream. I then covered cake in fondant. I used Fondant to make windows, lights and used Rice Crispy Treats to make engines … Read more
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