The first step involved baking two rectangular chocolate cakes. The first one remained as is, serving as the base on which the shuttle resides. On the other hand, we butchered up the second cake in order to get the shuttle-like shape on top (basically, we cut a tube-shaped piece for the middle of the shuttle, … Read more
I made this stars and moon cake for my boyfriend’s mom for her birthday. I used an 8 x 3 pan for the bottom layer and two 6 X 3 inch pans for the top layers. The cake is covered in buttercream icing and the decorations are fondant.
For this Little Einstein’s Rocket cake, I used the 10″ Wilton oval pan and half of the 8″ Wilton 3D egg pan. I made two cake mixes and used the extra batter to make cupcakes. I used 4 Twinkies for the engines and attached them together and to Rocket using toothpicks. Then I carved a … Read more
I created this Little Einstein Rocket Cake after looking at the many ideas on this website. My son is obsessed with Little Einsteins and Rocket. So naturally it was the theme for his second birthday. I took pieces from each idea and this was the end result. It turned out fantastic. I took half a … Read more
I made this rocket cake for my son’s 4th birthday as he was mad on rockets! For a black space background I just used a black baking tray with little glittery star stickers and a moon stuck on it. For the body of the rocket I used a ready made sponge roll but I also … Read more
My son asked for a rocket cake for about 6 months up to his birthday. Thanks to other photos on this site and my own research, I think it turned out pretty well. Cake: I used the chocolate groom’s cake recipe from the Wilton site. It was really moist and yummy and held up well. … Read more
“Rocket ship in Space” cake. The rocket ship that takes off on top of the quarter-sheet cake (which served as the “space”) was made from a chocolate cake that I baked in a small Pyrex bowl. I sliced the half-sphere into three, removed the middle portion and sandwiched together the ends’ giving me an oval, … Read more
My son and I looked at lots of pictures online to get ideas for his Space Birthday Cake Design. We got a lot of good ideas from this site! I used gel icing coloring in sky blue and yellow to dye some homemade buttercream icing. I spread the icing with a knife and did not … Read more
I started off this space shuttle cake with a 9 X 13 rectangle cake. I down loaded the diagram from a web image and enlarged it 300%. I cut out the basic shape by placing the diagram at an angle and used the left over pieces for another level on the body. I used form stickers for … Read more
I was extremely excited about how realistic this cake decorating idea turned out! It wasnt as complicated as it looked! First I made a sheet cake and traced & cut out the shape of the space shuttle on the sheet (You can use the coloring book pattern from the NASA Kids website). I transferred the … Read more
I made this moon cake for a baby shower. The cake was made from a box of cake mix (yellow cake) as were the cupcakes. I used a round pan for the cake and after I had cooled the cake, I cut out the hole with a much smaller round pan to give it the … Read more
I started this Little Einstein cake with a sheet cake with 2 cake mixes for Rocket’s base and used 2 round cake pans for Rocket’s top. I shaved the top to make it round and used 2 dinner rolls for the engines. Graham crackers for the (things on the engines) – whatever they’re called! Tootsie … Read more