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My son is really into The Little Einsteins, so for his birthday my wife decided to have that as the theme. She bought all the party favors then looked for a cake pan. Well, she didn’t find one. So I studied the picture of Rocket and came up with an idea. We had two oval … Read more
I took two oval shaped pans, one larger than the other, made a Madeira cake (or pound cake). As soon as they were out of the oven I wrapped them in foil and cooled them, then placed them in the freezer overnight. I had pre-bought: 1kg of red regal icing (I’ve tried to make red … Read more
My son wanted a rocket cake last year, so away I went. This is a six layer cake, so three recipes. I used the same size 8″ pan for all of them and filled them with chocolate butter cream. I inserted about 5 wooden skewers cut to the right height to stabilize the tall cake. … Read more
My 2 year old really loves The Little Einsteins! And his favorite toy is the rocket so that is where I got inspired to make this Rocket Cake Design for his birthday. It was much easier than I anticipated. I used two boxes of Betty Crocker Butter Cake Mix. Baked two 9 inch rounds and … Read more
I made a cake mix in a large rectangle cake pan and after cooling it I cut the cake in half and turned the cake pieces long ways. Cut two triangles off the top corners to use for bottom. I have a candy store near to me that had gummy letters I could use for … Read more
My inspiration and planning for this Little Einstein’s rocket cake came entirely from the cakes I found on this website. For my son’s 2nd birthday, we did a Little Einstein’s theme. I loved the idea of the rocket cake but I have never made/decorated a cake in my life. I used the cakes from this … Read more
For my son’s 3rd birthday cake, he wanted Rocket from the Little Einsteins. I used 2 cake mixes to make 3 different cake shapes: one 9×13, one 8″ round cake, and the rest of the batter went into a glass batter-bowl for the dome-shape of rocket. I frosted the 9×13 cake in green to resemble … Read more
Well my son kept saying he wanted a rocket ship cake for his birthday. I found a couple of pictures for some and either the cake was just a drawing on a sheet cake or it was a cutout. I wanted something more 3 dimensional. The cake starts with 2-8 inch layers, then 2-6 inch … Read more
The coolest Rocked cake, should have been Barbie. I assumed that a Barbie cake would have been a suitable choice for my daughter, Tehillah’s 4th birthday. So, with Barbie in my mind I baked 4 layers of sponge cake. With the first recipe mix, I baked the first two layers in round pans. With the … Read more
I made this cake for a Boys 4th birthday. We had a model 5 cm high so I draw a picture of it then started with my cake from there. I made a slab of vanilla cake, put my drawing on it and cut it out. Then I made 2 quantities of frosting and started … Read more
I really didn’t think I could do this Little Einsteins cake but after three hours, the cake was complete and I learned a lot. To make this cake, I started with a two cake mixes, a rectangle cake pan, a round cake pan, and a small batter bowl. Bake your cakes according to package directions … Read more
This Little Einsteins Rocket Cake was for my nephew who loves Little Einsteins. To begin I baked 1 6″ round, 1 8″ round and for the dome of Rocket a 3″ deep 6″ round and cupcakes for the engines. I made these cakes and 4 days before the birthday party and froze them. This made … Read more