For my daughter Emily’s 8th birthday she wanted a penguin cake. She was so pleased with it and we got so many comments that I thought I would share. A couple days before I made the cake, I made the wings, nose and feet from rolled fondant. I dyed the fondant, shaped the pieces and … Read more
My 16 year old daughter loves penguins. When the movie Happy Feet came out she wanted one for her birthday. I simply couldnt grasp the concept of trying that one so I went to a website that teaches children to draw penguins. I practiced my cake decorating design ideas on paper then when the time … Read more
I made this homemade Pingo birthday cake for my husband who likes Pingu. Time was limited so the design had to be basic, quick and simple. The sponge was a 10-inch round cake and I find that just before decorating. I put it in the freezer for half an hour to really chill and this … Read more
This Penguin Cake was my first time ever trying to decorate a cake like this. A good friend of mine was pregnant, and she loves penguins, so we decided to do a penguin theme for her baby shower. The cake is just two boxes of yellow cake mix, prepared as package states, and baked in … Read more
The penguins are made of black and orange food coloring almond paste. I molded it into penguins. The Igloo on top is a separate cake I put on its own foil covered board, cut to shape. Since it was for my sons first birthday he needed his own piece. I decorated it with whipped white … Read more
I baked 2, 4 inch round cakes for this Igloo Birthday Cake Design. I over-filled the second one a little bit to make a “Dome” shape, and 1, 6 inch round. I cut out some of the middle and filled it with vanilla pudding. I then crumb coated the 6 inch cake and put it … Read more
For my son’s 10th birthday I created a Penguin cake, (look under Penguin Cakes) so this year I needed to challenge myself. His Penguin-themed bedroom, claimed Micahrctica (a conjunction of his name and Antarctica) gave me the inspiration. For the cake I used a basic out of the box mix, in a spherical cake pan … Read more
I made this cake for my daughter in the shape of one of her favorite soft toys. This cake was made from two pudding basin cakes, one big one for the body and one little for the head.The cake decorating design ideas I copied from the toy. It is iced with sugar paste icing. The … Read more
I used a buttercream frosted cake with fondant penguin figurines and trees etc. on this Christmas Penguins Cake. The igloo is the Wilton Ball cake pan and the ball cake is also frosted with buttercream. The pond is colored piping gel.
When my 3 daughters had a combined Alaska themed party, I made this penguin one for my 7 year old who wanted penguins on her cake. I used store bought boxed marble cake mix. I used a rectangular shaped pan, about 10 x 8 and a few mini and regular size cupcakes. I iced the … Read more
This was for my seven year old daughters “Happy Feet” Birthday party. I got the idea from another cake I saw on the internet for cake decorating design ideas. We used a yellow butter cake from a box and I made the cream cheese icing from a recipe on the internet (mix room temperature 8 … Read more
This penguin cake was a birthday cake for a friend’s son who loves penguins. I just took a toothpick to draw a basic shape for the penguin onto a sheet cake. I then outlined the shape in black and filled it in with a small round tip. To smooth out the colors, I dipped my … Read more