I made this Penguin birthday cake for a friend’s mom. She loves penguins. I made a yellow mix cake 9″ x 13″ and a chocolate mix cake 8″ x 8″. I leveled the tops and covered them in homemade buttercream icing, tinted blue with Wilton icing colors. The recipe for my buttercream is from C&H … Read more
I drew out the design using the shape of the tin as a guide for how big I needed it. I used the spare cake around the head to add on as wings. I made the cake a day before I needed to ice it as it is easier to ice than fresh cake. I … Read more
My son loves Happy Feet, so for his 2nd birthday we decided to make him a Happy Feet birthday cake. We used two round cake pans. We used a larger one for the body and a smaller for the head. I am not sure of the size, but you can use whatever size you need … Read more
I used a teddy bear shaped cake pan to make this Penguin cake. I cut off the ears and shaped the feet to make it look like a penguin. I used chocolate frosting for the black color and butter cream for the white and orange. I outlined his face and belly with the white, his … Read more
The cake decorating design ideas I had was such fun to figure out. I took the Stand up Wilton teddy bear and the mini teddy bear and on both I trimmed off all the arms, legs, ears, tails and noses so I basically had a snowman cake. I then piped in the black and white … Read more
When my daughter turned two, she was really into “Happy Feet.” We decided to venture away from our typical Wilton pan birthday cake and do a freehand Happy Feet Birthday Cake. Using the Happy Feet napkin design, my husband cut the Happy Feet shape seen in the picture using a serrated knife. We used a … Read more
I made this Penguin Birthday Cake for my son’s first birthday! I layered seven eight inch rounds and sculpted the top 2/3 for the head/upper body. The sculpting was a challenge since I’d never done it before! I used fondant for the belly and eyes and black frosting for the body. While not a masterpiece, … Read more
You can use any cake and frosting recipe. Bake cake and frost. Cover with blue colored fondant. The ice and snow are done with royal icing which I applied with a tip (Wilton #11 or #12) and also used a (damp) knife to spread. Use tip #2 or #3 for the fine/pointy pieces of ice. … Read more
Well, this Pingu Cake Idea was lovingly made for my son’s 4th birthday. I made the penguin figures ahead of time, probably 2 weeks before from coloured plastic icing (Bakels). I had many a PINGU book to study the faces, exact colours, and the positions they stand in. Each penguin has a small bamboo tooth … Read more
This penguins cake was made for a coworker of mine who loves a good laugh. The cake was a lemon pound cake laced with Italian limoncello, fresh grated lemon peel and fresh squeezed juice. The icing was cream cheese icing and the penguins appeared to be embracing a fun game of bowling using themselves as … Read more
This was my first attempt at cake decorating design ideas of this kind. I made this cake for my friends 22nd birthday. And I thought since she loves penguins I would make her a penguin cake! I started out by making a 13×9 inch cake. I allowed it to cool. I had to enlarge the … Read more
I made the igloo by cooking the sponge in a large metal bowl to avoid carving the shape later. The Pingu Cake was cut in half horizontally and filled with jam and buttercream. I then covered the dome with buttercream and then sugarpaste that I dyed a blueish ice colour. I stuck on the igloo … Read more