For my son’s first birthday I found this site and was inspired by the other Baby Einstein Caterpillar cakes. This is my take on it!
Two Wilton Ball pans, 5 cake mixes and 4 hours of icing. The tail and feet are halves of iced Twinkies, his antennae are Twizzlers. I drew the eyes and mouth on before starring the head. We gave our son the head to “smash”.
I did the sections in different flavors, chocolate, vanilla and strawberry, and he is sitting on a 3 foot board that I covered with a scrap piece of fabric. There was PLENTY of cake to go around. Unsure of exactly how much icing would be needed, I went ahead and bought the big tub of Wilton premade icing at Walmart. As well as the 12 pack Wilton gel coloring.
The picture doesn’t do the colors justice, they were such pure, vibrant colors!
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That is adorable!
Just ran out and bought the pan. Last one in the store – no directions with it but that’s okay. Thanks for the inspiration. Awesome!
That is amazing. Especially to think that those little legs are actually Twinkies. It puts the size in perspective. Kudos to you!
I will be trying this hope mine turns out as beautiful as yours did… but I know I am not a pastry chef…
Thanks so much for taking the time to share! My son is turning 1 this month and giggles every time he sees the baby Einstein caterpillar go across the screen so this is going to be great! With my Mom coming in town maybe it can turn out as well as yours but…I don’t know…you did an amazing job!!
I just bought the pan to make your cake. My cake did not get done in the middle and was like liquid.
OMG………
I love this cake. I will be doing my son’s first baby and the theme is Baby Einstein. This cake is perfect. I will have someone try to do it for me.
Thanks.
That is absolutely amazing. I just showed my 10 month old the picture. He smiled and reached out to touch it. Hope I can pull it off. Thanks for the idea!!
My kids knew right away this was the Baby Einstein caterpillar. It’s gorgeous. I’m attempting it as we “speak.” Hope mine is half as good as yours!
You did a great job! Wilton also makes a mini ball pan to make this in a smaller size. I am not sure who sells it as Michaels, Jo-Ann’s, Hobby Lobby, and AC Moore do not carry it! Complain!!!! For those using the the ball pan. Try cooking the cake at 325 to get it done in the middle. It does take longer to cook! Also a denser cake like a pound cake mixed with either yellow cake or chocolate is more durable! Again, this is way TOO cute!
that is a very awesome cake you made! thanks for the inspiration! my son is turning 1 year old in January and I am looking for baby Einstein cake ideas. thanks for the info!
How did u do the eyes?what tip did u use?
Cute cake!! :) just wondering how you made the eyes.
What did you use to hold the head in place? I am trying this, and the cake under the head is giving out. I used skewers to try to anchor it, but no go. Any suggestions?
To support the cake I would put the head on a small round piece of cardboard and add three dowel rods to the lower portion of the cake. Make sure to cut the dowel rods so they do not exceed the height of the layer you are putting them in.
Hi, how big was your pan? I just got mine in the mail from Wilton and they are small! If you or someone can answer I’d really appreciate it!