I used one package of cake mix to make one loaf cake and one cupcake. After baking and cooling, I froze them both for easy handling and cutting. I sliced off the top two corners of the loaf cake, and rotated them to make the rocket fins.
The cupcake became the rocket booster. I used homemade cream cheese frosting, which was smoother, healthier, tastier, and easier to spread than the store bought ones: beat 2 packages of 8oz cream cheese and ½ cup butter (I use Smart Balance with omega-3, no trans fat, no hydrogenated oil), add 1tsp vanilla, and gradually add 3 cups of powdered sugar. For the round porthole, I melted milk chocolate, dripped a spoonful onto parchment paper, and then after it cooled, transferred it to the cake.
For the name, I used the same melted chocolate and put it into a cake-decorating gun to write the letters again on parchment paper. I do this instead of writing directly on the cake because I’m afraid I will mess up or run out of room. My way, allows me to take the best letters and transfer them onto the cake with ease.
thank you so much for the idea – simple, delicious, and effective!