I had so much fun making this Caterpillar Birthday Cake for my daughter’s first birthday. All it took was two boxes of cake mix, three containers of icing (buttercream), food coloring, 1 qt Pyrex (glass oven safe) bowl, cookie cutters, cookie dough, and multi colored pipe cleaners.
The most time consuming part of making this cake was waiting for the cakes to bake because I only had one bowl to cook with.
I made five cakes, decorating them with different colors and textures, for the face I used a heart shape cookie cutter and added M&M’s for the eyes and nose. I used the pipe cleaners for the legs, antennas, and mouth. For the cookies I used the cutters to make my daughters name and also I used a cookie cutter to make the round cookies. I decorated them using the extra icing from the cakes.
The cake was a big hit with all of my family and especially with my daughter.
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We were all so impressed with this cake, Melissa’s imagination and creativity are amazing! The kids loved the cookies as much as they did the cake. Not only did it look great but it tasted great too!