My friend Will is an avid video gamer, so I made this cake for his birthday. I made vanilla cake and used food coloring to tint some of it blue. I then made checkerboard layers and decorated it with homemade butter cream icing. The mushroom and the pipe on top are made from sugar cookies that I cut out and iced.
Some Tips:
When layering a cake, be careful not to use too much icing in between layers. If you have too much icing, your cake will slide which not only makes a mess, but it also puts crumbs in your icing.
When decorating cakes, it is best to use gel coloring, not liquid. Liquid food coloring doesn’t allow you to get the richness in color and it also changes the consistency of your icing.
To get a smooth, fondant-style look to your butter cream icing, use medium consistency to ice the cake, let it set for a half hour, and then lay a piece of parchment paper over the top. Gently rub your hand across the top to smooth the icing.
Be sure to give your cakes enough time to cool before icing them. It’s easier to get crumbs off if the cake has had enough time to set. I usually make my cakes a day before I ice them.
Your cake brings back great memories! Nice job and way cute!
WOW!!!
Love the cake! And great tips too! Thanks
I want to make this cake for my husband’s bday. Would you be willing to give me very detailed instructions on how you did it? Also, what do I need to buy to make it?
Thanks so much!!!! We are celebrating his bday on April 24th.
AWESOME CAKE! So cute, and really good tips. Thanks for posting this! You are very talented.
I just love this cake! Would you post or even email me instructions or at least more pictures if you have them? This would be perfect for my friends birthday!! Thanks! You’re amazing!!
Would you please email me detailed instructions? I love this cake & hope to try and duplicate it for my son. He’ll go crazy over it! :D
BEAUTIFUL job!!
Super cute and i love that it is all buttercream and not fondant. I wish you could see the side detail closer in more detail. I would more instruction as well.
Great job!
Thank you all for your compliments. Because of all of the requests, I will post step by step instructions with photos on my blog. https://sugarandthread.blogspot.com/