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24 Super-Fun Cakes – Birthday Cake Designs for Kids – Parenting.com

lindaf — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:10:12 +0000

24 Super-Fun Cakes – Birthday Cake Designs for Kids – Parenting.com.

Super Mario Bros Birthday Party

lindaf — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:26:00 +0000

My son wanted a Super Mario Bros themed birthday this year and when I asked what kind of cake he wanted he said “A 1UP Mushroom!” After some research on the internet and a little creativity I was able to put together a fun party for him and his friends.

To make the 1UP Mushroom I used a Wilton Giant Cupcake Pan and for the star a Wilton Star Pan. For both cakes I just used cake out of the box and frosted them with icing I bought and colored with food coloring. For the eyes and spots on the mushroom I used store bought rolled fondant and cut the shapes out. I don’t like to completely cover cakes with fondant because in general people don’t like the taste of it. So to get a smooth look with butter cream I use the paper towel trick. My cupcakes were bought from Sam’s Club and I placed gold coins that I bought from a party store on them.

For games we had a Boo Ball Bounce, which is basically like beer pong I painted white ping pong balls with boo faces and covered plastic cups with silver paper to resemble pipes. The kids had to bounce balls into the cups to earn gold coins. We also played pin the mustache on Mario and Yoshi Egg smash. I modified the game from the video I linked to make it more challenging. My son created a poster with Shy Guys on it in random places. Each Shy Guy had a point value assigned to it. The kids were awarded gold coins based on which ones they hit.

At the end of the party the child with the most gold coins one a treasure box with small prizes in it. All the children received yellow goody bags with question mark boxes glued to them. The winner of each event got a framed award and a ribbon.

Summer’s Here

lindaf — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:07:56 +0000

For our end of school year pool party, my friend Brenda made this super cute cake to match the flip flop invitations I made.

She shaped two layered cakes and used ribbon and a paper cut out of a sunflower. She has good piping skills as well, but if like me you don’t, you could consider using hard sugar decorations and letters.

Guitar Hero Cake

lindaf — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:19:08 +0000

I made this cake for a recent Guitar Hero Party.

It isn’t necessarily a “simple” cake. However it wasn’t terribly difficult either, just very time consuming.

Shamrock Cake

lindaf — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:46:04 +0000

A quick and easy Shamrock Cake made from cupcakes, this is a perfect St. Patrick’s Day treat. One cake is made from four cupcakes, so one box of cake mix can make six of these cakes. Alternatively, you could make one shamrock as a centerpiece and arrange individual cupcakes around it.
You will need the following ingredients and supplies to make this cake:

1 Box of cake mix (and the ingredients needed to prepare it)
3 Cans of white frosting
Green food coloring
Green sugar crystals
Wooden skewer or toothpick
Aluminum foil or a marble*
Baking cups*

*If you have a heart-shaped cupcake pan you won’t need these.

Prepare your cake batter according to instructions on the box. If you don’t have a heart-shaped cupcake pan, while your oven is pre-heating tear 3 inch strips of aluminum foil and roll them into balls.If you have marbles, skip that step. Fill your cupcakes halfway with the batter. I like to use an ice cream scoop to measure and fill them. Then place your aluminum foil ball or marble between the baking cup and pan. You can get detailed instructions for this from Instructables – Make Heart Shaped Cupcakes Without a Special Pan but I’ll warn you here that the marbles will get very hot so be sure to let them cool before handling.

While your cupcakes are cooling, dye your frosting green and then refrigerate it until ready to use.

When your cupcakes are completely cooled, take them out of the baking cups. Frost the sides of the cupcake first, this way you can hold it between your thumb and forefinger and make less of a mess. once the sides are frosted, arrange three them on your serving board or plate to form the leaves of the shamrock. Cut one cupcake in half to use as the stem and use the remaining half to fill in the hole that will be left in the middle. You will probably need to shape and cut away a lot of the 4th cupcake to make the stem look right and to fit it in the middle.

Frost the entire cake and use the skewer to define space between the leaves and score lines in the leaves. Then sprinkle green sugar crystals over the entire cake. I was very heavy handed when it came to the sugar, but you can use less. Then touch up any spots you need using your toothpick.

That’s it, a simple, fast and fun St. Paddy’s dessert.

Pokemon Cake from Mom’s Fridge

lindaf — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:16:36 +0000

My son is a Pokemon freak so I was delighted when I found this easy but great Pokemon cake and cupcakes from the Mom’s Fridge blog.

Pokemon Cake

You’ll need the following ingredients:

3 cans frosting (one chocolate, 2 white)
2 cake mixes, prepared as directed
red and white M&Ms.
icing bag and frosting tip ( #3 tip )
1/2 bottle red food coloring

For detailed instructions on how to make this cake visit Mom’s Fridge – Pokemon Cake

If you have an easy cake decorating idea you would like to share, email simplecakes at gmail dot com.

31 Birthday Cake Ideas from Parenting.com

lindaf — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:50:01 +0000

I’m always on the lookout for easy cake decorating ideas and at Parenting.com they have 31 great ideas with step-by-step instructions.