This lemon flavored SpongeBob cake was made by a friend for her son’s 6th birthday. She made her own marshmallow fondant and swears it is fairly easy to make and work with. I look forward to trying it soon.

If you search the internet you will find different versions of Marshmallow Fondant Recipe, here’s one from All Recipes:

INGREDIENTS

* 1/4 cup butter
* 1 (16 ounce) package miniature marshmallows
* 4 tablespoons water
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 pounds confectioners’ sugar, divided

DIRECTIONS

1. Place the butter in a shallow bowl, and set aside.
2. Place the marshmallows in a large microwave-safe bowl, and microwave on High for 30 seconds to 1 minute to start melting the marshmallows. Carefully stir the water and vanilla extract into the hot marshmallows, and stir until the mixture is smooth. Slowly beat in the confectioners’ sugar, a cup at a time, until you have a sticky dough. Reserve 1 cup of powdered sugar for kneading. The dough will be very stiff.
3. Rub your hands thoroughly with butter, and begin kneading the sticky dough. As you knead, the dough will become workable and pliable. Turn the dough out onto a working surface dusted with confectioners’ sugar and continue kneading until the fondant is smooth and no longer sticky to the touch, 5 to 10 minutes.
4. Form the fondant into a ball, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight. To use, allow the fondant to come to room temperature, and roll it out onto a flat surface dusted with confectioners’ sugar.

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For my son’s 5th Birthday party I baked a large chocolate sheet cake and created a Spongebob SquarePants scene for him using Crayola’s Model Magic clay to make the Pineapple and jellyfish. The characters are from the top of special edition PlayDoh cans and the “sand” is crushed graham crackers.

SpongeBob Cake for Cameron

Everyone complimented me on how the cake looked, but close friends and family confided that the cake itself was pretty dry and bland. I realized that I could have saved myself a lot of time if I would have just ordered the cake from my grocery store and added the models before the party.

So keep in mind that toys and other non-edible items can be incorporated into your cake design. Just make sure that your material are non-toxic.