For the first few years of my kids' lives, I was able to either pick the cake they had for their birthday or somehow talk them into a cake I wanted to make....i.e. not a character cake. But when my oldest turned 5, she was determined to have a Spongebob cake. After some kicking and screaming by me, I ended up giving in and making one for her.
This ended up being A LOT bigger than I planned. It was so heavy. I used a kitchen shelf for the cake board. The bottom picture shows it next to a can of pop for reference. Needless to say, we had over half of this darn cake left after the party.
I used 2 sheet cakes for the body - One 2 inch thick chocolate and one 2 inch thick vanilla and stacked them - so it was about 5 inches thick with the frosting and fondant. I used buttercream to cover the cake and then added fondant over top. Many people don't eat fondant so I wanted to be sure they still had frosting if they peeled it off. The kids; of course, love fondant...so they ate the arms and legs first:)
So here ya go, the only character cake (well, besides a Hello Kitty one) I have made and hope to ever make! Not sure if I'll get away with that though since the kids are only 7 and 5...
I made a spongebob cake for my friends daughter, you can see photos on my blog www.dlitefulsweets.blogspot.com or www.dlitefultrends.blogspot.com would love for you to see and let me know what you think and appreciate any support from other bloggers follow my blog. Thank you
ReplyDeleteI checked out your blog and it looks great. I can see you enjoy making desserts! :)
DeleteWOW!! Would you adopt me and make this cake for my next birthday?
ReplyDeleteAnd I am not even a sponge bob fan! In fact, I have never seen in my entire life even as much as 1 minute of the movie. But I love the way it looks as a cake and I would fit right in with your kids fighting over the arms and legs :-D
It's such a gorgeous cake!!
LOL, wow, you're making a good sell. Come on over! :)
DeleteConsider yourself lucky not to have watched Spongebob...he is quite annoying!
The cake looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI so enjoy the pictures if your cakes in the midst of the nail polish one!
Ah thanks. I worry that people get annoyed so I only do it once a week:)
Deleteif your cakes looked like crap, yeah people would get bored. But your cake are gorgeous! Is it your day job or a hobby?
DeleteAh! looking at your bio, I just realized we live in the same state, maybe the same big cities! Maybe I can ask you this before I go run around town, have you seen the new creator nail polish from Illamasqua anywhere?
Keep the cakes coming :)
Oh thanks:) It's just a hobby:) If you scroll down you will see links to the rest of the cakes I have posted under "Saturday Sweets". I am about an hour away from Minneapolis... I am actually going to MOA this weekend...I'm sure they have it at Sephora or perhaps Nordstrom?? I'll check! Are you around Minneapolis?
DeleteYep I live in the cities. Have fun at MOA, I have a love-hate relationship with the place. Love going there for H&M, hate spending all that money!
DeleteI agree:) I am also running to IKEA. Also love-hate :)
Deleteah totally! I love Ikea on week nights. Good luck with it :)!
DeleteThis is AMAZING!! You are so darn talented!!
ReplyDeleteOMG I am craving cake so bad and this makes it a million times worse!
LOL, well go take care of that craving! Thank you so much.
DeleteI love this one! I should send you the cake made me for my 40th, you'd probably love it!
ReplyDeleteYeah, send it to me!
DeleteAwesome job! I find Spongebob entertaining in (very) small doses, and in the morning.
ReplyDeleteIf I actually listen to it and not tune it out....I am a little surprised at some of the things that comes out of his mouth!
DeleteThat is some kick ass cake!!! What do you do with all your leftovers?? Cuz I can always give you an address if you ever have trouble deciding what to do with them!!! Haha ;))
ReplyDeleteI normally bring leftovers to work...OR throw:( I would love to see a piece of cake after being shipped to you:)
DeleteOh wow!! Your Spongebob is amazing!! Do you know how I decorated my son's Spongebob cake?? I bought Play-dough stampers in Spongebob characters and plopped them on top of a blue frosted cake! Lol. That wa a rough year, and not my best cake decorating effort at all. My son loved it, but I am making a note to self to NEVER show him your daughter's! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd look, your son loved it. You can please kids no matter what. I'm actually afraid I always have to out do myself now...no slacking for me in the years to come. I should have started off with the Play-Doh stampers:) LOL about showing him mine:)
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