Baking for My Son's Birthday Party: Tips and Tricks

[AnnieBee]

Teresa, you're hilarious! It sounds as though it will be an awesome cake! I'm sure the shot put will NOT roll off! The skewers sound like a good idea though! My biggest problem was that my cake was on a round cutting board that was on the base of my cake carrier, and there was not much friction to stop it from sliding right off.

Got to run... Good luck with your cake, and show us some pictures!

 

[Teresa Lynn]

Here is the picture of the cake I made for my son today.
He will be throwing shotput and discus for the University of Houston.

 

[Jennie4PC]

Teresa,
That cake looks nice. You did a great job on it. Also congrats on your son signing at University of Houston.

 

[AnnieBee]

Teresa, your cake came out so well, it looks amazing! You did a great job with it, and it looks as though it stayed intact - no rolling shotputs! I hope your son enjoyed his celebration, you must be really proud of and excited for him .

 

[lissahope26]

Here is the picture of the cake I made for my son today.
He will be throwing shotput and discus for the University of Houston.


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You did an awesome job!!!!!!!

 

[KellyTheChef]

Here is the picture of the cake I made for my son today.
He will be throwing shotput and discus for the University of Houston.


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Teresa...

That came out nice!!

Way to go!

 

[KellyTheChef]

I keep forgetting to post Evan's birthday cake that I made. It's a 12 inch cake made in the family skillet, then I covered it in green fondant for the "grass" and painted on the road using food coloring paste mixed in water...

 

[Teresa Lynn]

Yes, my oldest son was driving and I held it, it was pouring rain & windy so the foil smushed down on it a little but it arrived ok

I messed up on the spacing betweent he U & the H but it was hardly noticeable

 

[nicki25]

Has anyone ever baked a cake early and then freezed it before icing the cake?? I have heard that it makes icing easier. How do you package it to freeze the cake??? I need to make a cake today and then it will be iced for Saturday afternoon.

 

[KellyTheChef]

Nicki~

Allow the cake to cool, then wrap securely in saran wrap and freeze on a flat surface (like a sheet pan) I actually think cakes normally taste BETTER after being frozen! My neighbor (like a mom to me) does this and then frosts them straight from the freezer so she doesn't get too many crumbs.

 

[nicki25]

Thanks for the info. I am sure it will help!!!

 

[chefsteph07]

Kelly, that's a GREAT cake!!!
Wish I were so talented!

 

[Kitchen Diva]

I keep forgetting to post Evan's birthday cake that I made. It's a 12 inch cake made in the family skillet, then I covered it in green fondant for the "grass" and painted on the road using food coloring paste mixed in water...

Nice cake!

 

[pamperedlinda]

Good job Kelly!

 

[pamperedlinda]

Anyone have a cute cake design for a baseball theme? I'm doing cakes for the end of season party for my son's baseball team next weekend. I'm decorating cupcakes to look like baseballs for the kids with their number on them and I bought the round ball cake pan to do a baseball for the coaches. I need more cake for the moms and dads and brothers and sisters who will probably be there. I was thinking that I'd do a buch more baseball cupcakes for everyone, but a themed cake would be cute too...any ideas? I'm heading over the coolest cakes website to see what they have too.

 

[rebeccastt]

Here's a cute one from Wilton. The baseball jersey looks authentic and the little pieces added really makes it look cute, IMO.

Baseball Jersey

 

[Teresa Lynn]

the Wilton ball pan was perfect for my son's shot put cake. It had great directions for a baseball. You could put it on a sheet cake like I did to serve more people.

 

[pamperedlinda]

Here's a cute one from Wilton. The baseball jersey looks authentic and the little pieces added really makes it look cute, IMO.

Baseball Jersey

That's cute, but I don't want to butcher our jersey by trying to replicate it. Plus I don't have time to get the pan.

 

[Kitchen Diva]

too bad you can't make a dugout, or a baseball glove...

 

[pamperedlinda]

I saw a baseball glove on the coolest cakes website, it didn't look too hard.

 

[Teresa Lynn]

I made a glove once with a round cake, frosted twinkies, licorice string and a snowball cake in the middle (just piped a little red for stitching over the coconut)

 

[fikibiff]

Here is my latest cake. I found it on-line somewhere. The cookie crumbs kept falling off of the grill sides.

 

[pamperedlinda]

That is too adorable! details please....

I love it when I see this thread pop back up!

 

[vwpamperedchef]

How adorable!! yes, please share!!

 

[lacychef]

That is very cute!

 

[cewcooks]

That is the most adorable cake I have ever seen! Is the cheese butterscotch icing and what type of icing did you use for the hot dogs?

 

[AnnieBee]

That's awesome! And I love the santuko knife cover in the picture too - for cutting the cake?

 

[KellyTheChef]

Cool cake! DETAILS!!!!

 

[Jennie4PC]

That is such a cute cake. I agree you cant post a pic with out telling us how it is done.

 

[fikibiff]

Thanks for all the compliments!:blushing:

OK, here are the details. I used 2 8" round yellow cakes for the bottom and 2 10" chocolate rounds for the "grill" part.

I stacked and frosted the bottom layers on our round SA platter - I use my mom's frosting recipe for almost everything. I added the grill legs and grass - which I realized later that I should have done very last to avoid the cookie crumbs in it.

I used our food chopper to smash up a ton of fudge Oreos. Next I stacked and frosted the grill layers on a cutting board. As soon as I had the brown frosting on it, I started pressing the cookie crumbs into the sides and top with a spoon. Once that was all covered, I pushed 4 straws into the bottom layers and snipped them off to just a little below the frosting layer. Then I wrapped a piece of cardboard in aluminum foil and set it on top of the cake/straws. I would recommend dowels if you are doing more layers than this, but for this the straws worked fine, and, I had them on hand.

After that I used our lift and serve plastic things (can't remember if they are really called that) to lift the grill layer off the cutting board and put it on the aluminum foil/cardboard. If I did this cake again, I would have just put the grill part on the cardboard to begin with and then frosted, crumbed, and moved the whole thing, but live and learn.

Anyway, then I had to go to the store because I didn't have enough left over cake pieces (because I ate them) to make the burgers and hot dogs and I didn't want to make a whole other cake. I bought some round shortcakes and trimmed them into hamburger shapes and cut a Suzie Q into strips for the hot dog. I used canned vanilla frosting that I tinted to the hot dog, hamburger, and cheese colors and microwaved it until it was runny. I poured the frosting over the various "pieces of meat" and let them cool/dry. While they were drying, I piped the grill grate on and the lettering - I suck at piping as you can see by the lettering. Then I moved the meat onto the grill and used a paint brush and black food coloring to make the grill lines.

I did use the santuko to cut it. I like using it cuz it's long and wide enough to pick up pieces of cake for serving.

So, I don't know if you wanted that much detail, but there it is.