What are some creative cake ideas for a son's 6th birthday?

[Jessamary]

What sort of "things" can you make with two cakes - one in the batter bowl and the other in the small batter bowl? My idea was to make a volcano, but that won't work out. Any ideas? It's my son's 6th birthday today.

 

[peichef]

a bug? how old is he?

 

[Intrepid_Chef]

I just heard about this one ... we all know the batter bowl makes a doll cake ... but did you know you can also put a cardboard "rim" on it and make it a baseball cap? Does he play baseball?You could also make a volcano if you know how to use colored icing creatively ...

 

[pamperedlinda]

Do you specifically want to use the batter bowls?

 

[Jessamary]

I've already baked the cakes and wondering if I cut them both in half, could I make...something. Or just leave them both. Or just cut one. This is frustrating.

 

[pamperedlinda]

Cut them in half lengthwise and make footballs.

 

[janetupnorth]

Cut them in half lengthwise and make footballs.

That's what I was thinking...

 

[tlag1986]

Is there a way you could make 2 small cakes in the prep bowls to make eyes. If this is possible could you make a possible "Oscar the Grouch", "The Cookie Monster", or even "Ernie"? I'm not sure how you could shape the batter bowl best, but maybe you can get idea I am trying to make.

 

[jillbean]

Too late, I guess but you can make Spider Man by cutting the batter bowl cake in half vertically. Then you lay the two pieces down flat and bump them up to each other to make an egg shape. Then you decorate it to look like Spider Man's face.
My sister and I did a great Beehive cake this weekend for my 2 year old's birthday.

 

[DebbieSAChef]

I recently made a spaceship cake. I don't know how to post the pic here but if you go to my photo album you can see it. I used the batter bowl, cones, and lots of frosting! It was great!

Debbie

http://www.chefsuccess.com/members/...um-picture927-spaceship-cake-batter-bowl.html

 

[pamperedlinda]

So, what did you make?

 

[Jessamary]

Wow, thanks for all your help! You guys are sure creative.
Well, the original idea was to make a volcano out of the batter bowl, small batter bowl and one of the prep bowls. I saw something on this on Semi-Homemade cooking. But, the cake recipe I had was barely enough for the batter bowls half-full!

I did end up just going ahead with the volcano and it turned out great! I thought about the football, but my son is just not that into sports. Wish I would have seen the Spider-Man idea last night. That woud have been pretty cool.