They wanted to have chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. It is a staple for most kids parties! I used a new recipe for chocolate cake and was very pleased with how it turned out. I actually had found it in a magazine a few months ago. The vanilla buttercream frosting recipe is one I also found about a year ago in a magazine and I love the variations they give you for different flavors. This time, I stuck with the classic vanilla.
I used 6 inch round cake pans for the cake and I used rice krispie treats for the head and the arms. I carved the head to be rounded on the top and for the arms I simply cut out the shape with a knife. I used an everyday recipe for the rice krispie treats. This time I coated my marshmallows with the melted butter first before melting the marshmallows and it made such a difference I will always do that from now on!
I stacked my cakes and had a good amount of icing between the layers:
Then I put the rice krispie treats on top and carved it to be like a rounded head:
I then covered the entire cake with the buttercream frosting and also cut out the shape of the arms out of rice krispie treats. I also coated the arms with the frosting and then covered the entire thing with my fondant. I attached the arms with toothpicks:
Lastly, I added detail with colored buttercream frosting. I think for my first attempt at a themed cake, I did relatively well! Hope you all think so as well!
The front:
The left side:
The back:
The right side:
Not too bad for my first attempt! Hope you like it!
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