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Next, I let the chocolate set up for maybe 3 minutes in the refrigerator...not long at all. If I was more patient, I would have let it set up at room temperature...but I couldn't help myself! You want the chocolate to be set up but not really cold or rigid.
Bake 45 to 50 minutes until pick inserted into centers comes out clean. Cool all cakes 10 minutes on wire rack. If you have a princess or prince living at your house, this is the perfect birthday cake! It looks complicated, but it’s basically 2 square cakes on top of each other with wafer doors and ice cream cone towers. Every kid has an assortment of favorite cakes, but my mom was a pro at making sheet cakes. Even though sheet cakes are simple, she always created the coolest cake design for each of the kids for our birthday parties.
The Amazing world of Gumball cake
Pour 2 1/2 cups batter into each 8-in. Bake 30 to 35 minutes until pick inserted into centers comes out clean. Meanwhile, prepare remaining 2 cake mixes using remaining water and eggs, then stir in reserved batter from first 2 mixes. Divide batter between 9-in.
Each cake is on it's own cardboard cake circle cut to the size of the cake. This makes it much easier for me to move them to their final cake board after frosting. I love that this cake uses gummy fruit slices and chocolate chips to make such a gorgeous flower. Perfect for a summer party. Maybe cake isn’t your thing? This crepe cake is for you!
Gumball Machine Birthday Cake
I made this last night for my daughter's 6th birthday! It was really easy and fun. On the pink part where there's scrollwork, I skipped that and used the area for writing "Happy Birthday". I also had mini cupcake pans so I made those up too like gumballs. I tried the Viva method too but with a cloth napkin.
Cut notch at center of bottom edge and round off bottom corners. With toothpick, score a border around edges, a circle under coin slot and swirls at each corner. Lightly brush edges of square with water; attach to back of rectangle behind coin slot. Shape a tsp of fondant into knob. And finally, I added a little ball of pink buttercream to the very top , and attached a bow to the cake with a little dot of buttercream. Then, I piped more gum balls with a tip 12 (I held the tip further away from the surface this time so that they would be puffier!).
Vending Candy
Spread cake with 2/3 cup reserved frosting. Place fish bowl on top of cake. Lay AirHeads candies end to end; press edges together to attach. Wrap around cake at base of fish bowl, using frosting to attach if necessary. Cool cake layers in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove cake layers from pans; cool thoroughly on wire racks.
Cut square cake layer into an 8x6-inch rectangle by trimming away 2 inches from one side. Trim one of the short ends into a curve so it will fit next to the round cake layer. What better way to say happy birthday than giving my children the perfect cake for their special occasion. When I was old enough to have my own cake I knew it was going to be a special occasion.
Remove cake from pan; cool completely on wire rack. Multi-colored M&M's imitate gumballs, and red frosting makes the cake look like a vintage gumball machine. With toothpick, score a 6-in.-diam circle onto top of cake. With serrated knife, trim cake on a slant from circle about halfway down sides to make gumball machine shape. Spread top of cake with thin layer of frosting. Prepare 2 cake mixes at a time as directed, using 1 1/2 cups water and 4 eggs.
An alternative would be to use real gumballs ;0) --I finished things off by outlining with a tip 3. A fun variation would be to use real gumballs or chocolate Sixlets candies . This would be fun for a bowling birthday party. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
In case you have someone in your family who doesn’t like cake, this is the option for you – it’s a cake made completely of candy bars! Also makes a great gift for a friend or even a graduation present. I loved having a pinata at my birthday party . It’s just a cake made from a cake mix and she walks you through how to hollow out the center.
With a black food writer write on the back of the candy melts. Next, take a sharp knife or x-acto knife and use my templates as a guide to cut out your shapes! In case you missed our link above--click here to see the templates.
Place round cake near one end of tray for globe of gum ball machine; frost top and side with half of the frosting. Place square cake next to round cake for machine base. Stir 1 teaspoon food color into remaining frosting; frost sides and top of base with frosting.
Melissa said she took great care in shaping gumball machine, because if she were to make one wrong move, then entire project would have to be scratched. Divide batter evenly between pans. I love the idea of using cupcakes around a circle cake to be the mane of a lion!
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