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“Frozen” Inspired Birthday Cake

August 12, 2015

File this one under “dedicated mommy.” My sister, who is very crafty and talented creatively made a birthday cake for my niece that is inspired by what else? FROZEN. Because four-year-old girls, of course!

Frozen-Inspired Birthday Cake- tint the frosting and then use rock candy to make the "Ice Castle."

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My sister gets all the credit- even the photos! She started off by making 2 box cake mixes and dying the batter different colors teal and purple, since that was the favorite colors of the birthday girl. As you can see, it’s a three-layer cake, so she had enough to make the layers and some extra cupcakes. You could make ombre batter or the colors you like.

Frozen-Inspired Birthday Cake- tint the frosting and then use rock candy to make the "Ice Castle."

Pardon the color on this one- it’s a little off. The layers were certainly more teal than green.

 

Then she bought icing from our local grocery store. Did you know that most supermarkets (with bakeries) will sell you white icing? First of all, our Giant Eagle has DELICIOUS frosting and second you save a TON of time with the prep…so you can have more time for decorating (fun) part.

She tinted 1/2 the frosting teal using a gel food coloring, and kept the rest white.

Here’s the brilliant part: after frosting the cake (sides, teal; top, white) she place edible snowflake confetti around the edge to mark of one area from the other. And lots of other edible snowflakes just for fun.

And a stack of rock candy in various colors make the “Ice Castle!” Don’t you love it?

Frozen-Inspired Birthday Cake- tint the frosting and then use rock candy to make the "Ice Castle."

She there is some edible “diamond dust” glitter on the top, too, for extra sparkle. And a wee bit of piping to set off the base.

Frozen-Inspired Birthday Cake- tint the frosting and then use rock candy to make the "Ice Castle."

Here’s the whole display- cupcakes with “ice crystals” and an Elsa figurine to set it all off.

I love it- and I love that my sister takes the time to make a fancy cake for her sweet girl.

I couldn’t help myself- I had to make my niece a little shaker card to give her. My sister couldn’t have ALL the crafty fun, right?

"Frozen" Shaker card

Do you make homemade cakes? Do you decorate them in a special way? I’d love to hear from you! 

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Posted in Food Crafts, Kids Stuff | 3 Comments

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  1. Cindy Matthews says

    August 12, 2015 at 19:01

    My son’s a bit old for custom cakes from Mommy – he’ll celebrate his 40th next month! – but back in the day, I did ’em all – from hi first one (Raggedy Andy) through Dukes of Hazard, Star Wars, Pac Man, every birthday party had a mom-custom-made birthday cake. But we didn’t do parties every year so that’s really it. 🙂 It was fun and he remembers all but that first one.

  2. Amyscats says

    August 13, 2015 at 22:06

    You can also purchase a cake that’s frosted from Giant Eagle, then do your own borders, tinting and decorating. I’ve done that a few times for sheet cakes for the office, when I didn’t have time to do the whole thing. My frosting recipe is similar enough to theirs, but you could also buy their frosting to finish the cake. This cake is adorable – great job by your sister!

  3. Fancylooks says

    August 14, 2015 at 09:54

    I love the fantastic color scheme and decoration, the idea of the sugar crystals, the rock candy, is awesome! It rocks indeed!

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