12 X 18 Sheet Cake (3 boxed cake mixes)
Knife
My make-shift circle cutter
3 1/2 tubs of frosting
Food coloring
The KEY to this cake is freezing. I made the cake Friday night, and when it cooled I cut it like this
You really could make them any size, it is just the proportions that matter. If you were making this with a 13 X9 cake you might want to make them smaller. I also had some extra pieces that I used for the circle knobs on top.
After I cut it as shown above, I put the pieces into about 6 different gallon size freezer bags and threw them in the freezer. I stacked them all neatly on top of each other and they all survived just fine.
The next day I pulled all the cake out, and I think I waited at most about 20 minutes and then began cutting. Cakes usually mound in the middle, so I cut off the bottom of several of the pieces of cake to try and level them out a bit. This is so easy to do when the cake is frozen.
For the tops of the Lego pieces, I have heard about people using marshmallows, or even rolls of fondant (both which would have probably been easier), but I am a bit of a cake purist, I mostly just like cake and frosting on my cake.
So I used some of the extra cake and sliced it in half, to make it not so thick. I then created my own circle cutter. I used card stock and formed it into a circle. I used my spaghetti size server thing to get a nice circle (FYI-I used the number 2 hole). I taped my little creation and then punched out pieces of cake. Most of them got stuck in the end, so I simply used the handle of a butter knife to push them out.
Then I figured out my layout.
Then the frosting began. Again, the cake being frozen is the key, other wise if you tried to frost the raw sides it would just be a crumbly mess; as you can see there were some small crumbs anyway.
Three hours later, I was finally done with the cake. I was a mess, but Lucas and everyone else loved it, so it was worth it.
Great job!! It came amazing! Blew my Cars cake right out of the water!
ReplyDeleteCreative! And I bet your son LOVED it! I made a Blue Clue's cake once for the oldest. I will NEVER get that creative again. Frosting colors are a very delicate thing to get the RIGHT color, ya know?
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool! I'm sure he LOVED it.
ReplyDeleteI love to make creative cakes for my kids' b-days. Thanks for sharing such a great idea!
ReplyDeleteThe frozen cake thing is brilliant! I wondered how you got it all cut-out like that. I am going to try it! I am. I am.
ReplyDeleteHow creative! It looked like so much fun and isn't the fact that Lucas loved it all that much better!
ReplyDeleteWow! You love your kid way more than mine, I took her to jewel and told her she could have any cake that was under $10. My price restriction really killed the fun.
ReplyDeleteI am very impressed with both your drive and abilities!!! I bet your cake tasted better than ours.
Happy Birthday LUCAS!
Way cute I love it, I will need to freeze my next one and see how it works.
ReplyDeleteThat is pretty amazing! Thanks for the tutorial. I may attempt it one day!
ReplyDeleteLet's see... I made a paw print cake ala Blue's Clues, A crown, A smiley face, A heart smiley face, a NEMO cake, but never a lego cake. Now I know why. hahaha. It was a grand hit. You did good.
ReplyDeleteI love homemade cakes and that one is AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteCake projects are so fun even when time consuming! This is totally awesome and the finished product so cool and cute! LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteso fun!!!
ReplyDeleteSuper cool! I think I'll be using this one day as I have a big Lego fan in the house!
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable idea! I was a lazy Mommy and bought a cake for my little man's first bday this year. Next year I'll get it together. Ah ha
ReplyDeleteHappy SITS Saturday Sharefest!
ReplyDeleteLove this idea...my son loves lego's!