First I have to say, that I loved this octopus and I thought it was soooo cute. I wanted to do cupcakes because I thought these would be easy, but Ethan is more of the realistic type & wanted it to look more like a real one. Which to me translated into, a lot more work.
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This is the bottom layer, which I think is a 10" pan. I think the top layer was an 8" pan. As you can see the top is not flat, so I had to use one of those cake levelers. Don't know what that is, click here. They are perfect for making the top of the cake flat.
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Ethan still wanted the clam so we decided to put him on the cake. He informed me that octopus eat clams, so it would be like the octopus was looking at the clam to eat it. Funny boy.
Here is our coral, otherwise known as rice crispy treats. We used strawberry marshmallows because they're yummier and because Ethan said the coral was supposed to be pink anyway. Now this was easier said then done because we live in a small town and I went to 3 stores and they didn't have them. Matthew saved the day, by picking them up at the other grocery store that I knew would have them. Buggin how one store can't have everything I need!!
Here is the coral reef all shaped and plopped on the cake. Matthew did this part with Ethan's directions. The only thing that I would do differently here is put less on the cake because it got heavy and started to pull the octopus apart & droop down the back of the cake. Live and learn, I know.
Matthew and I thought long and hard about how we'd do the octopus legs & I came up with the idea to use a cake pop mixture. I've made cake pops in a previous post and I thought we could just use that same recipe because it's shapeable. You can find the recipe here, but it's basically crumbled cake mixed with frosting. I just used more cake, so it wouldn't be so mushy.
It's not perfect, but it was actually a lot of fun to make because we all created it together. So, it truly was a work of love and quite tasty if I do say so myself!! Of course, it couldn't have been done without my trusty side-kick of a husband who is a cake decorating fool. Love you!!
We were also reminded about why we only do this every 5 or so years!!
*pics taken 2/5/2010
7 comments:
You are the coolest mom ever!!! I so want to have your patience and cake decorating creativity when I grow up!
awesome.. I'm sure this definitely helped make his birthday a special one!
Wow I do not know if I love my kid THAT MUCH :) Just kidding but wow, I just do not think I am capable of anything of that sourt. Thanks for sharing the step by step. LOVE IT!!!
Absolutely fabulous! I love how Ethan knows all the information about sea life and just all the information that boy has stored in his head. Matthew you are awesome! You two make a great pair. It's so neat to see how you put it all together. LOVE it!
That is an awesome cake! I don't have the creativity or the patience. You amaze me!
That cake takes the cake! Your final product looks way better than the picture you used for your inspiration. Ethan is lucky to have such awesome parents!!
Impressive. Enough said.
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