Our toddler recently turned three. For his birthday, we decided to make a cake from a favorite book--Mr. Greedy. In it, Mr. Greedy is so greedy that he has a birthday every week, just so he can eat birthday cake. Here's a typical celebration for Mr. Greedy:
To recreate the cake, my wife and my daughter crafted some home-made fondant for the drippy icing. They got the recipe from here. The base ingredient is marshmallows, melted in a microwave and enhanced with powdered sugar.
They used some red food dye to make the white marshmallow mixture pink!
They let it sit overnight after carefully wrapping it. The next day they made cakes and used regular icing to "glue" the layers together.
The final fondant step was rolling it out into a large enough circle to cover the cake with the drippy effect. Patience paid off quite well.
The toddler was very happy with the cake. He even wore a hat from one of our leftover Christmas crackers.
Here's a smattering of the fun photos from the presents he got...
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| Mr. Greedy wants to party all the time |
To recreate the cake, my wife and my daughter crafted some home-made fondant for the drippy icing. They got the recipe from here. The base ingredient is marshmallows, melted in a microwave and enhanced with powdered sugar.
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| Marshmallows |
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| Mixing the cooked marshmallows |
They used some red food dye to make the white marshmallow mixture pink!
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| Pinking up the fondant |
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| Scary fingers! |
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| Working on the fondant |
They let it sit overnight after carefully wrapping it. The next day they made cakes and used regular icing to "glue" the layers together.
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| Icing the cake layers |
The final fondant step was rolling it out into a large enough circle to cover the cake with the drippy effect. Patience paid off quite well.
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| Rolling out a big circle |
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| Measuring for the correct size |
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| Ta-dah! |
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| Team work topping |
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| A perfect laydown |
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| Adding strawberries and candles to match the book |
The toddler was very happy with the cake. He even wore a hat from one of our leftover Christmas crackers.
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| Birthday boy and cousin |
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| Ready to blow out candles |
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| Working together |
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| Two-thirds done |
Here's a smattering of the fun photos from the presents he got...
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| Opening an Amazon box! |
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| Lincoln logs! |
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| Building a house |
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| Opening another present (on another day) |
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| Excitement! |
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| Grilling! |
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| Skewering! |
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