Easy to make Character Cakes!

When my children wanted character cakes for their birthday, I couldn’t believe the prices the bakery charges.  I knew I could make a similar cake for around five bucks. 

Character Cakes are easier to make than you might think.  I search the web for free coloring page sites with the character my kids want.  For this Mario cake, I printed a coloring page and mounted it on cardboard and “colored” in the lines with frosting using a basic star tip. I didn’t let my kids eat the frosting off the Mario because of the ink, but they still enjoyed the cake and cupcakes.

For my son’s Star Wars Birthday, I again used a coloring page for my basic design idea.  Using a straight tip I just drew on the design I had found online.  Then, to top it off I added a few Star Wars toys.  My kids love to pick out toys for the top of their cake and since they didn’t come from the bakery, they are higher quality and don’t break as easily.

I really didn’t want my three year old daughter to have a ton of frosting for her birthday.  She gets really hyper with lots of sugar. I simply printed off the Strawberry Shortcake poster mounted it on clean cardboard and using a star tip created a border around the cake.  She loved it and I didn’t have to deal with her wanting to lick all the frosting off the cake!


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