So, what do you do when your kids want a cake with the SuperFriends from the 1970’s?? Well, we made our own. We have actually used this same technique to make several Bday cakes!
You start off with a cake frosted with buttercream icing. Try to get it as smooth as possible. I am NOT an expert at that part!! There are lots of tutorials on you tube that explain it much better!
Find a drawing of your subject that doesn’t have too much detail (unless you REALLY like making stars with icing).
Trace the outline onto Parchment Paper with a sharpie
Next tint some piping gel with black gel food color
Next use a piping bag with a #1 tip and trace the outline of your picture on the parchment.
Then flip the parchment over carefully onto the cake where you want your design. This is tricky and it helps if you have someone help you to hold two of the corners while you hold two. Then GENTLY press along the deign to ensure the gel transfers onto the cake.
Wow the Wonder Twins morphed into Batman :) Just how it goes when it is late and you are trying to finish a cake AND a tutorial.
You are left with this……
Then mix the colors you will need for your designs. I HATE this part :) Just use white buttercream and gel foodcolors. Place each color in a piping bag ( I use Wilton disposable bags) with a coupler so you can change tips if you need to. Be sure to make a small amount of black for outlining. Using a #2 pointy tip begin outlining over your piping gel. Then using a number 3 or 4 star tip depending on how big you want your stars, just fill in the design like you were coloring in a coloring book.
Probably a good idea NOT to have soft scrub and resolve on the counter while you do it……just keeping it real.
Complete all your details, writing and a border and you have a cool cake your kids will love!
We usually have a joint party for Caroline and Grayson since their Birthday’s are so close together. I always try to have a little family celebration on their actual birthday. For Caroline’s 4th birthday Grammy and Pap came down for supper and we had cupcakes.
After the kids saw their Santa presents, we Skyped with Papa Bob, Aunt Mooie and Uncle Doug. We let the kids start opening gifts so they could watch. We had to keep stopping to clean up so they had room to open more. They definitely had TOO MUCH for Christmas. We are so blessed to have so many people who love our kids! Material things are not necessary but it symbolizes to me just how blessed we are!
Time for Breakfast…. Blueberry pancakes with Christmas sprinkles and whipped cream!
Mom, Dad, Bryan, Lori, Janet, Cameron, Warren, Jovan, Jave and Jaylin came over for tacos on Christmas afternoon. The last three are boys my sister has spent lots of time with for the past 9 years or so. She works at a school in Over the Rhine and they go to the school. She has sort of adopted them as hers and pretty much parents them, making sure they get their school work done, stay healthy etc. They have been with us on Christmas for the past few years.
I made my first piece of clothing on my own from start to finish for my Mom. I made her a pair of jammie bottoms and an appliqued shirt to go with them.
We had a fun and FULL day. There are toys EVERYWHERE! TOday will be a day of organizing and rearranging! Last night I trued to get a picture of the kids in their other matching Christmas jammies.
We let the kids watch a new movie in their room at bedtime. They were still in there making a bunch of noise and this is what we found…
The horses were “sick” according to Caroline! We had to turn the movie off after about an hour because they were still awake! They FINALLY settled down and went to sleep about 10pm after going to bed at 7:30pm! Hope they get back on schedule soon. We had a great few days and still have 2 more celebrations to go!
