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Tutorial: Make Angry Birds Cupcakes
My son, he who inspired the Clone Trooper Cupcakes, Dragon Cake, and Perry the Platypus Cake, is obsessed with Angry Birds. Well, he’s really obsessed with about a dozen games on the iPhone or Android when we’ll let him play them — and he got to play a lot while we were on vacation in Mexico. And we had a 4 hour delay so I played my share of Angry Birds, too. Anyway. So here they are in cupcake form (here are a bunch of other Angry Birds creations, too). Lots… Read on…
Roundup of 14 Food & Craft ideas for Angry Birds!
My 5 year old has discovered the world of iPhone games, and loves Angry Birds. So in honor of him, here’s a roundup of some fun Angry Bird things you can eat, play with, or make!
EAT THESE:
Twitter bud @robynski shares the how-to on making Angry Birds cookies on her blog
Angry Birds Cupcakes at Confessions of a Cookbook Queen
Angry Birds Cake! via Great White Snark … plus you can buy Edible Angry Birds cake toppers.
And a Playable Angry Birds Cake… Really! via Craftzine
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Awesome Octopus Cake
This is some serious cephalopod! Octopus Cake by by Karen Portaleo/ Highland Bakery. Wait.. Highland Bakery? That’s in my neighborhood. They make awesome TASTING cakes, too.
via the always awesome Great White Snark
Speaking of octopuses… I got stalled on my update to the hexapus tutorial, but I’ll get it out this week, I hope!
Perry the Platypus Mini-Cakes, made from Twinkies!
When I posted the Perry the Platypus (of Phineas and Ferb fame) cake from The Boy’s birthday party, reader Janelle asked for the How-To, so she could do her own for her daughter’s birthday party. Her ingenious idea was to use twinkies to make mini Perry cakes… and they came out wonderfully! She shared them on the Dabbled Facebook page, but I thought they were too awesome not to share here as well!
Janelle says:
“Finally!!!! Thanks to the “Dabbled” instructions on the Perry the Platypus cake I gathered the courage to do my first fondant
… Read on…
Perry the Platypus Cake, Part 2: Assembly
(See all Phineas & Ferb Meet the Clone Wars Party Posts!)
Ready to make your Perry Cake? Really, you CAN do this!
Yesterday we covered all The Prep Work required to make your platypus cake. Now it’s a day or so before you need the cake, and we’re going to put it all together.
You should have:
- 1 frosted flat cake.
- 1 unfrosted loaf cake
- extra cake (cupcakes)
- 1 batch marshmallow fondant
- the rest of your cream cheese icing
- The Supplies from yesterday’s list.
Clear yourself off a good… Read on…
Perry the Platypus Cake Tutorial: The Prep Work
I have a request for the tutorial to make the Perry the Platypus Cake, and since it’s needed in a hurry, I’m doing this tutorial in two parts. By the way, I did a really detailed tutorial on last year’s dragon cake, and this year’s cake is actually similar, if a little simpler. So it wouldn’t be a bad idea to read through that tutorial in case I miss anything I covered there, as far as techniques.
More pics of the cake and the party here!
We’ll start with the prep work:… Read on…
Interview: Debbie Does Cakes
As long as I’ve been blogging about interesting food, I’ve been finding and loving cakes done by Debbie Goard, of Debbie Does Cakes. Well, I recently got to interview her for Foodwhirl! So head over and check out the interview, and get inspired… You’ll never guess how she got started doing sculpted cakes, and go see what her most bizarre cake orders have been!
Go read the Interview: Debbie Does Cakes
More CAKE! on Dabbled..
Way cool Dr. Who Tardis Cake!
Check out this nifty Dr. Who cake by Dabbled friend The Domestic Scientist… A Tardis and flying Daleks? How geeky cool! (We interviewed Renee here)
For my birthday I decided to be crazy-go-nuts on my own birthday cake and really push my boundaries as a novice baker. I figured since the only one to disappoint is myself, no harm in trying something that can fail horribly, right? And ya know what, I didn’t do too bad.
I didn’t use any fondant, since I hate the stuff. It’s almond cake and rice krispie treats with modeling chocolate for the cake
… Read on…
Cake Eggs: Cake Filled Eggshells!
I remember making these when I was a kid… What a fun and unusual treat for Easter and/or Spring in general. I could totally see these for a baby shower brunch at each place setting, maybe topped with an edible flower. The how-to is below!
How to make Cake Eggs:
All you need:
Egg shells (Jumbo would yield larger results, but in this case, I thought brown would be pretty.)
Your favorite light in texture cake batter (for these I just used a white cake mix)
Using an icepick or other sharp pointy object, make a hole… Read on…
Tootsie-Roses!
Here’s a great idea for cake or cupcake decorating, using tootsie rolls! They come in all kinds of wonderful colors now… My friend Grieg made these (apparently he’s not just a great photographer, but a great cook as well), and was generous enough to show us how! You can see some of his other creations at Foodwhirl, too! (Like the Cheesecake Cookie Cupcakes, and Chocolate Hearts)
How to Make Tootsie-Roses
For the petals:
Starting with the smaller of your teardrops, wrap each petal around your flower base and continue until… Read on…
