This tutorial for a Captain American Birthday Cake is sure to delight all Avengers fans!
 We celebrated Reece’s 6th birthday this past weekend. It’s hard to believe that my little boy is already six! Reece really wanted an Avengers birthday party and so I did my best to make that happen for him 🙂  He hand selected most components of his party and the cake was no exception.
This cake would also be awesome for the 4th of July!
Reece decided on Captain America’s shield for the cake. Bryce was gone for a few days last week so I took Reece to the store and let him pick out decorations for his cake. I really wanted to give fondant a try but he really loved the Wilton Sparkle Gels and Wilton Sprinkles {white beads} so I figured I could make it work. This is what we ended up with for decorations:
The cake itself is 3-layers, 12 inch round lemon cake with lemon cream cheese frosting. Yes. The cake was huge and that’s exactly what I needed to make this cake really look like Captain America’s shield. I used a star cookie cutter (with the tag still on it!) to get the star just perfect in the center. I poured the sprinkles in and just patted them down softly so that they would stick in the frosting.Â
 I found various objects that were circles (including paper) to make near-perfect circles on the cake. I drizzled the sparkle gel and then used the back of a spoon to very carefully smooth it out. It’s a little hard to tell from the pictures, but the sparkle gel really does sparkle – it looked amazing in person! I used tweezers (new ones of course!) to place the sprinkle beads one at a time around the star. That was really time consuming but I think it looked really cool!
Here it is in all it’s glory! The most important thing was that Reece love it and he really, REALLY loved it! I  finished the cake around 11 p.m. the night before his party and shortly afterwards he woke up and wanted to be tucked in again. I told him I finished the cake and so around 11:30 p.m. the night before his birthday, I took him into the kitchen and let him peek at his cake. His eyes were squinting from the refrigerator light but they sure lit up when he saw the cake 🙂  He was so excited and happy – it made dealing with all those little beads worth it!
Here’s a couple shots of Reece blowing out the candles…
I’ve got lots more fun ideas to share from Reece’s Avengers party coming soon!
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Angela at A Typical English Home says
Looks fantastic! I’m looking forward to seeing more from his Avengers party 🙂
Robin @ Bird On A Cake says
I love your cake, Trish! Good job! :0)
Helen says
That is such a fun looking cake, I bet he loved it. And, you are right, it would be so 4th of July.
Winnie says
Super beautiful cake !
You did a wonderful job, and just looking at your son’s happy face says it all 🙂
Our Delightful Home says
The is such a pretty cake.
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Anita Stafford says
Your cake is so awesomely done! It is a beautiful birthday cake, happy birthday to your son! My son wanted a Creeper cake last week for his birthday, it is not so pretty, but he liked it anyway!
Michelle says
Beautiful cake! I like your idea of using a cookie cutter for the star. I am sure your son absolutely loved it. Great job!
Eva {Tales of the Scotts} says
Aaaa this is so cute! Hoping my son is still into Superheroes in about 6 months when his birthday rolls around. So much cute stuff, including this! Thanks for sharing!
Chrissy Taylor says
Trish, this looks awesome! I love it and I bet your son did too!
Sewing-Chick says
This is awesome! My nephew just had a Captain America birthday- this would have been perfect 🙂 I love the cookie cutter idea… my son is going to have a pirate birthday party, and I could totally do this with a pirate cookie cutter! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you! The cookie cutter worked perfectly – there was no way I was going to be able to freehand a perfect star 😉
Kara at Petals to Picots says
Great cake! And happy birthday to Reece 🙂
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Kara! I’ll pass on the birthday wishes to Reece 🙂
Lyuba @ Will Cook For Smiles says
That is one great looking cake!!! Awesome job!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you so much! It’s hard to tell from the pictures but the sparkle gel really does sparkle – it looked really cool 🙂
Jenn says
I love it!
Thrifty Miss Smith says
Sweeet!! That’s the coolest cake ever 🙂
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
What a gorgeous cake Trish! You did an awesome job! Happy birthday to him!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you so much Dorothy! It was really fun! I just told him you said “Happy Birthday” and he was like “Who is Dorothy?” hehe