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Captain America Birthday Cake!

July 3, 2012

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This tutorial for a Captain American Birthday Cake is sure to delight all Avengers fans!

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 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:

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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. 

 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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By Trish - Mom On Timeout July 3, 2012 Dessert, Disney, Kid-Friendly, Kids, Parties, Recipes

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  1. alittlebitme.com says

    August 5, 2012 at 12:15 AM

    Such a cute cake!! I love love Captain America and this is so sweet!! Amazing job!!

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    • Trish says

      August 7, 2012 at 8:43 AM

      Thank you so much Tianna! He loved it too!

      Reply
  2. tianna says

    August 5, 2012 at 12:14 AM

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  3. Jaime Lyn says

    August 2, 2012 at 9:40 AM

    You did an amazing job with this cake!! I’d love for to share it at Mom’s Test Meal Monday’s link party!

    Have a great day!

    Reply
  4. Patsy says

    July 31, 2012 at 9:09 PM

    Trish..my 3 year old great grandson IS Captain America…he will love this cake. I am going to pin it for him! ;)Patsy

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  5. Erika Marsh says

    July 25, 2012 at 1:56 PM

    great job! i know a certain little boy (my son) who would LOVE LOVE LOVE this cake…Those decorations on that cake are awesome! Please come hang out and link up to our link party “Home is Where the Heart is” Please feel free to link up any posts you might want to share! 🙂
    http://www.homesteadsimple.com/home-is-where-the-heart-is-link-it-up-wednesdays-3/

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  6. sugarswings says

    July 19, 2012 at 3:59 AM

    awesome job! great idea to use the cutter to fill in the star!

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  7. Kim (TheMoney-Pit) says

    July 11, 2012 at 9:37 PM

    That looks awesome!

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  8. Amanda says

    July 10, 2012 at 8:37 AM

    Awesome cake! That is so sweet that you little guy got a sneak peek the night before, awww 🙂

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  9. Ami Allison says

    July 9, 2012 at 10:08 PM

    WOW!! This cake is fantastic!! My hubby would LOVE it if I made it for him!!! 🙂

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  10. Mama Jodi says

    July 8, 2012 at 10:59 PM

    Love this cake. You did such a fabulous job with it. Jodi

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  11. andrea@townandprairie says

    July 8, 2012 at 6:53 PM

    It looks fabulous, but a wonderful job you did on this cake!

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  12. Leslie says

    July 7, 2012 at 3:33 PM

    My husband would LOVE this!!! Great job, so cute! 🙂
    Blessings,
    Leslie

    Reply
  13. The Monko says

    July 7, 2012 at 2:56 PM

    oh wow using the cookie cutter to keep the balls in the right shape is genius. I am very impressed

    Reply
  14. Melanie @ bear rabbit bear says

    July 6, 2012 at 12:00 PM

    What an awesome cake! Thanks for linking to Things I’ve Done Thursday!

    Reply
  15. Liz says

    July 6, 2012 at 8:13 AM

    Beautiful cake! Liz

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