Just doing some catching up. As you can see, this is Eamon’s 2nd birthday cake and we are getting ready to celebrate his 4th birthday this year! Yikes! This was a really fun and easy cake to make. I thought I would share a little pictorial of how I made it.
I used blue frosting that looked like water to frost the entire cake. Starting out with a good crumb layer. Then I added a little more to the sides to make sure the sides were completely covered.
My finished first layer, it’s nice a thick so no chocolate crumbs show through.
I drew the lines of the waves (the smooth part) with a toothpick. I just freehanded two parallel lines, but if you want to get fancy you can draw them on paper and cut out the paper to use as a template. Then I smoothed the area between the two lines a little. Next I added the waves in the water, just added more blobs of frosting and smoothed out with a small spatula used for spreading frosting, and I lifted the spatula in order to form the waves all over. After I had finished the waves I added my frosted island. I cooked a small amount of cake batter in a glass (oven-safe) bowl. I frosted this island with chocolate frosting, then carefully lifted it with a knife and placed it in the corner on my cake. You can carefully do touch-ups if needed.
I carefully free-handed the lettering, you can always pre-write the lettering if you feel you are going to mess up. This will ensure you have enough space, I hardly ever do this but sometimes I wish I had planned better for how much space I would need!
Added the candle to the island and the pirate ship (as much as I had wanted them to be heros and not pirates), the boys would not be fooled, they totally knew they were! And of course they loved it! I find it so rewarding to make an original cake for the children for their birthdays. I know that it makes them feel so special when mommy finds the time to make them something they are going to love! Hope this will inspire someone to make a cake for your little boy :)
That’s a darling cake, Jenni!