Icing Smiles - For Superkid Nathen

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This past weekend, I made a cake for a super kid through Icing Smiles. Icing Smiles is a wonderful non profit organization that provides cakes for kids and families that have been impacted by a critical illness.

Nathen was diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroblastoma when he was only 2. He has been living at the Ronald McDonald house in NYC, and just celebrated his 6th birthday. Being a nurse at an oncology institution, this cake was extra special to me. Words can’t express how happy and grateful I was to be able to help make his celebration a memorable one. He had a blast at his Super Hero themed party. Even Batman showed up!

Here is Nathen with his cake. Isn’t he the cutest?

You can learn more about Nathen and receive status updates on his Facebook page, Prayers 4 Nathen.

If you’d like to donate a cake, or if you know of a family in need, visit the Icing Smiles website.

I’ll be doing a video on how I made this cake later this week, so stay tuned!

Snoopy Cake

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Hi everyone! Hope y’all had a good 4th!

Sculpted cakes are my favorite! I made this cake for my mom and mom-in-law who both have a June birthday. My mother-in-law LOVES Snoopy. I thought it would be a great cake to make; I love the Snoopy aesthetic! I thought giving the cake an illustrated look would be really effective. Enjoy the video! You can see me and my favorite assistant (my husband) in some of the shots! Cakeb0t tips & supplies are listed below! -Binky

Snoopy Cake

Cakeb0t Tip

Cake:
Chocolate cake, chocolate buttercream, and chocolate ganache. Yum!

Gumpaste:
Used to make the roof, Snoopy, grass cut-outs, and Woodstock & his mohawk!
*Gumpaste is like fondant, a pliable sugar “clay”. The difference from fondant is that it dries hard.
*The roof was rolled out & cut to dry on a mold that was made from foam core.
*The dimensions of the roof were used to print the picture of Snoopy & Woodstock to scale. The gumpaste was molded against the picture for the proper proportions.

Edible Black Marker:
Used to draw on lines and features of the dog house, grass cut-outs, Snoopy, & Woodstock.
*These are great, especially for the illustrated look of the cake! It’s also a lot less sticky than food gel coloring, or black petal dust with vodka.

Petal Dust + Vodka
Used to paint the house, Woodstock, Snoopy’s nose, and cake board.
*Mix the pigment (petal dust) with some Vodka and you have edible paint!
*Lemon extract can be used instead of Vodka. Because of the lower percentage of alcohol, the Vodka gave this a more streaky, shinier paint look, as opposed to the matte look lemon extract can give. The streaks and shine, give the house an authentic look!

Fondant
Used to cover the house and cake board.
*For bright colors, color the fondant, roll it out, and then paint it in a matching color of petal dust with vodka or lemon extract.
*Fondant is rolled with corn starch so it doesn’t stick to the table.
*Shortening, cornstarch, and a bit of water can be used to smooth out seams.

Other tools
Fondant Smoothers
Dowels- used in top of every 4″ of cake for support.
Exacto knife
Scissor
Rolling Pin
Toothpicks - Used in Woodstock’s body to stick him on Snoopy’s belly, and used to stick Snoopy on the roof.
Wax paper- Used to roll out gumpaste. It was useful for transferring the roof from the mold to the cake.
Foam Core- The foam core was used for the roof and cake boards. Two boards were glued together for the base board. The roof was made after the cake had been covered in ganache and refrigerated.
Royal Icing- Used to glue on the roof and grass to the dog house, Snoopy’s nose, and Woodstock’s feet and hair.
Ribbon- Vinyl ribbon was used to cover the edges of the cakeboard.