A Wonder Pet Birthday Cake Success!

Jan 9, 2012 by desiringvirtue

Yesterday we celebrated our little Elliot’s 3rd birthday. All he asked for was a Wonder Pets birthday cake, so of course, I had to make that happen. If you are not familiar with The Wonder Pets, let me fill you in. Day after day these little classroom pets spend their time saving baby animals who are in need of assistance. When the school children leave for the day, the Wonder Pets receive phone calls from helpless baby animals. Soon Linny, Tuck, and MingMing too, are off to save the day!  Both of our boys love these helpful little animals, so I was racking my brain for a way to make a cake that would capture the “adventuresome” nature of these little characters (that wouldn’t include me, shaping and molding their little faces out of icing!).

I found this toy at Wal-mart, (also available on Amazon) that lights up and sings the show’s theme song. It was a perfect cake topper (as well as an additional present!). I decided to create a cake that provided a background for their “fly boat.” Blue buttercream icing dotted with puffy white clouds was a simple enough setting for their adventure to begin, as it always does, with them flying through the sky “on their way to save a baby animal.”

But wait, a Wonder Pet birthday cake can’t end there! It must contain a rainbow of course. Inspired by this cake, I decided to give this birthday cake a little something extra.

As Ming Ming would say, “This is serious!” The rainbow layers were simple enough. I used a yummy crumb cake recipe that starts off with white cake mix as a base. I then divided up the batter to dye it different colors and then bake. (Note: when making purple, start with blue, then add the red a little at a time. I had a panic moment when my “purple” turned out brown, but after adding more blue it turned out ok.)

Once the layers were cool, I layered them with white butter cream icing to give their color a little extra punch! This cake didn’t only look awesome, it tasted awesome as well. (Be forewarned if you create a cake like this, you will need to make a TON of icing. I think I went through almost six pounds of powdered sugar!) Let’s just say, it was YUMMY.

Here are some more pictures from our little Wonder Child’s birthday:

Happy Monday!

 

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