bicycle birthday cake
The little man turned 5 today. He requested a bicycle birthday cake and this is how it turned out. Quite simple, but it didn’t stress me out or take forever, and that means a lot. Making a cake in the shape of a bike would have really been something else and about as difficult as any cake I can imagine. No thank you folks. Thank goodness for Airheads, Twizzlers and Skittles. When I go to the candy aisle with a cake in mind, it’s a completely different experience than looking for a snack. All of the sudden you’re looking at shapes, sizes and colors of candy (aka bicycle cake building materials) and what will be the most useful candies for coming up with a certain look or shape. Airheads were gold in this case, and the Twizzlers you can peel apart.
I would recommend doing some bike research before hand. What look do you want- BMX, mountain bike, road bike, old school with-a-banana-seat bike and the list goes on… you want to make sure you get the right look in your frame geometry and wheel size and thickness. Then, have a picture handy when your building the bike, it will make getting the right look so much easier. Good luck cake makers/party planners!
Take a look at some of my other kid birthday cake here- I’ll always try to make whatever my kids request, I love a challenge!
For cake giggles and inspiration check out cake wrecks– equal parts funny and impressive.
VaLene
May 18, 2009 at 3:15 amThe bike turned out very cute! Nice use of white space and proper spelling! (You got me hooked on cakewrecks blog)
Olsen Family
May 18, 2009 at 5:08 amwow. he looks like fisher.