I knew I wanted to make Jillian’s cake have something to do with ducks and turtles.  She is in love with them right now.  My first idea was to sculpt a 3D cake.  A turtle on the bottom and a duck riding on it’s back.  I knew it was a big undertaking, but I was going to try.
Then Joshua came up with a wonderful idea.  A rectangular pond with just a turtle shell in the middle and a duck riding on it’s back.  I was so excited.  This would be perfect.  Jillian would love it and it would be much easier than a 3D cake.
So here is Jillian’s 2nd birthday cake, from start to finish.
Adding blue and green to the cake to make it look like water.

Baking the cake: I added blue and green to the cake to make it look like water.

This is what I stared out with.

This is what I stared out with.

It needed a bit of help.

The white cake was not level, so I cut strips of the chocolate cake to even it out.

Crumb coating

Frosting cakes in Texas is hard, the frosting is so warm. So I gave it a crumb coating and stuck it in the fridge for 15 minutes - then I was able to frost it easily.

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I did the sides first: I used brown frosting on the sides then covered it with brown colored sugar crystals and chocolate rocks. Then I frosted the top with blue, added "waves" and then blue colored sugar crystals to help the "water" look shiny.

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This is how the turtle started out. I made legs, bud did not use them.

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Working on the shell.

And then there is the duck part of Joshua’s design.  When I was at the cake store, I found the perfect little candles.  So 2 candle ducks are catching a ride on the turtle’s back while on his swim in the pond:

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Top view

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His head

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The Ducks

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Side 1

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All done!

Here she is saying "TWO" and pointing to the duckies.

Here she is saying "TWO" and pointing to the duckies.

Happy 2nd Birthday Jillian Rose!  I am so glad you loved your cake.

All of the turtle cake picture: http://flickr.com/gp/hunterji/eSc4h7

 

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1 Comment on Jillian’s Birthday Cake

  1. Dave says:

    That is AWESOME! You guys are so clever! I was wrong about the wedding official business; you should be in the wedding cake business!

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