one of my good friend’s baby’s first birthday!
Yikes!!! Say that 10 times fast!!!
I was tripping up just typing it:-) LOL!
As I was getting started with the decorating,
I thought it would be fun to take pics along the way
and show you how easy it is to frost any image on a cake.
This cute little invitation was my inspiration.
Oh how I love that little owl!!!!
First enlarge and photo copy a bunch of sizes of the image.
The cake was not by my side, so I wasn’t sure how
large I wanted Miss Owl to be.
Frost the cake as smooth as you can get it with butter cream.
Let it sit for about 20 minutes.
Now you can lay parchment paper on top and lightly smooth in circles.
But I have a cheap and easy tip for you…
use a paper towel!!!
I love the imprint image it gives the background of your cake.
Plus they are a lot cheaper than the paper.
Just sayin’
Cut out the image you want to use and
place it gently on the cake.
Use a toothpick to trace around the outside of the image.
Now it starts to get interesting…
start cutting the image apart
so that you can get the lines inside the image.
Just make sure you line up the image
with your outside lines each time you move it.
When you are done tracing you should
have a pile of paper parts on the counter.
And your cake should look something like this.
Now just follow the lines with a dark frosting color
and the rest is like coloring.
Fill in each area one color at a time.
Apparently I got camera lazy because there are no
photos as I did each color.
Then because all 1 year olds should have their own “smash” cake.
I wanted to make a mini owl all for her.
But what to use????
Wilton Mini Bear pan to the rescue!
You can see the pan and what the bear should look like.
To make her an owl, I carved off
the tummy, the arms, the legs, and the ears.
Still doesn’t look much like an owl though huh?
Again I forgot to take some pictures…
give me a little slack…it was like 2 am and I was sleepy!
Pipe your outlines and fill in each area with color.
Super cute OWL for the sweet birthday girl!!!
Brandi says
September 22, 2010 at 2:02 PMGirl what an awesome cake, but that little individual owl is to cute for words! I haven’t heard of a smash cake before. What a great idea for a little one! I’ll have to remember that one. You are truely a cake genius!
Brandi
Katie McDowell says
September 22, 2010 at 2:12 PMoh that is so cute. i may have you enlist your help into cake-making around december for my son’s birthday!
theultimate says
September 22, 2010 at 2:24 PMThat’s an awesome tip. I would never have thought to do that, but that’s so much simpler than free-handing it!
Sippy Cup Mom says
September 22, 2010 at 2:24 PMThat is gorgeous! You are so talented!
Maria Gridley says
September 22, 2010 at 2:38 PMADORABLE cakes!! You did awesome.. good tips too thanks!! I love how creatively you thought to use the bear pan to make the owl! Smart, idk if I would have thought of it! Especially at 2AM!! lol 🙂
The Answer Is Chocolate says
September 22, 2010 at 3:25 PMOh my adorable! ADORABLE! You are so talented.
Cary Dale Taylor says
September 22, 2010 at 3:39 PMThat is super cute!!!!!
Taija says
September 22, 2010 at 4:11 PMSo adorable! You really are very talented!!
Aliesha & Tad says
September 22, 2010 at 5:51 PMBeautiful job! I love it!
Heather says
September 22, 2010 at 9:42 PMAw these are super cute!!! Have you seen the new cricut machine thingy for cutting out sheets of icing I think?!?!? I want one! 😛
souldesign says
September 22, 2010 at 10:28 PMWhyyyy can’t you live by me? This would have been perfect for Jack’s first party. Amazing!
Elizabeth says
September 23, 2010 at 2:28 AMoh, my goodness that is too cute! I didn’t know you did cakes too? I had a cake biz for a few years but had to stop when my photo biz took off.. you gave away the secrets of the pros!! LOL- Even cake box.. I have plastic tubs and tubs of shaped pans if you ever need one! I am a sucker for owls.. bet miss R smashing that was just a ‘hoot’!
Candice S. says
September 23, 2010 at 2:07 PMGood Morning,
You have a beautiful blog that I enjoy reading on a weekly basis. ☺ You inspire and move me with your creativity and your spunk. On that note, I want to present you with an award, “The Versatile Blogger” Award. You have earned it!
Go here to accept your award:
http://rattlesandredheads.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-won-blog-award-oh-yaaaayyy.html
Have a great day and.. Happy Creating!
Candice S.
Jill says
September 23, 2010 at 2:46 PMSuper cute! I LOVE the bear-turned-owl!!
Sare says
September 23, 2010 at 3:49 PMOh my gosh!! That’s so BRILLIANT!!!! You did an AWESOME job!!! So fun!!
MessyMissy says
September 23, 2010 at 4:57 PMGreat tips…now THOSE I can do. It’s the stuff you didn’t photograph that I have no success with….actually applying the frosting!! 🙂 You have way more patience than me.
Let'sMakeADifference says
September 23, 2010 at 5:26 PMI’m your newest follower ! Would love for you to check out my blog and follow back! Great post!!
Jenny @ Embellishing Life says
September 23, 2010 at 5:40 PMso cute!
I am a new follower from the Thursday blog hop. Hope you can visit me too 🙂
http://embellishinglifeeveryday.blogspot.com/
Ashley J. says
September 23, 2010 at 3:34 PMFound your blog on the Hop. LOVE the Owl Cake!! Takes some talent to do that!
Amber Zimmerman says
September 23, 2010 at 8:00 PMOh my gosh!! I seriously love this! You have found your calling girl! You are SO talented. Love the tips. . .I would have never know to do these things. Last time I tried to frost a Barney cupcake, it took me over an hour! So I gave up on cake decorating. You make it seem so easy. What icing tip do you use?
[email protected] Passions says
September 24, 2010 at 4:30 AML.O.V.E. that owl! LOVE IT! Thanks for sharing your “creative mojo” with me on Thrilling Thursday. I hope you will be back again soon 🙂
~Lori S.
Thrilling Thursdays @Paisley Passions
Kristy @ Next to Heaven says
September 24, 2010 at 9:01 PMI sure wished you lived closer… throwing my daughters first b-day party and going with the ever popular and way cute owl theme!
Rachel says
September 26, 2010 at 1:01 PMSo cute.
You are amazing.
Cristi says
October 1, 2010 at 3:28 AMWOW WOW WOW, These cakes are amazing!! Can you come to my next birthday and make me a cute owl cake??
HUGS
Mindy says
October 1, 2010 at 7:16 PMDarling!!
Winter says
October 2, 2010 at 6:15 AMOh My! This is adorable! Girl…you are GOOD! 🙂
Miranda says
October 7, 2010 at 4:06 AMMy jaw is completely hanging open right now. Are you kidding me? I am so in love with this. I just…it’s just that…holy cow Jocelyn!
annie61706 says
January 11, 2011 at 6:15 PMThis is great! Can you share what tips you used? I am planning an owl theme for my daughter’s first birthday. Thanks!
Liz says
March 21, 2011 at 9:05 PMBrilliant! Thank you for the ‘how to’ with pics of each step!
marciandrobert says
July 2, 2011 at 4:14 PMThank you so much for posting this! I have the blue version for my son’s birthday and wondered how I’d design his cake. Your tips are just what I needed!!! Now to practice…darn, that means we’ll have to eat cake before it’s actually birthday time in August! 🙂
Janna says
December 27, 2012 at 9:53 AMI want to make this cake for my daughter. Did you lay the paper towel on the icing? I’m not sure if I got that right bc I would’ve thought the paper towel would’ve pulled the icing up?? Also what do I need to buy…as in cake tip? I figured I’d only need that one. One more question…how do you get icing so smooth? Any adive would be greatly appreciated! Love the cake!
Jocelyn Brubaker says
December 27, 2012 at 3:10 PMYes, I let the frosting sit for about 20 minutes before placing the paper towel on top. This particular frosting will harden slightly. If it pulls off on the paper towel, you need to let it sit a little bit longer. Then very lightly press across the paper towel and it will smooth the cake and leave behind a fun pattern. I think for this cake I used a cake decorating tip #3 (for the outline and writing), tip #14 & #16 for filling in the lines) and #18 (for the borders) Feel free to email me if you have any other questions. I am happy to help.
Janna says
December 27, 2012 at 4:50 PMThank you so much for the prompt reply. I am going to try it this weekend. I am going to buy the tips today. What is the recipe you use for icing? I don’t like the too sweet buttercream or the whipped kind either….any suggestions? I didn’t know where to email you just know how to leave a comment.
Paige says
February 17, 2013 at 8:23 PMHiii!
Im really interested in making an owl cake like this but i cant find a good owl outline online! Yours is adorable though! Do you have/ are you willing to share your image for this owl!?
Thanks so much!
Paige
Jocelyn Brubaker says
February 17, 2013 at 9:09 PMThis particular owl is actually photocopied from the birthday girl’s invitation. My friend ordered the invitations from Birthday Express and I just photocopied the image and enlarged it to fit the top of the cake. Here is the link to the supplies. http://www.birthdayexpress.com/Look-Whoos-1-Pink-Party-Supplies/66504/PartyKitDetail.aspx
Lulu says
November 29, 2015 at 3:42 PMThank you so much for all your tips! I too am making a 1st birthday cake for a friend! Your cakes look amazing! Hopefully mine will too!