Coolest Ladybug Cake 77

by Christian
(St. Louis, MO)

Homemade Ladybug Cake

Our Ladybug cake was inspired by several different concepts. The first concept was the 3 dimensional aspect that I saw in several different cakes. I really liked the roundness of the body as well as the shape of some of the cakes so I was trying to duplicate that.

The other concept was to get a clean look with an icing. Since fondant provides the cleanest look, I thought about using that covering for the cake, but none of our family cares for fondant. So we opted for the buttercream frosting and it turned out great.

We used a butter cake for the base and used a metal mixing bowl for the body along with a regular round pan to go on top. We had to keep the bowl part to under 4 cups of batter so that it could cook evenly without burning the exterior. We used a large coffee mug to make the head.