Coolest Rocket Cake 8

by Karen
(Perth)

Rocket Cake

Rocket Cake

I made this rocket cake for my son's 4th birthday as he was mad on rockets! For a black space background I just used a black baking tray with little glittery star stickers and a moon stuck on it.

For the body of the rocket I used a ready made sponge roll but I also baked a small deep butter cake and cut it to shape the nose cone of the rocket and to prop up the side fins at the bottom.

I iced the rocket with butter icing and blue tinted icing on the nose cone. I bought tubes of red and blue icing for the finer details. I cut out a picture of my son for the window, it adds a nice personalized touch!

It took forever but I used silver balls for the rivets, very tricky placing those tiny things precisely with big my chunky fingers! They pinged off in all directions. I used a wide strappy type of sweet, not sure of the name of it, and cut it to form the fins and rolled it to make the exhaust pipes. Very thin strips of the same stuff were used to define the panels and I also used two 'C' shapes of it to circle the window.

I inserted sparklers into the pipes and lit them just as the cake was carried out to the kids - it looked absolutely brilliant!

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Coolest Rocket Cake 8

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love the pic
by: K.Kelly

this is awesome, love the pic on it, makes it really look real

Too cool
by: Anonymous

I'm going to have to make this cake myself. My son loves anything that has to do with outer space.

Thanks!
by: Ex dinosaur now space mom

My son changed his mind about his party theme at short notice. Thanks for the inspiration! I feel saved!!

fantastic
by: Anonymous

fantastic cake ... thanks for the instructions! looking forward to his fifth birthday for another cake idea!

rocket cake great
by: Anonymous

great cake - try using tweezers to place the silver balls on

Silver balls?
by: Jen

What are the silver balls?

THANK GOODNESS!!
by: Anonymous

I'm love baking but have never tried kids birthday cakes, my son had his birthday planned at a playhouse and I was sure he'd pick the room with the ocean theme and had thought easy a square cake iced with pics of fish done but he saw the space room and had other ideas!! I have been racking my brains all week to find an idea that I could use thank goodness I found this site and this cake looks perfect!!!

how to make cylinder?
by: Mer

I can't find a sponge roll anywhere. Does anyone have suggestions for the cylinder of the rocket?

tips for the cylander
by: Anonymous

I bet you could use a pumpkin roll for the cylinder. I love those things and it would make an awesome addition to a birthday cake!

Brillo
by: Laura (UK)

That is brill! Well done you, might have to nick a few ideas for my son's 4th next week!

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