Coolest Stack of Pancakes Birthday Cake
by Liz P.
(Summerton, SC)
Coolest Stack of Pancakes Birthday Cake
Coolest Stack of Pancakes Birthday Cake
Coolest Stack of Pancakes Birthday Cake
My friend was giving her daughter a pancake pajama party and asked me to design a Stack of Pancakes Birthday Cake with "sprinkles" to match the colors in her pajamas. I wasn't sure I could pull it off but I got my creative juices flowing and I was so pleased with the results.
I began by baking and cooling 2 9" round cakes and 2 8" round cakes. I then alternated stacking them with a thin layer of icing in between each layer of cake. I started with a 9" cake, then set an 8" cake on top of that but slightly off center, another 9" and another 8" slightly off center. I then coated the entire cake with a thin layer of buttercream and refrigerated it for a couple of hours so it would be nice and set.
I covered the cake in a thin layer of fondant that I colored tan/beige with a small amount of brown food paste. The fondant was a bit tricky but working it slowly and smoothing it down and inch at a time all the way around the cake helps. I wanted each layer of the cake to have some definition so it was important that the fondant was tucked well around each layer of cake. Next I used a bit of brown food paste watered down with vanilla extract to paint along the sides and top of the cake to give it some definition.
The syrup was cut from a layer of dark brown fondant and gently laid over the top of the cake. I also cut out a few "drips" and placed them along the sides. The butter pats were also made from fondant and to give them a bit of shine I simply sponge painted them with a big of vanilla extract. The sprinkles were simply dots of fondant cut from different colors. The #2 was made from a bit of gumpaste. I stuck it in the cake by "gluing" a dowel rod to the back of it with candy melts.
I was so pleased with the results of this cake and the family was thrilled!
