This Backyardigan Third Birthday Cake was the first cake I was going to be decorating in our motorhome so I was hesitant about being too intricate. I found the Backyardigan toppers on the internet (Amazon) and decided to take it easy with with new Duff fondants at Michaels – which were fabulous. I baked three … Read more
This Uniqua cake was extremely easy and fun. We used a round cake pan for Uniqua’s head. After the cake had cooled we placed it in the freezer to make it easier to handle. Add a drop or two of red food coloring to vanilla icing to make Uniqua’s light pink color. Ice the cake … Read more
I made this Backyardigans cake for my sons 1st birthday party. I started with a rectangular yellow cake filled it with chocolate butter cream and frosted it with chocolate ganache made butter cream swirls on top to put the cookies I had decorated with icing earlier. I colored the icing according to each character, Uniqua … Read more
My son loves the Backyardigans but his favourite episode is “race around the world” so I thought I would base the cake on that! The Characters: each character is out of rice krispie squares. I just made them into balls for the head and body and then shaped them based on each character. Then covered … Read more
For this Pablo penguin cake I used a Wiltons Backyardigans cake pan and Duncan Hines yellow cake mix. I also used my mothers buttercream icing recipe! I always add some type of sprinkles or ribbon to make it stand out some. I took about three hours for all of it from bake to decorate to … Read more
My 4 year old son loves “Pablo” from the Backyardigans. Actually, he pretends that he IS Pablo. I was at the local cake shop in my town and saw the Wilton Pablo Form Pan and knew right away that this was what I wanted to do. What I didn’t know was that the form pan … Read more
This is a Pablo penguin cake which I decorated in fondant. I used the Wiltons cake pan for shape. All features I had sculpted and shaped. Figures on cake are fondant made and painted. I couldnt believe they came out so real and all handmade. The customer was so overly pleased with the outcome for … Read more
This Pablo Birthday Cake was a last minute party for my son Nehemiah who LOVES Pablo from the Backyardigans. If you ever seen the show you will love him too. However I live in a remote place so if the theme is not extremely popular anymore there are no options for cakes or parties and … Read more
For Sammys one-and-a-half birthday (the numbers say 1.5 – the decimal point is a little rubber ball) I wanted to make her a Pablo penguin cake and put Pablo her favorite, on the cake. I found a ‘color Pablo in’ printout on the internet cut around him and traced his outline on the cake with … Read more
This Uniqua cake was fashioned after the Backyardigans “Master of Disguise” party invitation that you can print off the web. Start with one 9-inch round and one 10-inch round cake. Shape a body from the 10-inch cake by carving away bottom and side pieces to form knee and elbow. Use one of those pieces for … Read more
This Pablo the penguin cake was made on a simple 8 1/2 by 11 cake pan. I drew Pablo on a piece of paper and then I poked holes around the outline of the image ahead of time. I frosted it with Wiltons butter cream frosting. I added more milk to make it easier to … Read more
For my grand daughter, Sienna Lee’s first birthday I decided to make a cake with a difference. She is crazy about the Backyardigans and Tasha in particular. I have never decorated a cake so I used the internet to walk me through. I used a chocolate cake mix (saved time and effort). I applied the … Read more