It was one Monday morning when I got a call from my friend ,asking for a “favor”. She wanted to invite us with family for her son’s first birthday party, coming in two weeks time. Also, she asked me to do the cake for her. Oh and I love making first birthday cakes! You feel … Read more
I made this 3D Finding Nemo birthday cake for my son. I am very passionate about making my children’s birthdays very memorable and special, and one of the ways in which I try to make them memorable is to make cool birthday cakes for them. It also helps that I find cake decorating very enjoyable, though. … Read more
The Nemo cake was for my little girl, who turned 3. She loves the movie “Finding Nemo” and she loves visiting aquariums. Hence, the Nemo themed party for her 3rd birthday. The cake was made with two rectangle cake tins and decorated with a combination of buttercream and fondant. The tails and fins on the … Read more
As my son loves turtles and I love Disney, I chose Squirt as a cake for his 6th birthday. I used a ball-pan to get the shape of the shell and two muffins to build the head. First I colored some fondant blue and then I kneaded it together with some white fondant until it … Read more
I used to be a cake decorating show addict (Food Network Challenge, Ace of Cakes, Cake Boss, etc.). My husband used to make fun of me because I don’t cook and I don’t bake, but I would watch these shows incessantly. Those who can’t do, watch others do on TV! Then I had kids and … Read more
This last minute Nemo Birthday cake was my first ever attempt at a big cake. I never stray from what I know which are cupcakes, but my friend couldn’t afford to pay at the time so I offered free of charge to attempt one. So glad I did. It was a plain vanilla sponge cake filled … Read more
I made 4 sheet cakes and layered it with frosting in between. Then carved the body shape and frosted it. I then made a lot of rice crispy cereal treats and shaped them into the fins of the fish. I had to shape them around bowls and cups and let them harden for a while … Read more
This Nemo cake was made for my granddaughter. My grandchildren think I can make any cake and decorate it! It is a lot of pressure for this very inexperienced cake decorator. This was about my third attempt working with color flow icing. I used the Wilton color flow mix. By using color you can create a dimensional … Read more
The irony of this Nemo birthday cake is I was making a Nemo cake while the storm Nemo was battering the area. This cake was for a good friend who ordered her son’s first birthday cake from a local bakery who totally blew it. I knew I had to make up for the disappointment. I … Read more
I made this Finding Nemo birthday cake for my hairdresser for her granddaughter, she said she loved Nemo the film and decided this was what she wanted. Before baking the cake I needed to make the decorations so they dried out. I started by making the body of the fish. I colored one piece of icing in orange … Read more
My sister in law called me as my nephew’s birthday was approaching and asked me if I could combine his two favorite characters, Scoop the Dozer from Bob the Builder and Nemo, into a cake for his second birthday. I asked her to text to my phone a picture of Scoop, which she promptly did, and off … Read more
Here’s a 10-layer 3D Finding Nemo Cake made with chocolate and vanilla with bananna cream pudding made by myself and my fiance Ed for my 3 year old stepdaughter Ariannas 3rd birthday My step daughter Arianna loves Nemo so I told her “Mommy Sam n Papi ” will make you a Nemo cake and so we … Read more
I decided to decorate my 2yr old son’s Finding Nemo birthday cake with my sister, who has some decorating experience. Being a male engineer I wanted the cake to be perfect. We used a 12″x18″ flat pan and an 8″ football pan as the fish. I cut up the football to make Nemo and his … Read more
This Nemo And Dory Birthday Cake wwas made for my 3 year old twins. I always like to make them 2 separate cakes, but of the same theme. When they were one, I made Noah’s Ark with the animals coming two by two. The pictures of that one are too embarrassing to put up! Then … Read more
I made this Nemo Birthday Cake Idea for my son’s 4th birthday. I made 2 rectangular cakes using 2 packets of Betty Crocker’s Mudcake cake mix. I put one on top of the other using chocolate frosting in the middle. I found a picture of Nemo online and enlarged it to use as a template … Read more
I made this Nemo 2nd Birthday Cake for my two year old who loved fish and Nemo. The sand is crushed Biscoff biscuits, which I thought really looked like sand. The rocks are candy rocks and Cold Stone Creamery style Jelly Belly jelly beans. The fish are both candy gummy fish and fruit treats in … Read more
This Homemade Under the Sea Ocean Floor Nemo Cake was inspired by the early scenes in “Finding Nemo” and was made for two and five year old sisters who shared a birthday party. This 12 inch round two layer cake is decorated 360 degrees. It is entirely edible (except for the skewers holding up the … Read more
My daughter really loves Finding Nemo. As much as I wanted to have some sort of really girlie party for her, I went ahead and made it a Nemo Party. For this Finding Nemo cake I used two round cake pans, one smaller than the other. It looks like three layers, but the top is … Read more
Although this Finding Nemo cake was submitted anonymously with no how-to tips, just the picture gives a great idea of a cool way to make a Finding Nemo cake.
I found a Finding Nemo picture and cut it out, placed it on my 9×13 cake and used a toothpick to prick holes around the picture to get the shape of Nemo. I then used the orange frosting to cover that shape. Then I used blue with a hint of green for the background/water. I … Read more
This is my original Nemo cake design. The base is a large sheet cake (13″ x 18″) made of two cake mixes (in this case devils food on one side and yellow on the other for variety.) I completely frosted the bottom cake first with homemade buttercream frosting. The sides are royal blue; the top … Read more
The Nemo cake is made from a 3D egg shaped pan. The fins are made from color flow icing, it does make them one sided, but creates the look you want. Make the fins ahead of time and do not refrigerate them. I put toothpicks into the color flow icing before it dried to help … Read more
My sister’s personal trainer asked me to make this Squirt cake for his girlfriend who loves turtles and Finding Nemo. I used a sheet cake to make the pieces and held them together with toothpicks. I frosted the entire cake with a powdered sugar frosting as the base coat and then added the rest of … Read more
This Nemo Birthday Cake Idea was for my son’s first birthday. He loved fish so this was perfect. It was my first attempt and freehand artwork on a cake I did. I was very pleased with the results. I had just gotten a pastry tip set and could not wait to try them out on … Read more