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 browsed and found many ideas from the other Finding Nemo birthday cakes on this site. I managed to come up with an original looking three-layer cake, with lots of tropical-colored candies and icing to border and be visually appealing. I ordered a set of mini figurines off of EBay and used the characters on … Read more
My daughter loves Nemo and fish. We decided to throw her a Nemo Birthday party. I love to bake, so I make her cakes along with my mother in law and sister in law. We wanted a great 2nd Birthday Finding Nemo Cake, so we decided to do a 3-D one. We made Nemo with … Read more
My idea for this Nemo and Friends Birthday Cake came from a little boy that was turning 3 and really wanted a Nemo cake for this birthday. I just used a box cake and I just bought white frosting at the store. I had problems finding Nemo characters. So I found a box of Nemo … Read more
My daughter loves the movie Finding Nemo and so I just had to make a Finding Nemo Birthday Cake. My plan was to make a little Nemo to just give her after blowing out the candles. I made cupcakes and 2 sheet cakes. After frosting the sheet cakes and making layers, I began just cutting … Read more
This Nemo cake is really a whole under the sea’ theme….though it contains Nemo and The Little Mermaid. I made the number three by making two ring cakes & cutting out appropriate pieces. I used these leftover pieces to make the ‘sea bottom’. The Icing for the bottom & surrounding water is buttercream tinted blue. … Read more
For this Nemo cake I used 3 tiers which were frosted using blue buttercream which I tinted darker on the bottom layer and gradually got lighter toward the top. I made the frosting for all three layers and then frosted the bottom cake. I added in some white to lighten the color and frosted the … Read more
Make two 10″ cake layers. I used 1 cake mix per layer. This gives a nice high-layered cake. I used a basic butter-cream frosting recipe. I made the background a darker aqua than the light blue piping around the bottom and top. I found a Finding Nemo picture from a storybook and drew the Finding … Read more
I decided to make this cake as a “practice cake” for my daughter Madelyns 2nd birthday. I originally planned on making a sheet cake and tracing a design, but my husband was very excited about the 3-D cake, so I thought I would give it a try. I looked at a Finding Nemo picture to … Read more
I used a football shaped cake pan to make the Nemo cake. I just looked at a picture of Nemo from the movie to decorate with orange and white icing. I used a round 12″ cake pan to make dory. I had never seen dory done before but had seen a Nemo cake. I just … Read more
My daughter Imogen, is in love with Nemo so I decided to have a go at making her a cake with her favorite fish! I made a chocolate cake in a 30cm round pan, iced it with Betty Crocker vanilla frosting (the ready to spread from the tub stuff!) that was coloured with blue food … Read more
I decided to do a Nemo Underwater theme for my son’s 2nd birthday. One thing I knew for sure is I wanted to make every on the Nemo birthday cake edible. Therefore, I did my son’s favorite characters; Nemo, Dori, Bruce, Turtle, and the Sting Ray (teacher). I started with a rectangle cake, and 2 … Read more
