I made this cake for a friend. Her son was in love with Happy Feet and wanted a cake just like his favorite character. I used two 10in round pans and I used two boxed cakes. I found a few cake decorating design ideas from this site.I made the tongue more life like by pricking … Read more

My niece loves penguins and asked me to make her another penguin cake. Last year I did a flat penguin and thought I would surprise her with a stand up penguin. I used the Stand Up Bear pan and cut the ears off. I then frosted it with black, white and light orange frosting. This … Read more

I made this cake for my girlfriend’s daughters first birthday. I used a sheet cake pan and cut out the cake in the shape of a penguin. Frosted the whole cake white and then decorated it with pink icing. She requested a pink one instead of the old fashion black and white. It turned out … Read more

I made a batch of blue Jell-O Jigglers according to directions and poured some of the mix into a small square plastic container sprayed with cooking spray (I used the remaining Jell-O to actually make snowmen Jigglers). After the cakes cooled I inverted the rectangular cake onto a serving tray, trimmed any “bumps” and iced … Read more

I drew out the design using the shape of the tin as a guide for how big I needed it. I used the spare cake around the head to add on as wings. I made the cake a day before I needed to ice it as it is easier to ice than fresh cake. I … Read more

The cake decorating design ideas I had was such fun to figure out. I took the Stand up Wilton teddy bear and the mini teddy bear and on both I trimmed off all the arms, legs, ears, tails and noses so I basically had a snowman cake. I then piped in the black and white … Read more

You can use any cake and frosting recipe. Bake cake and frost. Cover with blue colored fondant. The ice and snow are done with royal icing which I applied with a tip (Wilton #11 or #12) and also used a (damp) knife to spread. Use tip #2 or #3 for the fine/pointy pieces of ice. … Read more

This was my first attempt at cake decorating design ideas of this kind. I made this cake for my friends 22nd birthday. And I thought since she loves penguins I would make her a penguin cake! I started out by making a 13×9 inch cake. I allowed it to cool. I had to enlarge the … Read more

For my sons Happy Feet birthday I made a little Mumble and a Happy Feet scene with blue jello for the ocean. I made Mumble from a small stand up bear cake pan (I cut the ears off the bear to make him a penguin). Then I used a small star tip to make the … Read more

My 16 year old daughter loves penguins. When the movie Happy Feet came out she wanted one for her birthday. I simply couldnt grasp the concept of trying that one so I went to a website that teaches children to draw penguins. I practiced my cake decorating design ideas on paper then when the time … Read more

The penguins are made of black and orange food coloring almond paste. I molded it into penguins. The Igloo on top is a separate cake I put on its own foil covered board, cut to shape. Since it was for my sons first birthday he needed his own piece. I decorated it with whipped white … Read more

I made this cake for my daughter in the shape of one of her favorite soft toys. This cake was made from two pudding basin cakes, one big one for the body and one little for the head.The cake decorating design ideas I copied from the toy. It is iced with sugar paste icing. The … Read more

This was for my seven year old daughters “Happy Feet” Birthday party. I got the idea from another cake I saw on the internet for cake decorating design ideas. We used a yellow butter cake from a box and I made the cream cheese icing from a recipe on the internet (mix room temperature 8 … Read more