Frozen birthday cake
Ada’s frozen cake turned into two-four layer cakes, one miniature cake, and a batch of blue cake pops. I used two boxes of store brand cake mix so I would say I got my money’s worth.
It has officially become a tradition that I make her a birthday cake for her party and smaller 6 inch layered bunny cake for her. The bunny cake request every year is such a relief in my heart to know that she hasn’t grown up too fast yet.
I had a million ideas about how I wanted the cake to turn out and ultimately I was kind of disappointed in the frozen cake. I think I wanted it more… abstract? I I reminded myself that this is why I prefer to stick with colors or non-specific theme cakes and I stay AWAY from Disney-inspired cakes.
The homemade chocolate snowflakes were a little too thicc. Had I more time and patience perhaps they could have been more delicate?
The ice shards, however, did turn out nice, I think. I followed the recipe and let them sit in an untouched corner of my kitchen for 2-3 weeks and by that time they had crusted over quite nicely, leaving a “frosted” touch. Olaf would be proud.
I started with four, prebaked cakes that I baked and froze in advance. I tinted them in blue and purple to keep up with the Frozen theme colors. I get nervous layering any cake after three layers so I made sure to cut the before layering so that the dome was flat and the cake was as thin as it could be without compromising structure. I also had made and froze the cream cheese frosting in advance, which is always a huge time-saver. Also, cold cakes and coldish frosting is much easier to work with, in my opinion.
As I added each layer, I took a small glass cup, about a shot glass size might work and cut a hole in the middle of each layer before assembling it on top.
The last layer I didn’t cut a whole in so I could frost the top without it sinking in.
The fun part! Adding sprinkles, non-pariels, and candies. I should have taken a picture when they were in there! So vibrant! Also the non-pariels are basically tiny, miniature bouncy balls so they should hopefully make a spectacular and happy mess when cut into!
With the remaining frosting I made very, very subtle shades of blue, purple, and pink. I was attempting an ombre effect. It was more hit than miss but the shades are so lovely that it doesn’t matter!
Also, I had to take several pictures of the queen cake posing with her lovely maiden frostings…
Next up were my pretty little snowflakes. I mean, they are far from perfect but they aren’t so bad! And I got sick of making so many! Also, a little secret, they camped out in my fridge in mason jars for couple of weeks before using. Again, huge time saver! They also don’t have any off flavors.
My lovely shards of ice… I will post the recipe soon on these.
Also, last minute I decided to buy some Frozen polly pocket/clip dolls on Ebay to convince all of the little girls at Ada’s birthday party that this is, indeed, a Frozen birthday party. Hey girls, Elsa is here, please don’t tell your mom’s that I am anti-Disney. Which I kind of am… I digress…
With the bunny cake, I had already made some eyes, heart-shaped nose, and pink mouth, oh and bunny ears, ready for Ada to assemble. Along with with some chocolate flowers for her to decorate to her little heart’s content!
Also, I made duplicates of all of the facial features because they are so darn fragile and I expected some breakage.
She is so proud!! As she should be, it turned out amazing! I told her that she has to request a bunny cake every single year!
But what about the tiny cakes that I cut out of the middle of the Frozen cakes? Ada took them and created an adorable miniature cake. She said that the bunny is the momma cake and that is her baby cake! So cute!!
At this point I was pretty caked out but I went on ahead and used the VERY last of the cake leftovers. Which were basically the domes that I cut off of the first cake. I had just enough leftover cake and leftover frosting to make cake pops. I mixed the frosting and cake with a beater then using a plastic glove on my hand shaped them into hard little balls on some tiny leftover wooden skewers, froze them for half hour, then dipped them in melted chocolate!