Since my son watches me make cake after cake for other little children, he was so very excited when it was his turn to pick a cake and enjoy it all for himself. He decided on a Spongebob cake and it HAD to have a crabby patty. I was more than happy to make it for him!
With a sharp knife, I cut down my cardboards to the same size as the cakes. I then stacked the cakes on top of each other.
I then carved the cakes to look like Spongebob by tapering the bottom section. Next, I covered him in buttercream and put him in the refrigerator to chill (about 30 mins).
Using the end of my rolling pin, I pushed dents into Spongebob's body. I used round cutters for eyes and a clay gun make the edges. His mouth, feet and legs were all cut and formed by hand out of fondant. I rolled a log shaped piece of yellow fondant and inserted a skewer for his nose. I also used skewers to hold his arms in place. The crabby patty and other decorations on the board were hand modelled out of fondant.
Here is my handsome 4 year old son and his Spongebob cake. He's my sweetie!!
Here's how I did it -
I started by baking two 10 inch square cakes. I cut them in half and torted the layers.
I stacked the cakes and filled them with fudge and mint chip buttercream.
I cut my dowels to the proper height and inserted them into the cake.
On another cardboard, I repeated my stacking and fillings with my other 10" cake. Next, I used my melon baller to create Spongebob's bumpy edges. And who's going to know if you pop those extra little bites into your mouth. :)
I then pushed a sharpened wooden dowel through the middle of both cakes until it was no longer sticking out of the top. *If you are traveling with this cake be sure to push this center dowell all the way into a cake drum. (I use another dowell to help push it all the way through the drum.)
Next, was my favorite part - the decorating! I started by trimming the excess cardboard with an exacto knife and covered Spongebob in panels of fondant. After draping the fondant on the cake, I cut it to the perfect size with my exacto knife. Repeating on all sides. I used my ribbon cutter to make his pants and shirt out of fondant. Using the end of my rolling pin, I pushed dents into Spongebob's body. I used round cutters for eyes and a clay gun make the edges. His mouth, feet and legs were all cut and formed by hand out of fondant. I rolled a log shaped piece of yellow fondant and inserted a skewer for his nose. I also used skewers to hold his arms in place. The crabby patty and other decorations on the board were hand modelled out of fondant.
Great cake and tutorial!!! How did you get the arm to stand up???
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