Garfield Cake Recipe and Design IdeasThe Garfield cake below was kindly submitted by one of our readers like yourself... Cake Submitted by Rebecca M. from Burlington, Ontario.
My son Jacob wanted a Garfield theme for his 4th birthday this year. Right away I knew I would make a 3D Garfield cake. I used the Wilton Stand-Up Cuddly Bear Pan Set for the cake. I used 2 Betty Crocker chocolate cake mixes and added a chocolate Jell-O pudding and extra egg to each cake mix. This makes the cake a little firmer and more durable for decorating. I coated the inside of each side of the pan and the outside of the baking core with Wilton Cake Release then secured the halves with the clips. Next, I filled the pan with 6 cups of the cake batter, inserted the core and then added 2/3 cup of batter into the core and baked the cake at 350°F for about an hour. Once the Garfield birthday cake had cooled, I removed the core and put the cake from inside the core back into the centre of the cake. Then using a knife I trimmed away some of the facial area to make it look more like Garfield and a little less like a bear. The feet on the cake were turned upward so I cut them off and repositioned them to look more like a sitting cat and filled in the gaps with some of cupcakes I made using the extra cake batter. Cupcakes were also used to form a tail. Since I have 3 kids who keep me extremely busy, I usually cheat and buy my icing to save time. I used 2 containers of the white Wilton Decorator Icing and added orange, golden yellow, and a little bit of ivory icing colors for Garfield's fur which I applied using tip #233 to make the fur look more realistic. For the eyes, I used a star tip and then smoothed it out with a wet knife and then outlined them using a round tip and chocolate Decorator Icing which I also used to add the lines in the fur once that was finished. Then to finish it off I added a pink jelly bean for the nose. I also decorated the extra cupcakes to look like Garfield using leftover icing. For the ears I used candies that looked like orange slices bought from the bulk food store. I cut each orange slice in half to make ears and added pink jelly beans for noses. For party ideas, be sure to visit our Character party themes page. Return from Garfield Cake to Birthday Cakes Area Back to Kids' Birthday Party Guide Subscribe to Family Smiles |
