Caterpillar Cake
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This adorable Caterpillar cake was submitted by Trina from Edmonton, Alberta. The cake was made for her son’s first birthday party. There was no specific theme and they needed a cake large enough for about 40 people. The nice thing about this cake is that you can choose how big you want to make it based on the length of the caterpillar. This cake was a gigantic hit at the party, which was much bigger than Trina anticipated, which is always a lovely surprise and she said, “I am glad I took the time to make it!”. |
This adorable Caterpillar cake was submitted by Trina from Edmonton, Alberta. The cake was made for her son’s first birthday party. There was no specific theme and they needed a cake large enough for about 40 people. The nice thing about this cake is that you can choose how big you want to make it based on the length of the caterpillar. This cake was a gigantic hit at the party, which was much bigger than Trina anticipated, which is always a lovely surprise and she said, “I am glad I took the time to make it!”.
How to Make the Adorable Caterpillar Cake
Before starting your own caterpillar cake, determine the approximate number of people at your party or simply the amount of caterpillar body sections you would like to make. This cake includes a caterpillar head and seven body sections (making eight total cake sections), which was used at a party of about 30.
To begin this cake, preheat the oven to the desired temperature, typically this is 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In one bowl mix together vanilla cake mix and in another bowl mix together chocolate cake mix. Grease multiple Wilton round ball pans sized 105 x 45 mm. By using just half of the sphere for the caterpillar body sections, creating the nice rounded top with a flat bottom for balance. Pour cake mix into the pans about halfway to three quarters of the way full. Making four vanilla cake caterpillar body sections and four chocolate cake caterpillar sections. Bake the cakes until a toothpick comes out clean, indicating that it is fully cooked. Then, gently remove from the tins and place on a drying rack.
While the cakes are cooling, prepare your vanilla icing. Place icing in a bowl and whip the icing with a hand beater, which makes the icing bigger. Then, divide the icing into three separate bowls and add blue, green, and yellow food coloring a few drops at a time. Then, place the icing into separate piping bags with a closed star #31 Wilton piping tip. When piping the icing, place the bags you are not using in the fridge, this way they will not get warm, as cold icing works better to hold its shape. You will need:
- 2 fully piped blue caterpillar body sections
- 2 fully piped green caterpillar body sections
- 1 mainly blue piped caterpillar body sections with yellow stripes
- 1 mainly green piped caterpillar body sections with yellow stripes
- 1 mainly blue piped caterpillar body section with yellow polka dots
- 1 mainly green piped caterpillar body section with yellow polka dots
Then, decorate the caterpillar body sections accordingly with small candies, including Smarties, M&M’s, and Skittles. You will need decorate:
- 1 fully piped blue caterpillar head with candies for eyes, nose, and mouth, and yellow licorice for the antenna
- 1 fully piped blue and 2 fully piped green caterpillar body section with small candies
Once each caterpillar section is decorated, place them in order on a serving dish. The sections should be alternating blue and green, as well as alternating vanilla and chocolate or first four vanilla and last four chocolate or a fun random flavor surprise order. After the caterpillar is in the right order, finish by adding Ju-Jubes for the caterpillar legs.
Hopefully you enjoy this beautiful caterpillar cake. This is a great cake idea for a children’s birthday party and works well for if you have different amounts of people. The design is convenient for if you want to make it in advance and store each section in a container in the fridge and assemble it the day of. Also, if you end up making too much cake and your guests want to take some home, it is easy to cut a caterpillar body section in half so everyone gets some.
So, it is time to start baking and enjoy your very own caterpillar cake.
Hopefully you enjoy this beautiful caterpillar cake. This is a great cake idea for a children’s birthday party and works well for if you have different amounts of people. The design is convenient for if you want to make it in advance and store each section in a container in the fridge and assemble it the day of. Also, if you end up making too much cake and your guests want to take some home, it is easy to cut a caterpillar body section in half so everyone gets some.
So, it is time to start baking and enjoy your very own caterpillar cake.