This is what I am wearing today: a striped top (of course), skinny jeans and my bow flats. It’s not the nicest weather and this outfit is perfect to drop my son off at preschool and run errands. Again indoor pictures as it was raining outside.
Top (Jacob). Jeans (J Brand c/o Aritzia). Flats (Aldo). Purse (Olivia & Joy c/o The Bay). Necklace (Stella & Dot). Bracelet (The Bay). Watch (Coach).
This is the cake I made for my son for his 4th Birthday, at his request. I thought I would include a how-to on how I made this cake. I’ll be honest, making this cake was a labour of love for both my husband and I. It probably took us 24 hrs from the first sketch to the last star piped to make this cake, but it was so worth it. Check out my son’s reaction when he first saw the cake. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a kid more excited to see their birthday cake, than my son.
Instructions on the making of R2D2
Supplies
- 1- 8×11″ rectangle pan
- 1- 11×17″ rectangle pan
- 1 12″ in diameter circular pan
- parchment paper
- solid cake board
- aluminum foil to cover the cake board
- piping gel
- blue, black and red food colour
- paper
- maker
- cooling wracks
- 4 decorating bags
- 4 couplers
- 3 #18 star decorating tips
- 1 # 3 circular decorating tip
- 2 batches of Martha Stewart’s Swiss Meringue Buttercream Icing
1. Before we could begin baking or decorating the cake, we had to make an R2D2 the size of our cake. Our cake was made out of 3 different cakes: 1- 8×11″ rectangle pan, 1- 11×17″ rectangle pan and 1- 12″ in diameter circular pan. The picture below is of the making of the drawing. Thank you to my amazing husband for this part!!! xoxo
This is what the cake is going to look like.
2. The next step was to bake the cakes. I made 3 batches of Martha Stewart’s Ultimate Chocolate cake. It really is the ultimate chocolate cake. It stays nice and moist for a long time.
3. My favorite icing is Martha Stewart’s Swiss Meringue Buttercream. It’s smooth, creamy, not too sweet and heavenly!!! 
I made a double batch. Once the icing is made, colour a very small amount grey, about 1 cup blue, another small amount red (you only need it for the eye. I used red fondant) and then colour a complete package of piping gel black.
4. Find yourself a very sturdy cake board base. We used an actual wood plank and covered it with aluminum foil.
5. Then we had to cut out the shapes to make R2 and then stick them together with icing. The best way to do that is to make a copy of your picture and cut that out and place it over the cake and then use that as a template to cut it out. Makes things much easier. That way you don’t have to worry about making the head (for instance) too big. That’s what happened to me and I ended up having to decorate R2′s face free hand.
6. Trace R2D2 onto parchment paper. Then cut out the head, body and legs.Turn the pieces around and use the side that you didn’t trace on, to re-trace R2 using the piping gel.
7. Place the newly traced piece with piping gel, gently and carefully onto the cake. Using a paint brush, retrace over the piping gel to ensure the gel gets securely placed on the cake. Then gently remove the parchment paper and voila R2′s head.
8. Now start piping in the icing. I started at the top of his head and proceeded down. Then I did his body and left his legs for the end. It took me about 2 hrs to ice him.
Final Product:
This cake fed about 45-50 people with plenty of leftovers left. I was paranoid we wouldn’t have enough cake, so I made sure to make a big one.
I wish you lots of luck in making this cake. It’s not that difficult but it takes a lot of blood, sweat and some tears (perhaps). It was definitely a labour of love.
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