Norie’s Kitchen – Cat in the Hat Cake

Norie’s Kitchen – Cat in the Hat Cake, a photo by Norie’s Kitchen on Flickr.

When I was learning how to read, I read a book that was about Pepe,his sister Pilar and their dog which I can’t remember the name. It was either Bantay or Tagpi. They usually play with their ball.

Unlike today kids have a lot to choose from and my son practiced reading on Dr.Seuss books like the Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham. That’s why I was thrilled when Samuel’s mom asked me to make a Cat in the Hat cake.

For this cake, I designed it to look like the Cat’s Hat. For the cake toppers, I included the Cat in the Hat,Thing 1 and 2,and the fish in the pot. I added a few details found in the story like the kites on the cake as well.

For the cupcakes, I referred to the story for the items to put on them.

Norie's Kitchen - Cat in the Hat Cupcakes

“With a cup and a cake on the top of my hat! I can hold up TWO books! I can hold up the fish! And a little toy ship! And some milk on a dish! And look! I can hop up and down on the ball! But that is not all! Oh, no. That is not all… “Look at me! Look at me! Look at me NOW! It is fun to have fun But you have to know how. I can hold up the cup And the milk and the cake! I can hold up these books! And the fish on a rake! I can hold the toy ship And a little toy man! And look! With my tail I can hold a red fan! I can fan with the fan As I hop on the ball! But that is not all. Oh, no. That is not all…”

I even played with my son if he could find the items mentioned in his book among the cupcake toppers.

I really had a blast making this cake.=D

Cake Details:
Size: 6″ diameter x 7″ height
Flavor: Chocolate
Icing:Fondant
Characters: Gumpaste

Norie’s Kitchen – Angry Birds Cake 34 – Hogs and Kisses

Norie’s Kitchen – Angry Birds Cake 34 – Hogs and Kisses, a photo by Norie’s Kitchen on Flickr.

For my 34th Angry Birds Cake, they asked me to make it more feminine, so I made it a Hogs and Kisses Cake. This is the first time I made a Hogs and Kisses layout on a 9″ x 13″ cake. So I decided to design a new structure for the pigs and I also added boulders on the Birds side of the cake to elevate them. I put ribbons on the heads of some of the characters just like in the game. I also added the Cherry trees on the side and picket fence.

Cake Details:
Size: 9″ x 13″
Flavor: Chocolate
Icing: Fondant
Characters: Gumpaste

Norie’s Kitchen – Angry Birds Cake 31

Norie’s Kitchen – Angry Birds Cake 31, a photo by Norie’s Kitchen on Flickr.

After making 2 “Lukas” layout Angry Birds last week. Here is another Angry Birds Cake based on the original layout of the Angry Birds Cake.

Cake details:
Size: 9″ x 13″
Flavor: Chocolate
Icing: Fondant
Characters: Gumpaste

Norie’s Kitchen – Lego Star Wars Cake

Norie’s Kitchen – Lego Star Wars Cake, a photo by Norie’s Kitchen on Flickr.

This is my 2nd Star Wars cake. I based it on the invitation sent to me by Elijah’s Mom. I knew that their theme was Star Wars when I was asked to make the cake but when I saw the invites I noticed that it was a Lego Star Wars theme. So to make it more consistent with the theme, I also made the cake a Lego Star Wars Cake.

This cake features the Lego Characters of Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Yoda, R2D2, and the Stormtrooper.

I also used the Star Wars font for the name of the celebrant and I added the Deathstar on top.

Cake details:
Size:
Bottom Layer: 12″
Top Layer: 8″
Flavor: Chocolate with Ganache Filling
Icing: Fondant
Characters: Gumpaste

Norie’s Kitchen – Angry Birds Cake 30

Norie’s Kitchen – Angry Birds Cake 30, a photo by Norie’s Kitchen on Flickr.

This is the 30th Angry Birds cake and it’s BIG. This cake is almost double the size of my usual rectangular cake. This is the 2nd time I made a cake of this size. The first one was for the Angry Birds Rio Cake.

What I like about making big cakes is I have more area to work with. This design is similar to the “Lukas” and “Jaro” cake but the space between the structures are more defined.

Cake Details:
Size: 12″ x 16″
Flavor: Chocolate with Ganache filling
Icing: Fondant
Characters: Gumpaste