Lalaloopsy Birthday - Cake Making

I'm back today to tell you all about our Lalaloopsy birthday party cakes and cupcakes!

But first, let's get you up to speed in case you have missed anything:

You can click here to read about the supplies gathered to decorate this party
You can click here to see the invitations
You can click here to learn how to make button party decor
You can click here to see the party decor

Now lets get started:

Supplies


For this party Baby Girl chose vanilla cake and strawberry cupcakes.  The cakes were to be white with pink candy sprinkles.  The party cake would feature a 'Birthday Girl' candle set and a couple of Lalaloopsy figures while the personal cake boasted a sparkly pink #7 candle.  The strawberry cupcakes were all covered in pink icing with some accented by pink sprinkle candies and others with chocolates.

Close-Up

Here you can better see the chocolates and 'Birthday Girl' candle sets, both of which were found at Dollar Tree.

Tip:  When purchasing edible items from Dollar Tree, flip over the package and make sure they have been made in the USA.  That way you can be sure that what you are eating has been prepared under government health standards.

Blossom & Petal Flowerpot

A cute sister pack was the perfect topping for the party cake - especially since that's what Baby Girl's instructions called for this year :D :D :D

Pans

I stuck with my usual sizes; three standard sized rounds, three mini rounds and two cupcake pans.

(You can click here to see more of my cake pan collection)

Food Coloring

Baby Girl also requested that her cake be a "pink gradient of color".  I figured the best way to accomplish this would be to create a three layer cake, with each layer consisting of a different shade of pink.

After mixing up the batter, I separated it into three bowls.  Into the first bowl I added 10 drops of pink food coloring, 30 drops into the second and 50 into the second.  (I'm out of pink food coloring now, by the way)

Mini Cakes

Once the cakes were finished baking, I trimmed them up and layered going from darkest to lightest with the darkest shade on the bottom.  Then I had no choice but to wait until the party to see how the layers of color looked.

*Don't forget to add a bit of icing in between each layer, it holds things in place and makes the cake prettier once cut and served.

Completed Cakes

Once the cakes were iced and covered in sprinkles, I stuck them out of the way in our extra fridge.  I waited until just before the party to add the candles and Lalaloopsy dolls on top.




Cupcakes

I was pleased with how adorable the cupcakes turned out!  Most had the chocolate candies on top, but the few that had the pink sprinkles also got a pink striped candle.  -You can see more photos of the desserts by following the link at the top of the post.




Stripes

In case you were wondering, the layers of food coloring worked!

**********

That was our Lalaloopsy birthday party, hope you enjoyed the post.  Thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Jennifer Adams Flowers 2016