Disclaimer – I am by no means a Bakerella or anything, although I do adore her work!! Bear’s birthday was about a month ago – March 8th. I’ve started a new tradition with him and Bubby Girl, it’s all about the birthday cake!! Well, for me at least! I love making personal, themed cakes. And so here was Bear’s this year. He’s a whitewater kayaker, so he was deserving of a cake that looked like his kayak. He paddles a Pyranha Burn – this is me in it a few years ago, not a great picture of me, cheesin’ a bit for the camera.
So, that’s what I went off of. It was my first time with stacking cakes, and using fondant, so I made a HUGE mess, and everything was dyed blue thanks to the watery icing. The cake is more orange than the actual kayak, but hey, lets blame the dyes on that one!! But it was fun, and I learned a lot. Mostly that I like the vanilla icing way better than the chocolate (the cake inside is chocolate with dark chocolate icing). It was also fun using my new stand mixer than I got for my birthday, which I adore – breadmaking is now a breeze, but that’s another post!
Notice the marbled fondant! Yay me, that was actually lots of fun getting the color to move around. And those are rocks in the water, they looked more realistic in real life!
But all in all, he was surprised and it was lots of fun. There will definitely be more fun cakes in the future!
Kayak Cake
April 7, 2010 by kellyjo32
What a great cake! Good job! I’m looking for a kayak cake to make for my son who’s turning 10 on Friday…fondant intimidates me though–not sure if I can do it. I think I’m going to have to go dig through the Christmas ornaments and see if the kayak one we gave him last year has a person in it, then just put that on a cake decorated like a river…thanks for posting your pics, though!