Every little girl wants to be a mermnaid. This eay tutorial will teach you how to make a Mermaid Birthday Cake that is fit for a mermaid princess!
Decorating a Mermaid Birthday Cake
I think every little girl dreams of being a mermaid at least once in her life. This cake was made for a two sisters who were celebrating a joint summer birthday party. The theme was of course mermaid and it was held at the pool! I didn’t want to do much buttercream work for fear of melting in the summer heat. So fondant was the perfect choice.
Most people don’t care for the flavor of basic fondant, but this recipe was extra special and made with Jell-o so it tasted great and stayed soft. Simply Perfect!
This mermaid cake was piece of cake!
Once the cake had a nice, clean crumb coat on and the fondant was made, it took me only 2 hours to decorate it. Trust me, this was faster and easier than a petal cake. My hand cramped something fierce when I made that cake.
It does take some time to cut out all the little circles, and yes, that was a bit of a pain. However, the results were amazing . I loved it and more importantly, the birthday girls loved it.
I used the green and blue fondant that was colored with the jello, but I also supplemented the dark green and light turquoise/ sea-foam color from some premade fondant. I really liked the added color intermixed.
The brighter blue and green color was achieved by added pearl dust
to the circles. In all, there are six different shades of green and blue on this cake.
Then, just to add a little extra sparkle, I added some gold disco dust
over top. Just because every birthday cake should shimmer!
This recipe is part three of a three part series including Jello Fondant and How to Crumb Coat a cake.
Mermaid Birthday Cake
This Mermaid inspired cake made the best birthday cake for a 9 year old and 12 year old celebration!
Ingredients
- Cake
- Fondant
- Large Piping Tip
- Plastic Mat
- Fondant Rolling Pin
- Luster Dust
- Green Fondant
- Teal Fondant
Instructions
- Have you cake covered in your frosting and in the fridge.
- Prepare your plastic mat with a thin layer of shortening to prevent the fondant from sticking.
- Break off a chunk of the jello fondant (a little larger than a golf ball) and warm it up in your hands. Roll smooth using the guides on the roller to get it even. Use the piping tip to cut out circles.
- Set half aside and add a thin layer of luster dust over them with a dry paint brush.
- Continue to make circle cut outs with all the colors you intend to use. I used about 75% more jello fondant than premade fondant.
- Start at the bottom of the cake and randomly add circles to the base. The should stick to the buttercream frosting without need for any other adherent.
- Offset the second row and continue around the cake. I had 5 rows going around my cake, the last one, bending over from the top down the side.
- For the top, start at the outer perimeter and go around in an overlapping fashion. Continue to build toward the center, then overlap the final circles in the center as best as possible.
- Cover and refrigerate until ready to sing Happy Birthday.
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Hi stopping by from nifty thrifty things linky
this is amazing and you make it look so easy 😀
definitely pinning 😀
Shel @ Sweet Petite
Wow, what a beautiful cake. You must be the best Mom.
Visiting from Saturday Night Fever,
Bev
This cake is lovely! I have not been a big fondant fan, but I sure like what you have created here!
The fondant was really just melted marshmallows. The jello added a little flavor and color.
I might just attempt this for my daughters first birthday party! I’m planning on doing an under the sea theme – this will match perfectly! Thanks for the grand idea! Just started following you on Google+ and Facebook!
It would be a great cake for her! It’s so easy to make. If you have any questions, please send me an email. Thanks for following 🙂
Stopping by from Artsy Corner Link party. This is beautiful! Loving the the scallop look this year. Pinning 🙂
Thanks so much for stopping by!
This cake is amazing! I need to try my hand at fondant, I never have attempted it…
I used to be afraid of it, but really, just think if it as play-doh and play!
This cake is absolutely GORGEOUS!!
Thanks so much. It’s so easy to make as well.
I made the fondant but it’s hard to cut and not easy to eat…
It most likely got dry. Did you coat it in shortening and wrap it well to store it? Did you put it in the fridge once you decorated the cake? The fridge will dry it out and make a mess of it. Most people pull off the fondant and don’t actually eat it, but the marshmallow version usually stays soft and yummy to eat. Not sure what happened.