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#MINION CAKE HOW TO#
#MINION CAKE MOVIE#

This saves a lot of time when assembling and decorating the cake. Wrap the cake layers for the minion in saran wrap and freeze until ready to use. If possible, prepare the buttercream and cakes a day or two in advanced. I just happened to have an oven safe bowl for the dome part of the minion’s head. Luckily, I hit Michael’s the day before making the cake for a few missing colors and the six inch baking pans. Yes, I did! It was a crazy weekend! I started the cake at 8PM after my kids went to bed and finished the cake at 3AM the day of my daughter’s birthday. First, do not expect to do all this work in one night.

#MINION CAKE HOW TO#

How to Make a Minion Cake: Practical Adviceĭo not make the same mistakes I make… so here is some free practical advice for making this minion cake. Keep reading for a detailed tutorial with lots of photos! Matilda you are the sweetest little girl! Please please don’t grow up! xoxo -Mom I hope this tutorial helps to make someone else’s birthday special! Besides, who doesn’t love Minions?Īlso, please see my other post – it is much more DETAILED – HOW TO MAKE A PURPLE MINION CAKE! CLICK HERE! I took plenty of notes back in September and finally have a free moment (baby is sleeping zzz…) to share the instructions. All she wanted to eat on her birthday was a minion cake! With a two-month old at this was quite the challenge! After lots and lots of thought and tedious calculation I finally created a template for a 3-D minion cake. You can see that the edges of the fondant weren’t entirely smooth – it didn’t bother me since I knew not everybody would notice at the party.Matilda turned 8 this Fall! I can’t believe it.

I glued all the details using a brush with almond extract and stuck the arms, legs, shoes and goggles using a tooth pick.

I cut out a big E and stuck it on the Minion’s overalls using black fondant for my little man’s first name.

I used Americolor Soft Gel Paste to color all the fondant.

I cut out the overalls, goggles, eyes and tongue with more fondant and used black licorice for the hair.

Next I molded the arms, legs and shoes.

Then I started kneading, rolling and covered the entire cake with yellow fondant.

I assembled the cake and put a crumb coat of icing and parked the cake in the fridge.

Two days before the party, I thawed out the marshmallow fondant and cake layers.We decided to make my husband’s favorite chocolate cake recipe with a slightly adapted version of Jaclyn’s Vanilla Buttercream frosting. I started searching online for Minion Cake ideas a few months ago and found this tutorial from Sugar Sweet Company that I wanted to try making so I got started a few weeks ago and made a few batches of my go-to marshmallow fondant recipe and baked the 6″ cake layers and froze them. It was a true labor of love and what I was the most excited to make. The kids couldn’t wait to open them as soon as we handed them out near the end of the party.Īnd finally, this cake was the star of all the treats we made! The loot bags were filled with candy, stickers and little toys. “Thanks a Minon for coming to E’s party!” He printed labels with each child’s name on it and stuck another label at the back of the bag with: The boys got yellow bags while the girls got purple bags. He printed the goggles from this template and used double-sided tape to stick them on the gift bags. He found a ton of inspiration on Pinterest so he bought yellow and purple gift bags from Dollar Tree as well as blue and black craft paper for the overalls. My husband was in charge of making all the loot bags. I had a mix of vanilla cupcakes and banana cupcakes (since Minions love bananas) with vanilla buttercream frosting and chocolate frosting. No kiddie party would be complete without cupcakes. I am totally in love with baked donuts so I just had to try making a few Minion Donuts (Vanilla Donuts with Vanilla Frosting) after spotting these guys on Pinterest: * these were heavily edited with our personal information removedĢ6 yellow ones and 14 purple that we handed out to every child that attended the party along with extras for whoever wanted them. He added some minion images with a picture of our lil man dressed as a minion including all the party details and e-mailed them to our guests. My husband was in charge of putting together the invitations. Here is what we did for our Minion Birthday Party

#MINION CAKE MOVIE#

With the new Minions movie coming out in soon, I’m sure there are lots of others that are looking for ideas. My son is a huge fan of the movie “ Despicable Me 2” (he was even a Minion for Halloween) so there was no question what the theme would be for his 3rd birthday party. Throwing a Despicable Me or Minion Themed Birthday Bash? These homemade desserts are sure to thrill your guests with the best Minion cake for the ultimate Minion party!