Happy April friends! Spring is in full-swing and today I wanted to share some of my newest creations with you! It's a Pastel Watercolors Unicorn Cake and Unicorn Cake Pops.
With the Unicorn Cake trend going viral at every turn, I was super excited when I was asked to do a Unicorn Cake this past week (finally).
And when my client also asked for super adorable Unicorn Cake Pops? I felt like I had hit the jackpot! It was just SO.MUCH.FUN.
So let's jump right in and I'll tell you about this cake and the cake pops! Cake first:
Watercolor Pastels Unicorn Cake
This cake was comprised of three 7" layers of cake on the bottom and two 5" layers of cake on top. It was chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream.
For the pastel colors, I used Americolor Electric Blue, a mix of Americolor Violet and Regal Purple, then Wilton Pink gel colors. I loved blending them together to get the watercolor look on the bottom!
The top tier was white vanilla buttercream with gold fondant eyes (white homemade marshmallow fondant painted with Imperial gold luster dust mixed with lemon extract).
For the mane, I used this technique to mix pink, purple and blue buttercream, then piped on the rosettes with a Wilton 1M tip. The ears and horn were gum paste (I colored the horn gum paste yellow first), also painted with the Imperial gold luster dust mixed to a "paint" with lemon extract. These are my favorite paint brushes.
The ribbon was real pink satin ribbon. I don't think I've ever put real ribbon on a cake, but this order was sort of last minute and I really didn't have time to pre-make a bow and let it dry. I played around with the real bow and ended up really loving the look!
You'll find my technique for how I cover my cake boards with glitter paper and ribbon here. For this one, I used white glitter paper (it's not easy to see in the pics) and ½" lavender satin ribbon.
Now... the CAKE POPS!! Eeeek... I loved these little babies!!!
Unicorn Cake Pops
My daughter Sarah made 12 little horns and 24 tiny little ears for me (plus a few extras) out of gum paste. The horns were yellow gum paste (so it wouldn't take as much gold dust) and the ears were white (obviously). After they dried overnight, I painted the horns and insides of the ears with the same mix mentioned above: Imperial gold luster dust mixed to a "paint" with lemon extract.
The eyes were drawn on with Americolor Gourmet Food Markers, the cheeks were dusted with edible Petal Dust. I made the tiny ribbon roses from homemade marshmallow fondant. If you want to see how, check out this ribbon rose tutorial... except in teeny-tiny form. The "ribbons" were probably less than ¼" wide and cut with this ribbon cutter.
The cake pops were white cake. You can see my cake pops tutorial here. I dipped them in white candy melts, then used the same melted candy to "glue" on the horns, ears and tiny roses. They were detailed (thank goodness she only ordered a dozen), but really pretty easy-peasy!
And I think that's it! If I missed anything, leave me a comment and I'll do my best to answer!
Happy Caking!!
Rose
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Debbie Mayfield
What a beautiful cake! You are so talented. I love the softness and elegance all in one. Great job!
Rose
Thank you!!
Unicorn
I wish I could get a b-day cake like that! But it’s not that special so haha
Unicorn
I meant my bday isn’t that special*
Angela
How much do u charge by the dozen for these unicorn cake pops?
Rose
I think I charged $3 each.
paulette blanks
Those cake pops and the pastal colors on the cake are so adorable. I love your blog and your detailed instructions. Thanks for sharing.
Rose
Thank you <3
Heshani
This is my favorite cake of yours upto date... love the watercolor effect... but those unicorn cake pops are the cutest!
Great work as always and thank you for sharing with us.
Rose
Thanks a bunch! xx
H Jones
Absolutely precious!!! Love it!
Rose
Thank you!
Rebecca
Beautiful
Deborah Mackenzie
These are amazing! You have a talent
Allison
Gorgeous! Thanks for the details!
Rose
Thank you!!
Sara Strait
I just LOOOOVE unicorn cakes and those cake pops so adorable I can't handle it! My daughter's birthday is coming up and she wanted a Unicorn birthday party so luckily I'll get to make one soon!
Rose
Thank you so much Sara!
Nicole
Can I order unicorn ears and horns from you (or your daughter) perhaps?
Rose
Fill out the form here with the date you'll need them and how many and I'll see what we can do for you : https://rosebakes.com/order/
donna
Rose, that is such a cute cake! How did you get the different color stripes on the cake?
Rose
I piped them on in sections, then used a bench scraper to smooth and blend them together!
Elke
I would just like to say that I think you do absolutely beautiful work, and it's a joy to view the pictures. I only hope that when I try making them, they come out half as gorgeous as yours. Thank you so much for sharing. Elke
Rose
Thanks so much Elke!
Joni
Can I order a cake and/or pops? I'm not ashamed to admit that I am not this talented (or patient) but my daughter would flip for this for her birthday.
Rose
Hi Joni - I do take orders but only locally. 🙂
Danielle
This cake is beautiful! I absolutely love it! I am going to attempt to bake this for my nieces birthday. Just a few questions. Did you apply the buttercream before or after the cake was stacked? Did you wait for the buttercream to crust over? Also, how did you get the gold eyes to stick on to the buttercream? Did you use icing to get the bow to stick on? Thanks for your advice. I love everything you bake.
Rose
I did the buttercream before stacking. I actually popped it in the freezer so it woudl be easy to handle. I painted a tiny bit of water to stick on the eyes and I didn't use anything to add the bow - just wrapped it as snug as i could without it digging into the buttercream.
Nancy
Where did you get a mold tiny enough for the cake pops ears and horn
Rose
We made them by hand - didn't use a mold 🙂
bee
Everything is amazing! I really want to make these cake pops. Can you tell me how the horn and ears were shaped? I know You used gum paste but how did she make the ears and horn into their shapes?
Susan
Thanks for stopping by the blog. The horns are made by making a small rope that tapers off, and then twisting it on itself to make the spiral from big to little. It makes me think of how they make an ice cream swirl!
Betty J Critchlow
Hi Rose, How long is the cake pop horn, size of ears. Thanks Betty
Rose
The horn was a little over an inch long and the ears were about half an inch.
niykajah
I know right I love
Maria S
I am going to attempt to make the cake pops!
I have one question for you.
Did you use a toothpick fir the horn? How did she make them?
Rose
She rolled out tiny snakes of fondant then wrapped them around a toothpick, getting smaller and smaller at the top. When finished, she pulled them off the toothpick and stood them up to dry. They were stuck to the chocolate wet, so no toothpick actually IN or ON the cake pop.
Heidi
Is it possible to order the unicorn cake pops ?
Rose
Hi Heidi - no, I'm sorry. I don't ship any sweets.
Lillian Ramirez
I would love to order the unicorn cake pop how can I for my daughters birthday party
Rose
Thanks for your interest Lillian, but I don't ship them.
Sandra
I made your cake pops! They turned out so cute. (If I do say so:) Thanks for the great design.
Rose
So happy to hear it!