Noah celebrated his birthday a couple of weeks ago and I made him a Super Mario Bro. Cake! Since he and Sarah have a birthday so close together, we had a party on Sunday afternoon when we combined his party with Sarah's party (she had a Rainbow Barbie cake).
First, he actually drew me a picture of the cake he wanted. It was 3 or 4 tiers tall. It had cats on it. And lollipops. And stripes. And I can't even remember what else.
But Noah loves Super Mario Bros. He would play it all. day. long. if I'd let him {I won't!}.
So as a surprise to him, I decided to make him a Super Mario Bros. cake. I don't play the game and don't know alot about it, so I found a picture online (google images is my friend) and made a pretty close copy of it.
I baked it while he was awake, and warned him that he would not be getting a huge 3 tiered cake because that would be wasting a lot of cake.
But then I waited to decorate while he was asleep and it was a total surprise to him. He loved it!
Some of the little boys at the party informed me that some of my elements were not spot-on accurate to the game {obviously I don't play the game or I would know such things}, but I think it turned out cute enough. For the actual Mario, I bought this Mario figure from Amazon.
As I mentioned with Sarah's cake, I couldn't take any pictures at the party because my SD card was suddenly fried (I have 2 very large SD cards...both quit working within 3 days of each other!!).
So, the only picture I have of Noah with the cake is from my hubby's camera, and I totally forgot to get him to take a picture of the cake cut. Thank goodness my card didn't quit earlier that morning when I was photographing the cake or I would've missed these shots of Asher with the cake...
See him sucking that thumb again? He's such a cutie-pie!!!
Noah's cake was chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. All the decorations were gum paste and homemade marshmallow fondant... except Mario, as mentioned above!
Did I miss any details? Do you have any questions about this cake? Please leave them in the comments!
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Alex
Hi there,
Can you remember how you made the green pipe? I am planning thus cake for my sons 7th birthday next week.
Many thanks
Rose
I took the center from a roll of paper towels and wrapped it in plastic wrap, then I used fondant with Tylose in it (or you could use gum paste) to roll out a strip of fondant. I cut it the width (height) I needed it, then wrapped it round the paper towel roll and let it dry for several days. Once it was dry/hard, I just slid it off. I used sugar glue to add the extra little ring at the top! Hope that helps!! Rose
Mark O
Thanks for this awesome idea, my son turns 5 in a few days and he wants a Super Mario cake. I love this cake and hope I can somewhat duplicate it. 🙂
Mary
Can i ask you which blue gel coloring you used for this fondant?
Lucy
Hi,
Cake you give me the recipe and ingredients I will need to make this cake?
Thank you
Ellen Simmons
Hi Rose,
I’m making this cake for my grandsons birthday on Saturday.
Do you just use a thin layer of the frosting to stick the fondant to the cake?
Made your fondant too, it’s delicious! Much better than the shop bought stuff, which I’ll never buy again. Thanks
Ellen
Rose
Yes, I cover my cakes in buttercream, then fondant.
lindiane ferreira de almeida farias
I loved the decor all in keeping with the tone of the theme