Disney’s Frozen movie is still making waves, as evidenced by all the Elsa and Anna costumes and party ideas popping up all over Pinterest.  My daughter is one of those Frozen fans, and this week we had a Frozen birthday party, complete with this easy to make Frozen-themed birthday cake.

How to make a Disney Frozen birthday cake:

I used two cake mixes for our cake.  The first one I cooked in a large glass measuring cup (like this one), much like I did for her tea pot birthday cake.

The second I cooked in a 9 inch round cake pan and a cupcake pan.  (I only needed the round cake; the cupcakes I put up in the freezer to enjoy later.)

I assembled the two cakes like the picture below, using plenty of icing between them to hold them together.

Originally my daughter wanted steps on her Frozen cake.  After watching the movie once again, and seeing how the stairs curved, I decided to use half of a waffle bowl (like you use for ice cream sundaes) to build a curving bridge to act as the stairs for our dear Anna to stand on.

To keep the bridge from sagging beneath Anna’s weight once it was decorated with icing, I squished two large marshmallows beneath it, resting on the round cake below.

(In the picture above you’ll notice our waffle bowl bridge, waiting for icing.  You’ll also notice two other waffle bowl halves that I originally used to build Elsa’s castle.  Unfortunately, the icing made them too soft and they eventually sagged down to the cake.  Thankfully I had time to remove them and had plenty of left over icing to touch the cake up before party time!)

Once we had plenty of white icing on the cake, we used lots of tiny candy pearls and large silver sugar crystals to decorate the ice castle.

Light blue rock candy sticks and Elsa and Anna dolls finished off of our cake.  (A little powder sugar snow on the cake stand completed our look.) 

I wish I had a picture of the birthday girl’s face when she first saw the cake.  It’s exactly why I spend time creating the birthday cakes they ask for.

Do you have a Frozen fan at home?  Or have your kids let it go….

If you have a Frozen fan, check out the easy Rock Trolls craft we did at the party!

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My son loves dragons.  For his dragon themed birthday party I had fun creating a DIY Dragon Pinata.  But his favorite part was this easy to make dragon cake. 

Looking to make your own dragon cake to devour?

DIY Dragon Cake Directions

To make the dragon cake I used 2 cake mixes.  I used one mix to make a round bunt cake.  The other mix I divided, making one pan of cupcakes (12) and one mini loaf cake.

Once the cakes were completely cooled, I cut the bunt cake in half, and then cut one of the halves in half again.  I arranged them on a large cookie sheet as seen in the picture.

I then cut 4 cupcakes into crescents to form legs/feet for the dragon cake.  These were placed along the dragon’s body.

Now our dragon needed a neck and head.  For this I used the mini loaf cake, cutting it as shown in the picture below.

The cake really starts to look like a dragon once you start getting the icing on it.

I bought 2 cans of icing, allowing me to put on a thick coat to cover up any uneven areas, etc.  I wound up using 1 1/2 cans of the icing, freezing the rest to use at a later date.

Using a dab of icing between pieces helped to hold the whole thing together while spreading icing over the surface.  Once the cake was completely covered I used my knife to make swirls to give it a look of scales.

Orange jelly beans became toe nails for each foot, while 2 black jelly beans formed nostrils.  I cut a marshmallow in half, using a knife to cut a small hole in the center of each half and sticking another black jelly bean in each to form eyes.

Finally the dragon needed wings.  I decided to use 2 large waffle cookies for our wings.

ROAR!!

And, of course, the dragon HAD to breathe fire!

If you choose to make yours a fire-breathing dragon cake, too, be sure to put a glass cutting board or other heat-resistant board underneath to catch the dripping wax!

My son loved his dragon themed birthday party, especially this easy to make dragon cake.

If you like this cake idea, you may want to also check out:

•  Teapot Cake
•  Car Cake
• Tractor Cake and Tipping Tractor Cupcakes
• Darth Vader Cake

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