Reviews & Comments

This is the first time I have made a decorated cake and it did require some patience. The edges where the cake is cut are difficult to ice, especially since once the cake was cut I did not have room in the freezer for it so it had to chill in the fridge which was probably not as effective. As for the crumb layer--I found that when the crumbs were sticking to the knife badly it worked best to wipe the knife clean and start with fresh icing. I had plenty of icing to work with so don't worry about using up too much when scraping off the knife like this. I ended up needing whole tubes of Betty Crocker gel color for the blue and yellow. For the red I used a whole tube of gel color plus some liquid food coloring I had as well because it didn't seem red enough with just the one tube. The cake fed 24 people--one square piece with marshmallow half each. We all loved it and I am looking forward to gaining more cake-making experience.

This was a great cake for out lego birthday party. The kids thought it was so funny to eat legos! I used fondant icing even though I had never used it before. It was like working with playdough. The fondant gave the cake the brighter colors I was looking for. We had a whole themed party with Lego spoon races and everything.

Re: Lego Cakes . . . FORGET USING THE MARSHMALLOWS! I've decorated cakes for over 30 years and hold myself to a very high standard as far as to what my finished cakes look like. Buttercream-frosted marshmallow halves just didn't measure up! My solution? I removed UNSCENTED TEA LIGHT CANDLES from their CLEAR plastic forms. I washed and dried the circular forms and then filled each one with the same frosting as I was using to frost the cake. Turn them upside down and place them directly where you want them on the frosted cake top. The size of the tea light form is perfect for a 9" x 13" cut into three equal widths for the Lego blocks. Afterwards you can still use the candles by inserting them once again into the washed forms.

I just made this for my 7 year old boy's Lego birthday party. It looks great! I used pound cake because it is denser and doesn't fall apart when cut and iced. I colored red, green, yellow and blue canned frosting, then cut 4, 6 and 8 count legos. Freeze the cakes and the marshmallows for an hour, and they are easy to frost. I used the Wilton gel food coloring, although the red coloring has a bitter aftertaste. I stired in some lemon juice to get rid of it. I used a small fork to hold the marshmallows and I iced them separately, then placed them on the cake. Stick an icing knife in a glass of hot water to smooth out the icing. My little guy is still hugging me!