So after our wonderful weekend with Computer boy’s baptism and family party we had a day of rest before his friend party!!! It was such a busy week and weekend I decided to go with the same party as last year to ease. Same Invitation, same foods, same games. Since he’s in a different school this year no one but he and I knew any better. And now YOU! BUT I decided to change up the cake.
It was SUCH a fun cake to make. My son loved the lego head, and I loved how well it turned out. Even the lego logo turned out great for me. The head is carved cake, the top and bottom pieces are fondant covered cardboard circles.
For an additional activity we added making our own lego crayons for party favors!
UPDATE: I get at least one email every week asking how I made this cake, so I created a tutorial, check out my Lego head cake tutorial!
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angie
this is amazing! love it!
Ashlee
Thanks so much! It’s always so fun when people enjoy something I’ve created!
Allison @ House of Hepworths
I love this so much I featured it this week at my Hookin Up with HoH Party!
Feel free to stop by and grab a button if you’d like!
~Allison @ House of Hepworths
Ashlee
Thanks so much for the feature! I’m so glad you and your son liked it! It was a super fun cake to make!
Mod Podge Amy
SO cool! I love this. I couldn’t even imagine baking something like this cake – I’m impressed.
Ashlee
Thanks! I love how it turned out too! So fun! Even better? The birthday boy liked it!
Sarah
I just made this cake for my son’s 7th birthday and it is my first time with fondant. My only question is how do you smooth the fondant all the way around the cake without it bunching and the bottom?
Ashlee
It’s a fun one, huh. There are a few secrets to fondant. At least secrets that work for me! I use really strong cake so it won’t collapse, but I keep my fondant thick, like 1/4 inch thick. That way you have plenty to work with for “stretching” the fondant, also when it’s thick like that you can also PUSH the fondant together to keep wrinkles from forming. I know it doesn’t make sense to read, but next time you play with fondant maybe it will make sense! It’s fun to play with, but takes a few cakes to get the right feel for you!
Kim
This is so fantastic! I can’t believe how wonderful this looks. I would love to make this for my son’s 6th birthday – the theme is lego star wars. Can you give me any tips?
Ashlee
Thanks so much! I actually just finished a lego star wars party for my son’s 6th birthday! Crazy! I’ll be posting it this week sometime, I made a lego millennium falcon cake for that party! Lots and lots of fun lego star wars foods, crafts and games!
Kim
Can you please email me the instructions for the lego head cake? I would love to make it for my son. Also looking forward to your lego star wars party pics.
Ashlee
Emailed!
kim
How far in advance can I make the cake?
Ashlee
What part of the cake? You can bake the layers and freeze the cakes a few weeks ahead of time with not problem. The rest depends on what kind of frosting and filling your using. Since I like using Mousse I make the cake as close to the party as I can cut it. Once you add fondant you can’t put it in the fridge at ALL so if the filling and frosting need refrigeration because of milk products your screwed. I finished this cake about 5 mins before everyone walked in. You can get the top and bottom finished ahead of time if, like me, you use cardboard for those two sections leaving just the head. If you DON’T use any milk products in your frosting and filling you can do it the day before, but I would never suggest making a cake more ahead than that, because you don’t want it to dry out. A moist cake is very important to me!
kim
Sorry to keep stalking you but you seem to have a great amount of experience with cakes and I am a newbie! What is the difference between frosting and filling? I understand that I need to crumb coat the cake before I put on the fondant but I don’t quite get the frosting/filling difference.
thanks!
Kim
Ashlee
no sorry necessarily! I like Stalkers! Okay- Frosting can be used for frosting the cake as well as filling a cake. But FILLING can not be used for frosting. Things like Mousse, jellies, Bavarian creams, etc… When I’m filling a cake with something other than basic frosting I use a thick version of the frosting to create a dam around the center layer, then fill it with the looser fillings, place the top layer on top and the “dam” will keep the fillings inside. Then coat the cake with a thinner version of the frosting. Personally I do it thicker than a crumb crust so that when people peel off the fondant there is still frosting there for them to enjoy. But not too much or it squeezes out the bottom of the cake when you put the fondant on.
The Mom
I would love it if you have a chance to email me any instructions or tips for this cake! And any Lego Star Wars party ideas too. We are doing a Lego party on Saturday and he loves Star Wars too so we can mix that in. 🙂
Ashlee
I sent you an email with basic instructions for the cake, as for the lego star wars did you see my post on our lego star wars party? http://ashleemarie.com/lego-star-wars-birthday-party/
Arlene
I love your lego head cake! You’re an amazing cake baker. My 4 yr. old is into lego right now and thinking of throwing him a lego party. Can you email me the instructions on this lego head cake?
Thanks,
Arlene
Ashlee
Sent! Let me know if you have any other questions!
Love the cake...
The Lego head cake is exactly what my son wants…any way I can get some instructions?!?
Ashlee
I get asked for instructions for this cake almost weekly! I finally decided to update the post with instructions on the bottom http://ashleemarie.com/lego-head-birthday-cake/ let me know if you have any other questions! It was a super easy and fun cake to make, I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
Cake Pictures
Niiiiice
Ashlee
Thanks!