Super Woman Makes Super Cake
July 26th, 2006
Krissy had me find Superman’s logo so she could make a cake with the shield on it. The base coat of frosting is blue Cool Whip. The actual shield is made of red and yellow butter cream frosting. Krissy worked on this thing for about three hours total. She decided it would be a good idea to try and make the Cool Whip a little less squishy by putting the cake in the freezer. This worked out rather well. As time went on it got softer and softer, though.
Krissy then transferred the printed design onto wax paper by tracing. The wax paper was then placed on the top of the blue Cool Whip. She used a hatpin to poke holes in the wax paper. When you remove the wax paper then the holes are left in the top of the cake to serve as a guide. She used a star-shape to fill in the yellow and then the red parts. The original idea was to finish off the cake with very dark-blue lines to emphasize the logo and make it stand out a little more. We couldn’t get the frosting a decent dark blue color, and Krissy was afraid to screw up the cake with squiggly lines that were supposed to be straight. I think it was a good idea to stop when she did. The cake turned out great.
Incidentally, this cake was a poke cake or, what some people call a Jell-O cake. She used a single 3 oz. package of strawberry Jell-O mixed into one cup of boiling water. This was poured over a 13 x 9 in. white cake that had holes poked about three quarters of the way through the cake and spaced at one half to one inch intervals. Then you pour the liquid concentrated Jell-O mixture over the top of the cake slowly. Try to cover all of the top of the cake. Allow the cake to cool in the refrigerator. After the cake has cooled spread Cool Whip over the top of the cake, and you’re good to go!
The cake was a success and everyone at work was very impressed by Krissy’s cake decorating prowess.
July 27th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
Wow! What a pretty cake!! Great job Krissy!
September 15th, 2006 at 10:45 am
Krissy – you are a very patient and talented young woman.
Do you do this for fun, or is it your 2nd job in life – to earn a little spending money?
I enjoyed seeing your work. Looks good enough to eat!!
November 16th, 2006 at 8:24 am
I’ve been searching for super-girl cake design and this will be perfect. I’ll probably have to change the colors of course. Do you mind me asking where you found the logo and did you have to blow it up to fit the shape of the cake?? Thanx!!
November 18th, 2006 at 12:14 am
Here is the vector graphic that we used. I blew it up to the size of a piece of paper. Krissy traced over it with wax paper. Then she poked through the wax paper with a pin to get the outlines on the cake.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
great cake! I’m trying to find one that will feed lots of people, and this is in my top 3! Thanks for the inspiration. :)
June 6th, 2009 at 9:33 am
This is the best superman cake i have ever seen it beautiful. I wish i could do that to a cake and have it look that good. I love it and it looks delicious. :)