Mum and I made lots of different eyes and mouths before we were happy with the results but eventually we got there. The middle was a bit messy but it got covered up by the bow. Then I did the other side and just cut and smoothed the joins. Eventually I cut up a cardboard template and made half the hairline and the side of the hair in one cutting.
One reason was that I was just putting the hair on top of the face and not round the side – bad idea. I did this several times but cold not get it to look right. I rolled out some more black icing and cut it round to make the hairline. However, the next part took a loooong time. I covered the whole cake with this icing, in the same way as I did the smaller ones, and that was quite easy. I probably used too much coloring but never mind. Next for the face, I kneaded some ivory coloring into the white, ready to roll icing to make a nicely colored face. I used icing sugar on the kitchen surface to stop the icing sticking as I rolled it out some icing sugar went on top of the ‘ears’ but we just wiped it over with a damp cloth and they came up nice and clean. I managed to find ready to roll icing in black so the ears were both quite straight forward – roll the icing out, cover the cake with hot jam, put the icing on top, pat round and cut off any surplus. We then cut each cake in half and covered it in jam to give it some more flavor. My mother made the cakes for me – 3 Victoria sponges, 1×8 inch for the face and 2×6 inch for the ears. I looked on this site and got lots of inspiration from others that have already done a really good job so I thought I would have a try. My daughter said she wanted a Minnie Mouse cake for her 5th birthday so I thought I would give it a go. My niece was so excited when she saw her cake she immediately started pulling marshmallows off the skirt! She insisted we cut her daddy a piece of cake – and he’s deployed! I almost forgot to write her name on the cake – lol – and grabbed my icing bag quick! We put the candles just above her name.
I made the bow with some pink dotted ribbon and floral wire. Next I put some wax paper on the cake to keep the ribbon out of the icing. I made a ruffled skirt from fabric and added white round stickers to it – stuck it to my lazy susan with rolled up duct tape then put the cake on it. The hardest part was icing the ears while they are sitting near the body. I purchaed two containers of chocolate fudge icing for the ears and mixed up some buttercream icing using 1 pound of confectioners sugar and Wilton’s recipe and tinted it pink for the skirt. Note: I had about two cups of vanilla batter and 1/2 cup of chocolate batter left over. Then I mixed up two vanilla cake mixes for the 12″ round (the body) and 1 milk chocolate cake mix for the 6″ round (the ears). I used a large oblong cutting board instead of a corrugated cake board to be sure the cake would all fit. I pulled out my 12″ round and 6″ round wedding cake pans (2″ deep). This was a last minute cake – I received notice of the event the night before at nine for a next day event at my house at 5 pm! Whew! I saw this on Pinterest and knew my great niece would like a Minnie Mouse cake for her fourth birthday – she loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Here’s an awesome collection of Minnie Mouse cake ideas and designs is sure to provide you with inspiration as you set off to create the coolest Minnie Mouse cake ever.