Super Mario Birthday: Party Baking

I'm back today with my last installment from the Super Mario birthday party series - party baking:

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Cake Supplies

For the large layer cake and the mini cake I used French vanilla mix, vanilla icing, Super Mario figurines, and round pans in graduated sizes.

I didn't get a photo of the cupcake supplies but I used a chocolate mix, more vanilla icing and Super Mario figures.

Let's Talk About Pans

Look who got a set of Wilton brand round cake pans, now I can make my layer cakes without trimming down standard cake pan cakes to make different sizes 😎  

The set came with four graduated sizes and I used the three smaller ones for the layer cake.  Best of all I found the set at Salt And Light for only $3.99!

For the mini cake I used my mini pans.

Darken the Icing

Using a bit of chocolate syrup I colored the icing a light beige.  My son wanted the cake to look like one of Super Mario's desert levels, so this toned the bright white icing down nicely.

Layer

Dirt and Sand

I used a combination of crushed vanilla wafers, 

powdered cocoa mix and chocolate chips to give the cake the look of dirt and sand.

Layering the Dirt and Sand

Going from top to bottom I first sprinkled cocoa powder, 

then crushed cookies and followed up with the chocolate chips.

Adding Toys

Using some of my son's Super Mario toys I created a scene with Racoon Mario and Iggy Koopa

You can find the set that includes the rocks and palm trees  here.

Iggy Koopa

Racoon Mario

You can find similar Super Mario figures  here.

Mini Cake

For the coordinating personal cake I added a Boo figure and a number six candle.

Cupcakes

Our chocolate cupcakes were topped with vanilla icing colored in red, blue, yellow and green.  A few star shaped sprinkles dressed them up and the mini figures are from the same play set that includes the palm trees.

And that's it for our Super Mario birthday party.  In case you missed anything:
you can click here to see the invitations,
here to see the party decor
here to view the balloons
or  to here read about the paper crafts.

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I hope you enjoyed this behind the scenes baking post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2020

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