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Toddler Halloween Party Cake

I made this cake on request of the Family to Family Connection, a great program in Las Vegas that hosts lots of classes, crafts, and activities for children ages birth to 4. When we lived there, I would take Peo there regularly and was pleased at having an opportunity to give back to such a worthy cause.

It was made for their Teenie Weenie Halloweenie Party, which expected anywhere from 50 to 100 guests. I made the Jack-O-Lantern out of one French Vanilla mix using the Wilton Sports Ball pan, and the base using two Dark Chocolate mixes in a 14" round pan. The Jack-O-Lantern cake was carved with ridges to allow the fondant to be pressed in slightly, and the face was done by cutting into the orange and than inlaying black to fit.

As with Peo's 2007 Birthday Cake, I took a long time in advance (about two weeks) to use any toddler-free time I could scrounge to work on the mice, so two days before the event all I had to do was bake the cakes, cover them, shape the Jack-O-Lantern, and stick on all of the mice. Also as with the birthday cake, this allowed me to leave items to dry with skewers as support, as shown with the Darth Mouse and Obi Wan Mouse pictures.

I did plan many of the mice well in advance in order to include dynamic narratives, such as the Star Wars characters (the Darth/Obi Wan fight, with poor Luke off to the side with a flopsy lightsaber while Leia looks on in shock), the hospital scene with a doctor and a nurse examining the undead, the witch serving punch to the rag doll, and going with the mice theme, a mouse dressed as a cat scaring the heck out of a poor little fairy mouse.

I also included a special mouse dressed in Peo's home-made pie costume (see this journal entry with photos of her in her costume), taking care to make that mouse's eyes extra-big, since Peo has huge eyes.

The bird mouse was Peo's idea...she asked me to make one that looked like a bird, so I did!

Pieces In Progress

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Mice in a Tub

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Darth Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Obi Wan Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Obi Wan and Darth Mouse fight

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Luke Skywalker Mouse with a flopsy lightsaber as Princess Leia Mouse looks on in shock

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Nurse Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Zombie Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Doctor Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Skeleton Mouse - Front

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Skeleton Mouse - Back

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Doctor checks Zombie, Nurse checks Skeleton

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Princess Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Cowboy Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Mickey Mouse Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Bird Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Ninja Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Witch Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Clown Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Pirate Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Robin Hood Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Ghost Mouse

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Mouse in Peo's Pie Costume

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Rag Doll Mouse - Side

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Rag Doll Mouse - Top

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Fairy Mouse - Back

Halloween Cake - In the Making - Cat Mouse Frightens Fairy Mouse d






Finished Cake

Halloween Cake - Front

Halloween Cake - Right Side

Halloween Cake - Right Rear

Halloween Cake - Left Rear

Halloween Cake - Left Side

Halloween Cake - On Party Table - Front

Halloween Cake - On Party Table - Side

Halloween Cake - Destruction d


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