I made this caterpillar cake for my sons first birthday. The idea came from photos of other cakes. I used the Betty Crocker bake n’ fill cake pan. The feet are rolled up fruit Twizzlers and the antennae are pipe cleaners. The cake is on cardboard with colored coconut for grass.s first birthday. The idea … Read more
I got a request for a Baby Einstein caterpillar cake. I used the Wilton Sports pan for the cakes and I used Wilton’s candy clay for the children’s name and Happy Birthday. I used Duncan Hines cake mix and buttercream frosting. I outlined the names and the happy birthday with icing. Thank you for allowing … Read more
This is a perfect first birthday cake, a baby Einstein cake. I used the small circle pan that you would use for the top layer of a wedding cake, two cups of batter per pan baked for 28 minutes. I also made six cupcakes. It was about three cake mixes to make. Let them cool … Read more
I used a Wilton 12″x18″x2″ sheet cake pan and used 3 boxes of Butter Recipe Fudge cake to bake baby Einstein caterpillar cakes. On the caterpillar I used the Wilton Sports Ball Pan and for each segment of the caterpillar I used a different flavor. Fondant was used on the eyes, antenna, mouth and cheeks. … Read more
This Caterpillar Birthday Cake was made using WILTON SPORTS BALL pan. Frosting was store bought and tinted using icing coloring. Feet and face were M&M’s. I had planned on making it elaborate and detailed (like some of the other wonderful cakes on this site), but due to my inexperience with cake making, this is what … Read more
This Caterpillar Garden Birthday Cake was my daughter’s first birthday cake. I got the idea for the caterpillar from this website (thanks to all of you) but everything else was my own creation. I used a sheet cake for the base, frosted green, with grassy accents (using the Wilton grass tip). I used the Wilton … Read more
My little girl really enjoys her Baby Einstein videos, so for her first birthday my wife and mother-in-law made a Baby Einstein Caterpillar cake. This was a great choice for more reasons than just my daughter’s love of Baby Einstein. First, since we were expecting upwards of 30 guests, we needed lots of cake, and … Read more
I made this Baby Einstein Caterpillar cake for my son’s first birthday. It was a lot of work but I was happy with the results. I used: *(2) 11×15 Wilton sheet pans for the base * Wilton sports ball pan to make the caterpillar halves * Wilton gel icing colors (red, yellow, green, blue, purple, … Read more
I made this Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake for my son’s 1st birthday because he loves the books and can recognize the caterpillar. For the Base: I made a large sheet cake (13x9in) of Yellow Cake from scratch – the recipe can be found here www.mumsnet.com/Recipes/call=RecipePage&pid=2828 (yellow cake freezes really well, so can be made in … Read more
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Cake was made from a basic Victoria sponge recipe (300g Self Raising flour, 300g butter, 300g caster sugar & 6 large eggs). I creamed the sugar and the butter, and then added the eggs and the flour a little at a time. Once mixed, I divided the mixture between a … Read more
I got this idea from the coolest birthday cakes cake gallery. I saw the caterpillar cake and fell in love with it. I made this for my daughters first birthday. She got a cake all to herself and enjoyed every last bite. The most important bit of information I can pass on is: know for … Read more
To make this caterpillar cake I used two bundt cakes. I cut the cakes in half and then arranged them in a zig zag pattern. I had to cut the head and tail ends a bit to get the shape I wanted. For the frosting I used a sweetened stabilized whipped cream. (If you use … Read more