Airplane Adventure Cake

by Jennifer Vidal
(Fontana, CA)

Airplane  Cake

Airplane Cake

This airplane cake was for our friends son's 1st birthday. The birthday theme was airplane adventures.


My airplane adventure cake is a two layer chocolate cake with a chocolate gnache filling, topped with homemade buttercream icing then covered with blue Wilton fondant.

I had to blow up the invitation to increase the size to make tracing more suitable for myself. I then traced and cut the airplanes out to be used as a pattern.

For the airplanes I mixed fondant and gumpaste and colored it with red red, lemon yellow, royal blue and sky blue. Laying the patterns on top of the fondant/gumpaste mix, I cut around my pattern to get my base image to work with. I traced and cut out the smaller details of the airplane to glue on top of my airplane. Vanilla extract was used my "glue".

For the cake I used devils food cake mix, and the filling is a whipped chocolate gnache. I covered the cakes with my homemade buttercream and then covered with blue fondant.

The trim and stars are made of fondant. I used buttercream for the clouds and used it as the glue to hold the airplanes on the cake. My cake is being supported and held in place by 3 dowels. Total prep time for this cake was approximately 10 hours. Cake decorating itself was approximately 2 hours.

The outcome was fantastic. The parents were absolutely in love with the cake and so were the guests. I couldn't have been happier. In the end I was offered another job making a cake for a baby shower.

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May 17, 2012
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What size pans & how many layers
by: CakeMommy

What size pans did you use and how many layers?

Nov 04, 2011
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Airplane adventure
by: Bonnie

Can only say love it love it love it

Oct 18, 2011
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waooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by: racheal

this is awesome.

Oct 12, 2011
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Really nice cake
by: Anonymous

Your such a wonderful baker... Its really fantastic and well done.. Congrats...:)

Oct 11, 2011
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Excellent!
by: Alta

The whole composition of the cake was very well executed and the colors complimented each other beautifully. It immediately reminded me of the cartoon program and I can see how any child will be totally delighted. Well done!

Oct 11, 2011
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airplane adventure cake
by: Anonymous

This is a really great cake Jennifer and you must have enjoyed making it. Very well done. You made lots of folk happy with this cake.

Tania
South Africa

Oct 10, 2011
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Awesome
by: Terri

What an awesome cake! I love it! It is so colorful and neat!

Oct 10, 2011
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Congrats!!!
by: Debby

What an excellent job!!!
Very well done!!!

Oct 10, 2011
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congratulation
by: Florentina


I love this cake, very well done, keep up the great work.
you go girl great job.

Oct 10, 2011
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Airplane Adventure cake
by: Barb

Love the cake and especially liked your description of how you did it. Thanks

Oct 05, 2011
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AWESOME
by: Emily

Very impressive, love the colors and character the whole cake is AWESOME!

Oct 04, 2011
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LOVE!
by: Heather

Gorgeous!!!

Oct 04, 2011
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Planes planes planes!
by: ML

I love it. It's great to read your process. Can you tell more breakdown of the time? Great idea on using the invitation for inspiration :)

Oct 04, 2011
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Cute!
by: Whitney

Incredibly adorable cake!

Oct 04, 2011
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A cut above
by: SuperMom5000

This is the cutest cake ever! The bakers description of it made it sound mouth watering. And how skillful to enhance the invitation for stencils! Well done lady!!!

Sep 21, 2011
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Airplane Adventure Cake
by: EMAN BANAT

VERY NICE CAKE, I LOVED IT
NICE CLEAN WORK AND NICE IDEA

Sep 13, 2011
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darling
by: nancy of rialto, ca

Jennifer, Hi neighbor, what an adorable cake , I loved the colors, nice and clean work, very good job!!!! Be Proud, Nancy

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