If the very thought of conjuring up a Frozen cake fills you with dread, then read on.
It may sound like something best left to the professionals, but it’s actually surprisingly easy to produce a passable looking Frozen-inspired cake with a little help from good old Mr (or Mrs) Internet.
Last year, when BB declared nothing but a Frozen birthday cake would do, I didn’t have the guts to attempt an Arna or Elsa, so I took the easy option and made Olaf out of fondant icing instead.
This year I was a little braver and attempted Elsa, and I thought I’d share how I did it for anyone else thinking of taking the plunge.
How to make a Frozen cake in 12 easy steps
I started by baking two chocolate sponge cakes, a 10” and an 8”, and filled them with chocolate icing.
I then covered the 10” cake in white fondant icing, and the 8” cake in blue fondant icing. I put the smaller cake on top of the larger cake (I didn’t bother dowling them) and covered the top of the smaller cake in white fondant icing to look like snow.
How to make Elsa out of fondant icing
Now for Elsa. I searched Pinterest for fondant icing Elsa’s and found this great example which I used as my template (what I mean is I copied it).
I started by shaping the base of Elsa’s skirt out of white fondant icing (don’t worry if you get bits of sponge in this, it’s not going to show) and I moulded the shape of her upper body in light blue icing on top of that.
I stuck a cocktail stick in the base and attached her to the top of the cake. I then added her skirt by wrapping a blue piece of fondant icing around the base.
And I added her bodice by wrapping a darker blue piece of fondant icing around the top.
I then added arms, hands, and her head (again skewered on with a cocktail stick – I didn’t bother with a neck as I wasn’t sure it would support the head), before adding her cloak in the darker blue fondant of the bodice.
Now comes the tricky bit: making Elsa’s face actually look like Elsa, which is easier said than done. I started with the hair, building it up with layers of rolled yellow fondant, before plaiting three rolls, attaching it at the back, and bringing it round over her shoulder.
I then made her eyes, nose and mouth out of white, blue, black and pink fondant, and attached those.
With Elsa complete it’s time to add the finished touches. First I trimmed the bottom of the smaller cake with little white snowballs.
Then I decorated both cakes with shop-bought blue and white snowflakes before adding a pink satin ribbon to the bottom cake, and of course the all-important candles.
Admittedly Elsa looks like she’s put on rather a lot of weight (she bears more than a passing resemblance to Shrek’s Princess Fiona) and it turns out the neck probably was quite important after all, but I don’t really think it matters.
BB loved it, and appeared genuinely blown away, and to see that look on her face was priceless.
So if you’d like to have a go at a cake but are worried you can’t, I say just do it: what’s important is that mummy (or daddy) made it and you had a go, even if Elsa/Princess Sofia/Superman ends up looking nothing like the picture you copied him or her from.
Who cares? There’s no such thing as perfect, anyway.
Have you ever made a character birthday cake? How did it turn out?
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I’m so over frozen but this is fab. I love a homemade cake for kids and have always made the eldest one a cake. #marvmondays
The one thing I’ll always try to do is make their birthday cakes myself – it’s a bit of a tradition in our family x
You make this look so easy but I still don’t think I could do it! x #bigpinklink
I bet you could – it’s mind over matter!
Fantastic cake! My daughter would love this so much 🙂 I don’t think I could do this! I do like the ones where you stick a Barbie doll in the cake though, they look quite cool, but I bet it was fun to make out of icing 😀 #bigpinklink
I did think of doing that with this cake and making Elsa’s dress out of cake but BB flatly refused!
That is so cute, well done you!! Popping over from #marvmondays
Thanks – it was certainly a labour of love!
Love it that you tried and I am impressed she looks human! Definitely a thumbs up from me! #bigpinklink
Thank you!!x
That is brilliant. We are still currently in the Frozen zone so I am tempted to attempt one, but I don’t think I could do it justice. You make it look so easy xx
#bigpinklink
Give it a go!
You made it look very easy! And beautiful, and chocolate! Yumm. Brilliant job! #bigpinklink
Always has to be chocolate!
Wow, great effort. Looks brilliant. I am nowhere near arty or talented enough to even attempt something as daring as this! #bigpinklink
You should give it a go and see!
Oh brilliant!! I love it. I definitely agree that what’s important in the love that goes into it. Your comment about her looking like she’d put on weight made me laugh so much hubby asked me what I was reading! You did great job. Thanks for linking with us. #bigpinklink
Thank you! Misery Guts laughed when he saw her – but like you say it’s all about the love that goes into it!
I am in awe of your creativity! You make it look so easy? I was reading it thinking “she’s not going to actually model an entire Elsa? Surely not? She is! She is going to make an actual Elsa out of icing!!” My little girl would love this. You would so be her best friend! Thanks for sharing with #fartglitter x
Thank you! I wish she’d looked a little better but BB was pleased!
ok I could never be that clever, I have made the womens weekly train cake and that took me forever and drove me mad. But to do a figure um nope too hard for me, well done! #fartglitter
Figures are definitely the hardest – I prefer the likes of Iggle Piggle and Peppa Pig!
You made this look super easy! Your daughter must have loved it! #MarvMondays
She did and so did her friends which was the main thing!
Oh wow! I think it looks great. I have done a few of these myself and it is much harder than it looks. One day, I’ll do a sugarcraft course and learn how to do it properly! #MarvMondays and #BigPinkLink xx
I really should do a proper course too but have never got around to it!
Wow! Well done, I think you did a fab job. That Elsa looks way too hard to do, think your chubby Elsa is great xx #Fartglitter
She’s unique in her own special way!!
Wow this looks fab! I’ll have to have a go for my daughters birthday next year x #fartglitter
I’d love to see a picture!x
Oh wow! This is fantastic – well done you!
#MarvMondays
Thanks very much!x
This is amazing! I have never braved a character cake – I usually make a scene and add a shop-bought character of some description! #ablogginggoodtime
That’s a great compromise – I did consider doing that with this cake but then decided to have a go anyway…
This looks amazing and you’ve made it look so easy! Great job! #ablogginggoodtime
Oh wow that looks fab! I attempted a rainbow cake this year for my little girls 2nd birthday…it did not go to plan! It looked terrible but tasted ok.x #marvmondays
As long as it tasted good that’s all that matters!
Gorgeous! #ablogginggoodtime
Thank you!!
That cake looks fab! Love the Elsa! xx
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Thanks so much – she’s funny isn’t she!!
At first I was confused because I thought the cake would be frozen, so I was really intrigued. Even when I realised the cake would be room temperature I kept reading because a) it looked really good and b) it looks like something I could attempt without it ending terribly! Genuinely impressed with your icing Elsa too xx
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Sorry – probably should have included the word Disney in the title of the post!!
Wow, I am so impressed with your cake skills! Your frozen cake looks amazing, I definitely need to check out last years Olaf cake now! What a lucky little girl. I so wish I was the type of mum that could bake birthday cakes for their little ones. Thanks for linking this up to #MarvMondays. Emily
To be fair id have been pretty bloody happy if that had been my frozen cake too!! You did a great job so where can I place my order??
Thanks for linking to #ablogginggoodtime