The Making of Yoda

Oscar's party was the Sunday after his REAL birthday...what would that be the 25th - yes, the 25th.  Oscar requested a Yoda cake for his "friend" party.  This is after a Kung Fu Panda cake on his REAL birthday.  I'm not sure what I've started - but I think the new rule is cupcakes for family/real birthday party and then the "Cake Boss" cake for the friend party.  Otherwise I'm in serious trouble with 4 kids.  Let's do the math: 4 kids x 2 cakes (1 cake for real birthdays + 1 cake friend parties) = 8 cakes/ year...and that's 4 too many for this amateur baker. 

 Three cake mixes, baked in 9" rounds, stacked and frosted - then frozen and roughly carved.

This is the waste!  After all that carving we had at least a cake maybe two in shavings. Why doesn't anyone sell 8" round cake pans anymore?  Tim is STILL working on the extra cake in the fridge.  Not sure what the lifespan on cake is - but we're testing it!

Yoda with a thin layer of crumb coat.  My cake decorating life change with the discovery of the crumb coat:

 The ears were made with rice crispy bars.  Notice how they are held up with sticks?  I thought the ears would be all good after a night in the deep freezer.  Well, the next day, as I added the details - both ears fell off!! -pulling cake with it.  I've got 12 5/6 year old coming in an hour and Yoda's freaking EARS just FELL OFF!!  So, I cut the ears in half, remolded them, re-frosted them and here's Yoda with smaller ears...

I had to re-lite the candle a few times - wind + Wally = candle trouble.  But the cake was a hit! 
Yoda was yummy!