Lincoln Nebraska Bakery | S’more Cake |Big Red Birthday Cake

This Big Red Birthday Cake from S’more Cake, a Special Event Cake Decorator in Lincoln Nebraska, was designed for Todd’s birthday last Saturday. Stacie asked for a carrot cake as this is his favorite cake and could be decorated either with Big Red or a golfing theme. We decided on the Big Red theme and with graduation time almost here, this has become a popular theme to decorate with. I have the perfect carrot cake recipe that I use from Rose’s Heavenly Cakes by Rose Levy Beranbaum, so it was sure to please.

I cut the layers so there would be more filling in this cake. The filling and frosting is made with cream cheese, sour cream, white chocolate and butter. It makes my mouth water just to talk about it. Yum! I like this particular cake recipe because there is unsweetened cocoa powder in the ingredients, which always adds to great cakes.

The top of the cake is a red fondant platform for the Big Red cheerleading items that I created out of the lemon flavored fondant. I prefer my homemade fondant over the purchased because it is easier to work with and I can control the amount of dryness I want to work with. I knead the fondant until it is just past the sticky stage and it is perfect. The pompom is designed with a garlic press and turned out very cute. The megaphone and pendant were free hand design with an attached letter N. The fondant items were not attached which made them easy to remove, or could be moved around as an added fun activity.

The fondant will stay pliable with refrigeration for a few hours and is easy to serve.

GO BIG RED! Hope your day was terrific, Todd!