A year ago, I made Pierson a Yo Gabba Gabba cake for his first birthday, and everyone loved it :) This year, when my friend asked if I could make him another cake, I was happy to say yes! But this time, it would be themed after everyone's favorite mouse...Mickey!
I wanted the cake to represent Mickey Mouse without looking exactly like him. The colors were ordered to copy the colors on the cheerful guy - Yellow (shoes), Red (shorts), and Black (ears). Get it? You got it!
A few days prior to baking, I formed the recognizable mouse ears. I rolled out a thick sheet of black fondant mixed with tylose powder. That helps harden the fondant like gumpaste. I then proceeded to cut out the two ears with the help of a 3 inch diameter round cutter. 6 inch popsicle sticks were then gently inserted with a touch of gum glue. These were left to dry completely so that they would be nice and firm to handle. Another element that I made ahead of time was the edible plaque of Mickey Mouse. I found an image online and sized it to what I needed, and created a halo around him. I did this because I like the contrast of the white against the cake's color. I brushed on a thin layer of clear piping gel onto a thin sheet of gumpaste, and adhered the edible image to it. I allowed it to set a few minutes before I cut it out with an small pen knife.
The cake itself was as yummy as it looks! I started with two 9 inch layers, and two 8 inch layers of rich chocolate cake. These were then filled with a toasty, gooey coconut filling. I love these two flavors together, Yum! The Mickey hat was also the same flavor, but was baked in half of a Wilton Sports Ball Pan. All the layers were then covered in fondant and stacked, making sure that they level and straight. Fondant decorations were then cut out to embellish the sides of the bottom two cakes. Pierson's name was cut out in the same style as the Disney's logo, of course. It's starting to look like a hat I once owned when I was young. For final touches, I attached the edible plaque to the cake with some melted candy coating, and carefully inserted the ears into the hat part, making sure they were even. The finished cake almost had me singing, "M-I-C-K-E-Y, M-O-U-S-E!"
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