Geeky House: birthday

Sunday was my husband's 32nd birthday and being that we are all big fans of Doctor Who, the kids and I decided to make a Tardis birthday cake! It actually did not come out too bad for it being our first attempt.

Tardis Cake

This is what we did:

For the cake we simply used this store bought 4th of July cake mix (on super-sale) with bits of colored red, white and blue sprinkles inside. Simply follow the directions on the box.

Cake Mix

Let it cool!

For the frosting, once the cake cooled, we used this simple recipe:

What you need:

1 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
8 cups confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup milk

What to do:

In a mixing bowl, cream butter. Beat in sugar and vanilla. Add milk until frosting reaches desired consistency.

Link: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/buttercream-frosting/

cream butter

desired consistency

For the design:

What you need:

blue food coloring
red food coloring
yellow food coloring
black "Wilton's" Sparkle Gel Tube
piping bag

What to do:

Divide the frosting in half and put in two bowls. Take two tablespoons out of one of the bowls (it does not matter which) and put it in a third bowl. Mix in blue food coloring in one of the bowls until desired color is obtained. In the other, mix in the red and yellow food coloring but do not combine the colors completely. Use the blue frosting and make the Tardis shape.

Shape it

Next use the white frosting and make two squares for the windows, and a smaller one for the top of the Tardis. Use the black gel tube to make the black contours.