SpongeBob!

I confess. On rare occasions I'm wrong. I remember watching the first ever episode of "Spongebob Squarepants" with my husband and our oldest daughter, Katie. When the credits started rolling I jumped to my feet and announced "there is no way anyone is ever going to watch such a ridiculous cartoon, I give it a month before it's off the air." Now, here I am, more than a decade later creating Spongbob out of cake.

Despite my personal feelings for the charater I actually had a great time working on this cake. I love a creative challenge. The next time I get to make one I will make him taller. I was unsure about the inner support and wanted to be sure the cake wouldn't be too top heavy. Turns out I could have doubled his height with no negative consequences.



His body is vanilla cake iced in both vanilla and chocolate buttercream.

If any reader would like tips on how to recreate this, or any of my cakes, leave me a comment and I'll be happy to help. I'm entirely self taught and would love to help someone else with their cake endeavors.

This was not my first Spongbob. Here's a peek at my first attempt:


I made this one for my son's second birthday.