Cookie Monster Big Cookie

What’s a Cookie Monster Party without a big cookie?  Instead of a cake for this little boy’s birthday I did a giant cookie.  These are made and decorated within 24 hours of the party to keep the cookie fresh. 

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 1.25 = $3.19 (.5 blue, .5 white, .25 black)
Cookie: $5.72
Wrapping and Plating: $1.05
Labor: $6.00 per hour x 2 = $12

Total: $21.96

 

Cookie Monster and Elmo 9x13 Cake

I made this cake for a little boy's second birthday who likes Elmo and Cookie Monster.  The cake was simple and for family only, so it wasn't meant to be the shining star of a party!

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 2.25 = $5.74 (.5 blue, .5 red, 1 white, orange is free, .25 black)
Yellow Cake: $1.93
Wrapping and Plating: $4.88

Labor: $6.00 per hour x 3 = $18
Total: $30.55

Train Cake

This cake was a lot of fun to make!  The engine is a yellow cake with blue, white, black, yellow, and red buttercream icing while the cars are chocolate cake covered in the same icing.  The engine was cut out of a 9x13 cake and the cars are each half of a 9x13 cake.  I used Raisinets as the coal, Twix as the lumber, and hooked the trains together with Twizzlers.  This cake easily fed more than 40 people.

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 3 = $7.65 (1 blue, .5 black, .5 white and red, 1 yellow)
Yellow and Chocolate Cake: $1.93 x 2 = $3.86
Wrapping and Plating: $4.88

Candy (Twizzlers, Raisinets, and Twix): $3.46
Labor: $6.00 per hour x 6 = $36

Subtotal: $55.15

Rainbow Cupcakes

 These are yellow cake cupcakes I made for a little girl’s 6^th birthday party. Her mom had this amazing idea to put the cupcakes in plastic wine goblets and fill the bottom with M&Ms, so I matched the red, yellow, green, blue, and purple buttercream icing colors and cupcake foils to the color of the M&Ms!  I decorated the birthday girl’s cupcake with all the colors to make hers special, and I think they turned out pretty cool!

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 2.5 = $6.38 (.5 red, .5 yellow, .5 green, .5 blue, .5 purple)
Yellow Cake: $1.93

Labor: $6.00 per hour x 1.5 = $9
Total Estimate: $17.31

One item of note, these were inexpensive because my client provided the M&Ms and champagne flutes.  The cost increases a bit if I provide them.

Elmo Cake

This is a yellow cake decorated as Elmo with red, orange, white, and black buttercream icing that I made for a little boy’s second birthday.  Elmo’s face was made to look like monster fur while the rest of the icing was done smooth.

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 2 = $5.10 (1 red, .5 white, .25 orange, .25 black)
Yellow Cake: $1.93
Wrapping and Plating: $4.88
Labor: $6.00 per hour x 3 = $18

Total Estimate: $29.91

Teddy Bear Cake

This is a chocolate teddy bear cake decorated with chocolate, white, and light brown buttercream icing that I made for a little boy’s first birthday.  Chocolate upon chocolate upon chocolate!  What a dream!

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 2 (1 chocolate, .5 light brown, .5 white) = $5.10

Chocolate Cake: $1.93
Wrapping and Plating: $4.88
Labor: $6.00 per hour x 3.5 hours $21
Total: $32.91

Pooh Bear and Honey Pot Cake

This is a chocolate Winnie the Pooh Bear cake made for a little girl's second birthday and decorated with gold, black, red, blue, and light blue buttercream icing.  The honey is actually Wilton's decorating gel.  I didn't know how it would turn out, but the gel had a shine to it and was drippy, so it actually worked well for honey.  The cake didn't have a large enough area to write the birthday message, so I wrote it on the cake board and decorated with small honey bees for a more finished look.  The price of this cake is:

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 2.5 = $6.38  (yellow, black, red, blue, and gold)
Chocolate Cake:  $1.93
Wrapping and Plating: $4.88
Labor: $6.00 per hour x 3.5 = $21
Total: $34.19