I'VE GOT IT!!! A fish themed birthday party!!!! But any ideas to make it fun? For the cake?!
I'm throwing a party for an 11 yr old turning 12!. She loves fish!. We live near a beach so we're planning on going to the beach!. The theme is fish, because she's inviting a mix of tomboys/girly girls and fish is kind of in between!. For a table setting, we'll have a light blue table cloth with a small fishbowl with some feeder fish in it for a center piece and maybe some other small fish bowls around the yard!. She's allergic to wheat so for dinner we're going to have grilled garlic shrimp!. I have no idea what to do for the cake, though, or what to do for games (something with water balloons would be fun)!. Any ideas for a wheat free cake with a fish theme!? She likes ice cream, if it helps!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
if you are a "crafty" type person you can make your own ice cream cake in the shape of a fish!. when i can't find a cake pan in the shap that i want, i use aluminum foil and card board strips with a regular 9x13 cake pan!. just fold the cardboard into a few triangles and wrap them in foil then place them in the pan:
BEST "PAN" DIAGRAM I CAN DO HERE, LOL!
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ok, I'm sorry, I know that doesn't look very good, but I hope you get the idea, lol!.
As far as MAKING the ice cream cake goes, it is fairly simple!. Remember, the BOTTOM of you pan will be the TOP of your cake, so, before you do ANYTHING (including the foil and cardboard), you may want to line the bottom of the pan with wax paper (so you can get the ice cream out easier later)!. put in your cardbaord and foil!. Use additional foil (kind of balled up) to fill in the extra little bit if you'd like!. Soften your vanilla ice cream just enough to work with it, then spoon it into the bottom of the cake pan, spreading it and pressing it in with a plastic spatula!. Freeze until solid!. Now that is a VERY basic ice cream cake!. If you want to do any type of filling, etc (chocolate sauce, "cold" hot fudge, candies (reece's pieces, etc!.!.!.) then only fill the pan 1/2 way, put in a layer of the filling, freeze until solid, then finish filling the rest of the pan with ice cream!. When you use "fillings" you need to make sure that you press ice cream up the sides of the pan a little ways all the way around so that when you pull the cake from the pan and look at it from the side, all you see is ice cream (basically making a big" cup" for the filling)!. after you have the pan filled with ice cream and it has set, you will need to scrape off any ice cream that is above the top of the pan!. (if you have a very long frosting knife you can use that!. if you don't, go back to your handy cardboard and cut off an 18x4 inch strip, wrap it in foil and pull it along the top of the pan lengthwise!. this should smooth it out)
freeze until solid!. to ease with the removal of the cake from the pan, turn the cakepan over onto a "cakeboard" (cardboard stores use to place cakes on) or even a very clean cookiesheet then use a towel run under VERY warm water to wipe the edge of the pan (it wil lsoften the very edges of the ice cream and it should slide right out!.)
refreeze then decorate how ever you'd like!.
ok, so i know it SOUNDS like a lot, but it really isn't hard to do at all, just takes a while to type it out! good luck!
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BEST "PAN" DIAGRAM I CAN DO HERE, LOL!
______________ _______________
I I into: I / \ ____ / I
I I I / ____ {I
I_____________I I_ \ ______ /_____\I
ok, I'm sorry, I know that doesn't look very good, but I hope you get the idea, lol!.
As far as MAKING the ice cream cake goes, it is fairly simple!. Remember, the BOTTOM of you pan will be the TOP of your cake, so, before you do ANYTHING (including the foil and cardboard), you may want to line the bottom of the pan with wax paper (so you can get the ice cream out easier later)!. put in your cardbaord and foil!. Use additional foil (kind of balled up) to fill in the extra little bit if you'd like!. Soften your vanilla ice cream just enough to work with it, then spoon it into the bottom of the cake pan, spreading it and pressing it in with a plastic spatula!. Freeze until solid!. Now that is a VERY basic ice cream cake!. If you want to do any type of filling, etc (chocolate sauce, "cold" hot fudge, candies (reece's pieces, etc!.!.!.) then only fill the pan 1/2 way, put in a layer of the filling, freeze until solid, then finish filling the rest of the pan with ice cream!. When you use "fillings" you need to make sure that you press ice cream up the sides of the pan a little ways all the way around so that when you pull the cake from the pan and look at it from the side, all you see is ice cream (basically making a big" cup" for the filling)!. after you have the pan filled with ice cream and it has set, you will need to scrape off any ice cream that is above the top of the pan!. (if you have a very long frosting knife you can use that!. if you don't, go back to your handy cardboard and cut off an 18x4 inch strip, wrap it in foil and pull it along the top of the pan lengthwise!. this should smooth it out)
freeze until solid!. to ease with the removal of the cake from the pan, turn the cakepan over onto a "cakeboard" (cardboard stores use to place cakes on) or even a very clean cookiesheet then use a towel run under VERY warm water to wipe the edge of the pan (it wil lsoften the very edges of the ice cream and it should slide right out!.)
refreeze then decorate how ever you'd like!.
ok, so i know it SOUNDS like a lot, but it really isn't hard to do at all, just takes a while to type it out! good luck!
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A cake decorated with some gummy fish shapes and some bowls of goldfish crackers on the side!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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adorable cake! website writer got it from "the disney insider":
http://www!.kinderpond!.com/RainbowFishCak!.!.!.
Prep Time: 1 Hour
(Ready in 3 hours)
(use cake recipe I put at links for wheat free chocolate cake)
FROSTING:
2 (16-oz!.) can Pillsbury? Creamy Supreme? Vanilla Frosting
Blue gel or paste icing color (not liquid food color)
EQUIPMENT AND DECORATIONS:
Toothpicks
4 (6-inch) wooden skewers
Blue decorator sugar
64 assorted colored round candies
1 small white gumdrop
2 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
2 candied orange slices
Directions:
Cool cakes in pans for 15 minutes!.
Remove cakes from pans; place on wire racks!. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled!.
In small bowl, tint 1 1/2 cups of the frosting with blue icing color until of desired light
blue color!. Cut crescent moon shape off each cake layer!. (See diagram at right!.) Set aside
crescent shapes for fins and tail!. For body of fish, spread flat side of 1 remaining large
cake piece with 2 tablespoons frosting!. Attach remaining large cake piece, flat side against
frosting; secure with toothpicks!. Carefully spread frosting on cut edges of cake layers!.
Place frosted side down on platter or foil-covered cardboard!. Frost body of fish!. Sprinkle
scale portion of fish with blue decorator sugar!. Tint remaining frosting with blue icing
color to make a darker blue color!. Frost outer edge of crescent moon-shaped cake piece!. Place
on end of body portion for tail; secure with 2 wooden skewers!. Frost tail fin completely;
sprinkle with blue decorator sugar!. Cut remaining cake piece into 3 equal pieces!.
Set aside middle piece!. Frost cut sides of 1 piece!. Place on top of fish for top fin,
secure with 2 wooden skewers!. Frost top fin completely; sprinkle with decorator sugar!. Cut
remaining piece crosswise in half to use for fins on sides of fish!. Attach
fins to body with frosting!. Frost side fins completely; sprinkle with decorator sugar!.
Decorate sides of fish with colored round candies for scales!. Cut white gumdrop in half and
flatten; place on cake for eyes!. With small amount of frosting, attach baking bit on each eye
for pupil!. Roll out and cut orange slices to form lips; place on fish and secure with
toothpicks!. Remove toothpicks and skewers from cake before serving!.
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http://www!.kinderpond!.com/RainbowFishCak!.!.!.
Prep Time: 1 Hour
(Ready in 3 hours)
(use cake recipe I put at links for wheat free chocolate cake)
FROSTING:
2 (16-oz!.) can Pillsbury? Creamy Supreme? Vanilla Frosting
Blue gel or paste icing color (not liquid food color)
EQUIPMENT AND DECORATIONS:
Toothpicks
4 (6-inch) wooden skewers
Blue decorator sugar
64 assorted colored round candies
1 small white gumdrop
2 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
2 candied orange slices
Directions:
Cool cakes in pans for 15 minutes!.
Remove cakes from pans; place on wire racks!. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled!.
In small bowl, tint 1 1/2 cups of the frosting with blue icing color until of desired light
blue color!. Cut crescent moon shape off each cake layer!. (See diagram at right!.) Set aside
crescent shapes for fins and tail!. For body of fish, spread flat side of 1 remaining large
cake piece with 2 tablespoons frosting!. Attach remaining large cake piece, flat side against
frosting; secure with toothpicks!. Carefully spread frosting on cut edges of cake layers!.
Place frosted side down on platter or foil-covered cardboard!. Frost body of fish!. Sprinkle
scale portion of fish with blue decorator sugar!. Tint remaining frosting with blue icing
color to make a darker blue color!. Frost outer edge of crescent moon-shaped cake piece!. Place
on end of body portion for tail; secure with 2 wooden skewers!. Frost tail fin completely;
sprinkle with blue decorator sugar!. Cut remaining cake piece into 3 equal pieces!.
Set aside middle piece!. Frost cut sides of 1 piece!. Place on top of fish for top fin,
secure with 2 wooden skewers!. Frost top fin completely; sprinkle with decorator sugar!. Cut
remaining piece crosswise in half to use for fins on sides of fish!. Attach
fins to body with frosting!. Frost side fins completely; sprinkle with decorator sugar!.
Decorate sides of fish with colored round candies for scales!. Cut white gumdrop in half and
flatten; place on cake for eyes!. With small amount of frosting, attach baking bit on each eye
for pupil!. Roll out and cut orange slices to form lips; place on fish and secure with
toothpicks!. Remove toothpicks and skewers from cake before serving!.
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