Ladybug Cake

Its a buggy bug world and my daughter wanted a bug themed party for her 4th birthday. Here is the cake that I made for her. This cake is so cute and really simple to make. I got the idea from an issue on Kids Parties brought out by Family Circle magazine.

Ladybug cake

 

Ladybug Cake

2  round cakes 8-9 inches ( use your favorite recipe)

3 cups of red frosting

1 cup green frosting

1/4 cup black frosting

Chocolate M&M’s

Yellow M&M’s

Decorative sugar flowers (or even fake plastic flowers will work)

Black and red candles

• Place the two round cakes one on top of the other and put any filling you choose between them (jam, whipped cream, chocolate frosting, regular frosting and so on)
• Frost the entire cake red leaving about  1 1/2 inches unfrosted at the bottom of the cake.
• Frost the bottom 1  1/2 inches with the green frosting and use a toothpick to make uneven markings(lines) on the green frosting that make it look like reeds of grass.
• Stick the sugar flowers all around the cake on the “grass” part.
• Using the black frosting and a thin tipped pastry bag, mark out the “face” of the ladybug in the front half of the cake.
• Then with the same frosting bag, divide the “body” of the ladybug into two equal halves.
• Place the chocolate M&Ms on both sides of the body of the ladybug.
• Use 2 yellow M&Ms to make eyes for the ladybug. 
• Then with the black frosting bag, pipe on eyeballs, eyebrows and a smile on the ladybugs face.
• Stick your candles in and Happy Buggy Birthday!

Ladybug cake

Here are some other ideas I had for the bug party:

• I served all kinds of bug themed foods
• I put name tags with bug stickers for all the foods
• I gave live ladybugs in little transparent bug jars as party favors – you can order these over the net.

Roll up sandwiches made to look like caterpillars

 

 

 

 

Make your own spider with pretzel sticks, ritz, peanut butter,chocolate chips