Are You Addicted? {Candy Crush Birthday Cake}

April 22, 2013

Candy Crush Birthday Cake
{Candy Crush Birthday Cake}

I was planning to retire from making cakes after the hectic process and stressful experience of attempting a 3D sailboat cake for a baby shower party (post to come). Then, 4 days just before my relaxation getaway trip to Cuba, I got a request asking me to make a chocolate birthday cake for his girlfriend who is addicted to playing the popular game Candy Crush. I thought it's a very cute idea to transfer a game idea onto a cake. I get really excited to anything game inspired. It's so much fun and stimulate my creative juices (My first game inspired project was an edible Angry Bird Cake Topper). I was so tempted by the idea because Candy Crush is so popular these days. So, I convinced myself to take on this challenge.

Candy Crush Birthday Cake
Candy Crush Birthday Cake
Pior to making this cake, I did a lot of research because I have never played this game in my life (even though all my friends are pretty much obsessed with playing it). I decided to make use of the Candy Crush logo and turned it into a Happy Birthday message (Whale is the nickname of the gf).

Candy Crush Birthday Cake


Here is a very rough sketch of my cake planning process. I made my own fondant out of marshmallows and colour dyed them using Wilton's colour gels. I shaped individual pieces into the different forms of candies as seen in the game. I made my buttercream and applied my fondant on top. I used a knife to lightly score brick lines to resemble the game background and also made the cake board to match the theme.

For filling, I needed a simple but stiff chocolate frosting recipe so that the cake would not fall apart or suffer from condensation. And I found this great recipe from Savoury Sweet Life. I only made minor adjustments and it was very easy to fill or crumb coat the cake. Not to mention it was also very yummy!
Candy Crush Cake Process





Candy Crush Birthday Cake
{Happy Birthday message as Candy Crush logo}

Candy Crush Birthday Cake
{Candy Crush candies}
Candy Crush Birthday Cake
{Hand painted with black food colouring gel}
In the end, this cake indeed was very fun to make and it turned out great because everyone loved it especially the girlfriend. Yet, it was still not enough temptation to make me start playing the game. If you don’t want to make individual candies from fondant like what I did here, you can opt to buy candies in bulk to add to the cake. That will be a lot simpler than making them from scratch.

What do you think of my cake? Are you addicted to the game as well?

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Happy Candy Crushin'



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13 comments

  1. Heya¡­my very first comment on your site. ,I have been reading your blog for a while and thought I would completely pop in and drop a friendly note.
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    1. oh I'm glad you dropped a note! Really made my day :)

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  2. Can you make one for me also?

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  3. Wow The amount of detail is simply amazing!

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  4. Lorita Ho, that cake is amazing!!

    If I paid you, would you be able to make one for my sister who is obsessed too!?

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    1. Hi Montanna, I'm located in Toronto. Feel free to email me at angelichigo@gmail.com and we can talk more :)

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  5. Hello Lorita, Such a super cute cake! So many little details, it really shows you poured your heart into it. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I'd love to collaborate with you. Shoot me an email at hanielas@yahoo.com

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    1. awww Thanks so much for your comment, Hani! Your kind words mean a lot to me. WIll shoot you an email soon :D

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  7. What font, or program, did you use to make the happy birthday out of the logo font? I can not find it anywhere. I need to make one saying Cancer Crushers for a relay for life team. thanks!

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    1. I used Adobe Illustrator and installed the fonts that I downloaded from online. Unfortunately I don't recall the name of the font since it's a while back since this was made.

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