Paw Patrol Cake
This Paw Patrol themed custom funfetti vanilla cake was made in honor of my nephew Greyson's 3rd birthday!
1 Tiered Cake: 6-inch and 8-inch
Things you'll need
Ingredients- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 sticks (10 ounces) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon solid vegetable shortening
- 3 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
- 12 large egg whites (1 1/2 cups)
- 2 cups whole milk
- Sprinkles: red, yellow, blue
- Fondant: red, yellow, blue, white, grey, brown
- Shortening
- Corn starch
- Tylose powder
- Royal Icing
- Buttercream
- Paw Patrol toys/figurines
Equipment
- Four 6-inch round cake pans
- Four 8-inch round cake pans
- Stand mixer with paddle attachment
- Rubber spatula
- Whisk
- Cake boards: 6-inch, 8-inch, 12-inch
- Offset spatulas
- Rolling pin
- Boba straws
- Circle cutters
- Small fondant ball tool
Let's get started!
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease and line the cake pans.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl, using a stand mixer beat the butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg whites one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla and almond extract.
- On low speed, alternate adding the flour mixture and milk to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with the flour. Fold sprinkles into the batter.
- Divide batter evenly between the cake pans, and bake 30 to 35 minutes.
- Let cool for 20 minutes in the pan, then flip cakes upside down and cool for an hour.
- Stack 6-inch cakes on a cake board, piping 1/2 inch of buttercream between each layer. Crumb coat and chill for 20 minutes.
- Repeat with 8-inch cakes.
- Smooth the frosting over the cakes then chill in fridge.
Time to Decorate!
- Coat a silicon mat with shortening. Roll out the blue fondant to 1/4-1/2 inch thick.
- Flip the silicon mat and line up center of fondant with center of the 8-inch cake and peel back the silicon mat once its place nicely to cover the cake. Smooth the fondant all over the cake and cut off any excess.
- Repeat with red fondant and 6-inch cake.
- Evenly space out 4 trimmed straws in the middle of the cake and place the 6-inch cake on top in the center.
- Print out stencils: 2 Paw Patrol logos 3 1/2" tall, a cartoon bone 7 1/2" long, number '3' 2 1/2" tall, letters of name 3/4" tall.
- Roll out small amount of yellow, white, red, blue grey and brown fondant and cut out templates & attached together.
- Cake Collars: Cut out 1" tall strip of brown fondant and wrap around base of 8-inch and 6-inch cakes. Use a circle cutter to cut out dog tag and use fondant ball tool to make the number. Use grey fondant for buckle details.
- Paw prints: Use different sizes of circle cutters to cut small and large white fondant paw print sets.
- Use royal icing to attach all decorations to the cake.
- Place Paw Patrol toys on the cake.
Written By Rosanna Pansino
