Tiny Sponge Cake Tutorial

This is about the cutest thing I've seen in a long time. I learned how to make them from one of my favorite crafty shows, Creative Juice. The girls & I had a lovely time "baking" up some tiny faux treats--perfect for their Barbies!

Here are the supplies you'll need:
2 sponges in different colors: a cake color & a filling color
marker
scissors
acrylic paint in "frosting" colors
paintbrush
glue
assorted ribbons, trims, beads, sequins & jewels for decorating

The directions on the website said to use "flat" sponges. Mine were a little thick. So you can see in the picture how I sliced them right down the middle with a sharp serrated knife. (The top two on the stack were sliced.)

Trace a circle onto the sponge you'll use for the "filling". Trace two circles onto the sponge you'll use for the "cake". For the white frosted cake, I traced the bottom of a glue bottle. For the blue frosted cake, I traced the bottom of a small paint bottle.

I had some black marker still left on the sponge, so I cut those extra bits off.

Spread glue in between each layer...

...& softly squeeze them all together. You'll have to wait for the glue to dry--maybe a couple hours-- before you complete the next steps.

Oh Barbie! So impatient. Although, using the hairdryer to speed things up ain't such a bad idea...

...especially when you have these sweet crafty kidlets waiting t00!

When your "sponge" cake is dry, you'll want to cut a small wedge out of it. If you cut out a nice enough slice, you can save it, paint it & decorate it too. My slices of cake didn't come out so pretty, so we tossed them into the crafty scrap pile.

At this point you can take your scissors & fix any edges that are bumpy or uneven.

Now choose your frosting color & paint the sides, top & bottom--but DON'T paint the inside of the wedge! While you're waiting for the paint to dry you can make the wee pies from yesterday's tutorial. (And maybe you can ask Barbie to pull out her hair dryer again.)

Use your ribbons, beads, baubles & doo-dads to decorate your cake! And that's it! I was thinking these would make perfect Christmas stocking stuffers for my girls but I was too eager & had to show them how to make 'em! The sponge cake & bottlecap pies are shown with the teeny tiny cupcakes from WhiMSy love.

Bon appetit!

Friday is a Good Day.

I went shoe shopping yesterday. I actually went thrifting & bought TONS of Barbie stuff for my girls. My youngest is really starting to get into Barbie's with her sis & so I thought I'd treat them to tons of clothes, shoes & a few Barbies. I counted 22 pairs of shoes. Splitting them between my kidlets wasn't easy. Especially when I pulled out the high-heeled chrome-colored fancy schmancy shoes from the bag. It prompted an immediate wee cat-fight. The youngest finally got them after I bribed her older sister with HER choice of any pair of shoes left in the pile AND a fuzzy Barbie bathrobe.
In the stash of tiny outfits & such there were 36 lonely & pair-less shoes. It'll work out great for the girls' one legged Barbie. But I think I'll keep them & make them into a charm bracelet or something. I'm serious!

This morning was a slow-going kind of morning. Still in our jammies at 10am, we made pancakes. Peanut butter & syrup is my favorite topping. It's now 4pm & I JUST got bathed & dressed. HAHA! It's just one of those days. And I'm allowed "one of those days" every once in a while.

We're heading off to the park by the river now & the girls are anxious to ride bikes & roller skates. I'm bringing the camera for some fun outdoor & candid pics.

Oh poo! I jus thought of something. I have to come up with a dessert to bring over to some friend's of ours on Sunday. I was thinking of making the strawberry tart again, unless I get some sweet inspiration elsewhere...

Have a great weekend. I'll be helping my bro caulk the outside of his house this weekend & oh, Mr. WhiMSy love & I are baby-sitting tonight for some friends. Fun times.