Ladybug Cakes

Ladybug cakes are great for little girls' birthdays. Here are a variety submitted by visitors to this site.
Pink Ladybugs |
![]() The bottom was vanilla, top chocolate, each covered with butter cream frosting which was given the ribbed effect by using a decorating comb in an upwards direction. I topped the cake with a giant lady bug, carved out of foam and covered it with gum paste. The ladybug's back has 6 white spots that were cut with a circle cutter. The face was created with black fondant. 2 wires were stuck into the ladybug's head to represent the antenna. Each has a ball of fondant on the end of it. I also made gum paste roses, butterflies and smaller gum paste mini lady bugs to decorate the rest of the cake. The top of the top tier was covered with grass piped in buttercream all around the ladybug. 3 pink roses were placed in the grass on both sides of the ladybug. The base of the top tier and the top edge of the bottom tier have a pink shell border, piped with a star tip. In four spots around the top of the bottom tier, I piped grass and placed tiny gum paste ladybugs. Some of my family members like frosting that isn't so sweet, so I made chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, frosted with "bettercream" frosting to look like grass with the grass piping tip and then topped each with a mini gum paste lady bug and an "It's a Girl" flag. |
Submitted by Nicole from Constantia, NY |
Ladybug First Birthday Cake |
I baked 2 sheet cakes. The bottom was iced with homemade buttercream icing. The top sheet cake was cut to form the number 1. (You can buy a cake pan in the shape of number 1). I iced it with red buttercream and made the dots from black buttercream. The ladybugs around the edges were made of fondant. It is very difficult to tint buttercream a true red or a true black. These colors were store bought. If you need to make black buttercream icing, start with chocolate buttercream and it will be much easier to achieve black. Otherwise, you will end up adding so much food coloring to white buttercream that you will end up thinning the consistency of the buttercream, making it loose. This cake went fast, I didn't even get a piece!! Since my daughter's birthday is Memorial Day weekend, I used the scrap pieces cut from the #1 and arranged them into the shape of a flag and made it All-American! |
Submitted by Kimberly McKnight from Philadelphia, PA |
Pink and Green Ladybug Cake |
![]() Ladybugs cakes have been and will be popular for years to come. It's a fun cake to make for a girl, especially if you're not sure what to make. For birthday parties, if you don't want to do a large cake, you cake accompany the cake with matching ladybug cupcakes. Apply a small amount of frosting on the top of the cupcake, cut a round piece of fondant out to fit the top, add a small ball of fondant to create the head, a line down the back, and small dots on both sides of the line to create spots. The face would be decorated with fondant to match the cake. You can even use pipe cleaners cut in half to create the antenna. |
Submitted by Justine from Long Island, NY |
Sleeping Ladybug Baby Cake |
I used a small metal bowl to bake the cake for the head. I placed a thin layer of fondant over an Anne Geddes babydoll face and let it dry. Then I placed it with frosting over the head part of the cake. Next I placed the black fondant over the whole head to make the mask. I made flowers out of fondant and sprinkled edible glitter dust on them to make them sparkle. The sign in the back says "with butterfly kisses and a ladybug hug, sleep tight little one like a bug in a rug." This cake was a big hit at my friends baby shower! |
Submitted by Jennifer Hartman from Vancouver, Washington |
Fondant Ladybug Cake |
![]() Bake the body of the ladybug cake in a bowl. The head can be done in a smaller bowl. Cover the ladybug body in red fondant. Place a line of black fondant down the middle of the back. Add fondant circles in black fondant to the body and attach with a little bit of water. The antennas are plastic tubing. Cover the smaller cake to make the face of the ladybug and roll and cut out fondant to make the facial features. |
Submitted by Bridget from KCMO |
Pink Lady Bug Cake |
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Submitted by Kelli Coats from Texas |
Happy Ladybug Cake |
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Submitted by Melissa from Chandler, Arizona |
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