Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 1st Birthday!

by Ann Asselin
(Derry, NH)

Base cake - 16x16 square chocolate cake w/ buttercream frosting.
The cake for the main clubhouse was made with a dollcake pan also w/ buttercream frosting. the top part of the clubhouse is a styrofoam ball covered with brown colored rolled fondant with chocolate lollipop ears (homemade). I inserted a wooden dowel into the ball and then inserted the other end of the dowel into the base cake.
Clubhouse foot - Baked an oval confetti cake and cut it out to foot shape. This also is frosted with buttercream frosting. The brown piece that attaches the foot to the main clubhouse is a rolled fondant covered column. I stood the foot up by first re-enforcing the cake with criss-crossed dowels inserted inside of the cake. I then stood the foot up and pushed a dowel through the top of the foot and all the way through the base cake.
The door mat at the foot and the slide (attached to main house as-well-as the windows are all made from colored gum paste.
The hand is just a styrofoam disc with fingers made from rolled fondant. The base is another fondant covered column. The hand is attached to the base with a dowel that is inserted through the hand, through the column, and into the base cake.
Additional flowers, trees, trimwork etc. are made with frosting using decorating bags and various wilton tips.
The mickey mouse clubhouse characters are just figurines.