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How to make a Gruffalo cake

My son wanted a Gruffalo cake for his 4th birthday. It was such fun to make and far easier than I expected! It was a perfect addition to his Gruffalo themed party.

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Gruffalo cake

I baked a dome shaped cake in a rounded cake tin and 3 small circle layers. Using vanilla butter cream, I sandwiched the layers together. I used a regular sponge cake recipe, but any dense cake (easier to carve) will do.

The arms and legs are small cream filled cakes (store bought) like Twinkies or brioche rolls which I attached with small (cut) skewers.

The wooden skewer went right through the cake from bottom to top and served as the attachment for the head.

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The cake before icing

 

I roughly covered the entire cake in brown chocolate butter cream.

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a roughly iced Gruffalo cake shape

 

After roughly covering the entire body shape, I used a piping bag and a cake decorating nozzle to make little piped shapes which mimicked the fur look I wanted.

To make the head, I used all the bits of cake I had carved off the body and a decent amount of chocolate and the left over vanilla butter cream. I mixed them all together and then I rolled the mixture into a head shape and  had some fun molding the nose/snout? shape.

I made the horns out of white fondant and using a variety of other colours, I used cutters for the leaves and butterflies. I made a few toadstools and bugs to decorate the base of the cake.

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My helper

 

I made a huge pile of purple prickles and had my little guy place them all over the Gruffalo’s back.

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A close up of the head

 

The ears were cardboard cut into the right shape and covered in fondant. I used orange fondant and a circle cutter for the eyes. The black dot is from a small tube of writing icing. The tusks are white fondant again shaped by hand.

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The black tongue is black fondant shaped to hang down and the black mouth line is the black writing icing again.

I used a green jelly tot for the wart on his nose, and gave him some scribbled hair using black writing icing again. When it was done I pushed it onto the wooden skewer that was sticking out of the body.

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The completed Gruffalo

 

Once he was at this stage, I placed the greenery and bugs around the base so that it looks like he is sitting on the forest floor.

I also used cream coloured cardboard and some felt tips and pencil to make a wooden looking sign saying happy birthday. I attached it to a toothpick and then placed it into a mound of white fondant.

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A close up of the leaves and forest bits he was sitting on.

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The completed cake

I hope you’ve been inspired to make your own Gruffalo cake for your child!

 
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I am a preschool and primary school teacher and mum to 3 children. I have been involved in education since 1997 and have trained in a variety of educational specialist areas. It is with this expertise that I write articles to help parents and educators provide quality learning experiences for the children in their care.

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