Immediately after the first “Despicable Me” animated film was released, children and adults fell in love with the cute Minions. Today, four films later, the yellow creatures are enjoying even increasing popularity. They are considered a popular motif for children's birthday parties, chosen by both boys and girls. If you are also planning a theme party like this for your little darling, you can bake and decorate a Minion cake yourself. You can find two recipes with step-by-step instructions in the article.
Make your own Minion cake for a child's birthday with or without fondant
The variations for a Minion cake are numerous. You decide for yourself whether you want a cake with several layers, a flat birthday cake with your favorite minion or an elegant tiered cake. However, some cakes require a lot of skill and experience in baking to achieve a good result. Most Minions birthday cakes use fondant, so you can get oursInstructions for fondant cakeswatch in advance. In today's article you will find two recipes for the Minion birthday cake: one with fondant and one without.
Recipe with fondant
A 3D fondant cake with a large Minion makes every child's heart beat faster. Bob, Stuart or Kevin are suitable asMotif for the birthday cakeperfect. If you have a little experience with fondant, you can try making this Minion cake yourself. Our instructions should help you with this. We recommend that you bake the cake first and cover it with the fondant the next day. This gives the cake layers and buttercream enough time to cool thoroughly.
There are a few key steps to follow when baking and decorating this cake. First bake the cake layers, then fill and stack them. Next, make the small decorations such as clothes, glasses, eyes, arms and legs out of fondant. Then spread the cake with buttercream, cover it with fondant and finally decorate it. You can use your favorite recipe for the cake layers and buttercream or ganache.
Bake a total of three round chocolate cakes and one in a ball shape. Let the baked pie crusts rest in the refrigerator overnight by wrapping them in foil. To make the cake moister, cut the layers in half the next day and stack each with a layer of ganache or buttercream. Place the round cake at the top. Once the cake shape is ready, put it in the fridge for another two hours.
You should now spread buttercream on the cooled cake and cover it with yellow fondant. So the base for the minion is ready. Now you need some blue fondant to create the minion's bib shorts. A long strip, a wider rectangle, two narrow strips and a semicircle are required. All you need are three circles of black fondant for the buttons and the Gru logo. These can be easily cut out with a round nozzle.
After you've finished the more difficult part, all that remains is to design the details. For the glasses and eyes you need round cookie cutters of different diameters. Don't forget the black stripe for the glasses strap.
You should now create the legs, arms and feet using blue, yellow and black fondant. To do this, shape the fondant into thick sausages with your hands or with a straightener. Then attach these to the appropriate places so that the Minion sits on the plate.
For the hair, make small holes on the minion's head and place small, thin sausages of black fondant in them. You can either make the mouth out of fondant, or simply press it onto your minion's face with a modeling tool. Once you have designed all the small details, the 3D Minion cake for your child's birthday is ready.
Make your own Minion cake without fondant
However, if you can't or don't want to make a fondant cake, you can also bake a birthday cake with the Minions theme on a baking tray. The recipe for the Minion cake that we present below is much simpler than this one for the 3D cake and is therefore also suitable for beginners in the kitchen.
For this Minion cake for a child's birthday, you should first bake a sheet cake and let it cool thoroughly. Then cut out the edges and corners with a serrated knife to create the shape of a minion. For the icing you need whipped cream or buttercream, which you mix with yellow food coloring. Then spread the yellow frosting over the entire cake.
To make the minion's clothes, mix some buttercream with blue food coloring. Use a knife to mark the area you will paint blue. You can design the edge between the two colors with licorice, or simply pipe a line of chocolate onto it using a fine perforated nozzle.
For the eye(s) you need a large, round cookie, which you spread with a thick layer of buttercream and attach a large chocolate drop to it with the pointy part facing down. To make the glasses, you can roll out a soft caramel candy, shape it into a circle and dip it in coconut flakes. The diameter of the candy should be slightly larger than that of the cookie.
The easiest way to design the glasses strap is with chocolate icing. Liquorice is best suited for hair and mouth because it can be attached directly to the icing. Use two chocolate drops as buttons to give the cake the finishing touch.
In addition to the birthday cake, there is also an alternative to the Minion cake. You can prepare simple cupcakes yourself in the muffin tin and decorate them as cute Minions. All you need is yellow frosting, some chocolate icing and small marshmallows for eyes. The cupcakes cannot replace a birthday cake, but they are a great addition, especially if you have several guests at the child's birthday party.
Quotes and congratulations on the Minions children's birthday
If you want to give your little darling a lot of joy, you can congratulate him with the help of the Minions. We have put together some amazing birthday wishes and quotes that are perfect for kids. The original pictures with Minions can delight every big Minions fan. You can download these for free and print them out for your child's special day.
