DIY Emoji Cake
Yield: 1 cake
Materials
- 1 box cake mix
- 1 can buttercream frosting
- fondant (yellow, black, red)
- rolling pin
- wax paper
- small sharp knife
- confectioner's sugar
- Cricut Explore Air 2 & cardstock
- 6" round baking pan(s)
- shortening & flour for pan
Instructions
- Bake two 6" round cakes according to package directions, or from scratch if you prefer. Make sure to grease and flour the pan before baking.
- Allow cakes to cool, then stack one on top of the other with a layer of buttercream frosting in between.
- Spread an even coat of buttercream frosting over the top and sides of the cakes.
- Use your Cricut or scissors to cut a pattern for the emoji's face. We imported an emoji image into Cricut Design Space and sized it to 6," then cut it from cardstock.
- Roll out your red fondant on top of wax paper sprinkled with confectioner's sugar. Use the heart pattern as a guide and cut two hearts from the rolled fondant.
- Repeat the previous step using black fondant and the smile.
- Roll our a large piece of yellow fondant to cover the cake. Gently use the rolling pin to help drape it over the cake, then smooth it with your hands or a smoothing tool. Trim the excess.
- Attach the eyes and smile.