I’m in a FB group for Seattle blogger’s and have met (online anyway) some very talented people, including Randi from Sowdering About in Seattle. When I sew her monster party, I knew it would be a perfect fit for her to join us! I couldn’t decide if I wanted her to share how to she made the cake or the headbands… We decided on the cake! It looks so delicious and I wish I had some now!!!! Be sure to check out her blog and all her fun food ideas and crafts!
Welcome Randi!
My son turned one in January and in celebration, we threw him a “monster” themed birthday party. It was very fitting for him since he is, well, a monster.
We had various decor, that was mostly homemade, including but not limited to a pretty awesome cake. I really loved how it came out, it probably was my most favorite thing we had at his party. I thought it would make a great tutorial, so here I am.
Because I baked this cake while we were on vacation in Las Vegas, I didn’t actually take pictures while I made it, so instead, I did what any normal person would do. I made another one. I mean, there is never BAD time for cake right? Lucy decided that she wanted our new monster cake to be a purple cake with red frosting. I used a basic white cake mix from the store and just added some Wilton’s frosting dye to it.
Once it was all mixed, I cooked the cake according to the directions on the box and when it was done, I froze it. Freezing the cake turned out to be the best for me because where I had planned to have this cake done in just a couple of days, life got in the way, kids got sick, we got super busy. Anyway, the cake was frozen so it lasted longer. When I was ready, I brought the cake out and started frosting it before it was defrosted. Also, this is where you would normally put on the “crumb layer” of frosting. This is basically a thin layer of frosting all over the cake which “captures” all the crumbs so that they don’t get tangled up into your top layer of frosting. I normally do this. I did not do the crumb layer on this cake. Not for any particular reason except that I just plain forgot. I mixed the frosting together with Wilton’s frosting dye like I did with the batter.
- 1 cup butter (salted)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2-3 tsps vanilla extract (I didn’t measure, just put some in)
- a splash of whipping cream

Dexter was totally impressed with his cake. He said it even tasted good with the dirt he had just eaten too.

Great tutorial. I know Randi pretty well. She s a very talented artist.
Yes she is!!!
Wow! I love the purple cake when you cut it. Pinned and will be trying this very soon.
I know! I loved the purple too! The purple with the red is great.
You’re so talented! I’m going to try this out one day and fingers crossed that it would be as good as yours!
Hope it turns out for you!! It looks delicious!