This is one of those times when the cake topper MAKES the cake! I hope that you love this sweet baby carriage cake as much as I do, and I think that you’ll find the steps to be really easy to follow.
I have made a baby carriage cake topper video before, only my other one is a cute, flat cut-out of gum paste. I love that tutorial also, but this 3-D version will give you a fun & impressive alternative! It’s nice to have choices :0) —
I was really surprised after editing that this video is over 30 minutes. It really goes by very quickly and so don’t let that scare you away :0) –Part of the length comes from showing the piping technique that I use to decorate my cake. You’ll see that in Part 2 of the video. See below our video window for materials used and a few notes—-I hope that you enjoy it!
Materials
This was an 8″ round cake (white almond sour cream with Fluffy vanilla buttercream frosting
Gum Paste- I used Satin Ice brand. You could also use fondant with a little Tylose kneaded into it.
Round styrofoam circle (Mine was approx 4″ across and 2″ thick) –Don’t feel that you have to use exactly the size that I used. This was my only choice at the craft shop & so I used this size rather than cutting it smaller.
Aluminum wire- I bought mine at our local craft shop (Michael’s) it was with the floral wire (Legs of the carriage. I’ve also used lollipop stick legs if you like that option.)
22 gauge floral wire- This was to help with the canopy of the carriage.
FMM Multi Ribbon Cutter- Optional. I used for cutting my gum paste strips.
Circle Cutter- 4″ diameter. Optional–Used to cut the panels of my carriage
PME Brand small blossom plunger cutter-Optional. I used for decorating my carriage
Chocolate/Candy Coating- I used as “glue” to help secure the legs into the carriage. A bit of dampened gum paste or fondant would work just as well.
“Sugar Glue/Tylose Glue”– My glue of choice in this video. This is just tylose mixed with a little water. Recipe in Recipes section.
Shortening- I always have some on hand when working with gum paste & fondant. I also rubbed it over the styrofoam to help the fondant adhere. Light corn syrup or sugar glue would work also.
Diso Dust- I sprinkled everything with a little disco dust (White Disco Dust)
Americolor Soft Pink- Color of pink accents
Americolor Mint Green – Color of cake frosting
Piping Tips- Wilton 21 or similar open star tip for piping onto the cake. Wilton tip 12 for cutting out round circles for the wheels.
Misc Supplies- Small paint brush, parchment paper, styrofoam block to anchor my topper while it dried, Q-tips, x-acto knife
Viva paper towels (I smoothed the green frosting with these before piping on the white design).
Notes:
*I wanted to mention that I have used (compressed) rice cereal treats in place of styrofoam in the past to make this baby carriage. While it worked just fine, I was nervous the whole time that the 4 holes created by the legs and the 6 holes created by the canopy wires would weaken the carriage and cause it to split.
Some of you may want to experiment with this option too–but just wanted to give you that little warning :0) — Another really cute way to do this with rice cereal treats would be to eliminate the legs and just press on the wheels. This would be similar to our other baby carriage topper video, only in 3-D form! Thanks for watching!
Part One
Part Two
Love this for a baby shower. Sooooo pretty and looks easy. Thanks I will be using this soon.
Great timing! I have a baby shower cake this weekend and she wanted a baby stroller on it. I wasn’t sure where to start. Thanks!
This is gorgeous. I haven’t seen anything like it on cakes in my local area so I will definitely be trying this. Do you think it would it work to use floral foam for the main part of the carriage??
This is excellent. I was literally trying to figure out what to do for a baby shower cake and thought to myself go to MyCakeSchool – I’m sure to find something there. The carriage is just what I need to top off my cake.
How do you think this will work using RKT instead of styrofoam?
Hi Shayla, yes, this could work with Rice Krispie Treats. We worry a little about the weight of the carriage when using RKT, especially if using lollipop sticks to attach the wheels to. The extra weight might cause the carriage to slowly sink down on the lollipop sticks causing them to go right through the carriage and become visible on the top. I would make the carriage smaller if you go that route. Good Luck.
Hi Melissa, I made the carriage last week its soooo sweet and used it today on a Shower Cake. If you would like to see it I would love to share it with you. You can find me on face book under sugar mama cakes
Thank you so much for the tutorial
Sheila aka Sugar Mama
Thanks Sheila!! I can’t wait to see it–so glad that you tried it. ;0)
Hi Melissa just curious what tool did you use to make the piping? And where can I find it. thanks love the site
Hi Melissa and BeBe,
Love this cake and love the video.Living in Australia I sometimes find it hard to get some of the craft supplies that you guys use. We don’t have any thing like Michaels here. I was wondering if florists foam( we call it oasis) would be OK to use for the carriage, as I was unable to source the foam disc at short notice. I want to use it for a shower this coming weekend. Keep up the good work, cant wait to log on and see what you pair have been up to.
Hi Fiona, I do think florist foam could work. The floral oasis we have here is somewhat soft but I think you could make it work. You can make it early in the week . Let me know how it goes. Good Luck.
Had a break baby arrived five weeks early. So I dont have to make it now for a month or so. I have more time now to search for the foam. Thanks for you help.
I’m so excited to have found this web site, I could spend all day and night viewing your videos they are simply wonderful Thank you.
Thank you, Cindy! Welcome to the site! ;0)
How did you do the side of the cake, which tip did you use, is this like the spirals? but thei are more like circles.
Hi Carolina Bass–It’s a tip 21. Hop over to Part 2 where we discuss– (skip to around the 4:20 mark) —
Here’s the link~
https://www.mycakeschool.com/video-tutorials/sweet-baby-carriage-part-2/
Hi melissa, can u tell me how u makethe sthin border around the top of carriage…i roll inmy hands butitbis never even anddoes not lookclean.if u couldtellme, i would be grateful. Thanks again melissa
Hi Terri–If you skip ahead to about the 9:15 mark, you can see that green extruder that I used to extrude the strands for the trim around the top. Mine is a Makins Ultimate Clay Extruder which you can find online. If you don’t have an extruder or don’t want to purchase one, I find that fondant smoother paddles are good for rolling out strands more evenly than if you were to try by hand. Of course, you could also roll out your fondant/gum paste and cut flat ribbons of fondant instead–or you could even pipe a small bead border with crusting buttercream or royal icing as a finishing touch. Hope this helps!
I plan to use your crusting recipe for my cake. The green top of cake is also covered in crusting buttercream, right? Such a beautiful cake wiithout having to use fondant! I plan to make this for saturday. What day would be the earliest i could put final icing and decorate this cake? I have another engagement on saturday and wanted to use my time effectively. Thanks! Melissa, words could never explain how appreciative i am for you and darling BB. You make so many people happy…you both will have a suite in heaven!!
Hi Terri, yes, the top of the cake is also covered in crusting buttercream. You could complete you cake on Thursday and it would be fine for serving on Saturday. You could keep it in a cake box in the refrigerator, taking it out of the refrigerator so it will come to room temperature before party time. You could add the topper the day of the event. I say to refrigerate if you are using the all butter buttercream, it you are using the all shortening buttercream it would not need refrigeration.
Hi there just made a baby shower cake today with a baby stroller theme and this tutorial worked great, I would love to show you please tell me how to upload a photo thanks :)
Hi Belinda- I’m so glad! We would love to see it. If you’ve saved the photo to your computer, you can click “Member Gallery”, then “Submit your Own Photo”, and you’ll see how to check which category it belongs in and then “Choose File” will let you locate the photo wherever you have it saved on your computer.
If nothing else, you can always e-mail it to info@Mycakeschool.com for us to see…but in the Member Gallery, others will be able to see too! ;0)
Hi there,
I’d like to know if the thickness of the
Aluminium wire used is 2mm. Would
that be ok? Thanks
Cant wait to try this out!
Hi Farzeen, the silver aluminum wire we used was 12 gauge. It is floral wire, the brand name on ours is Darice. Another option you could use would be lollipop sticks, it is also a cute look.
Melissa used 22 gauge wire on the canopy of the carriage.
Thanks for that Bebe. You’re ever so helpful. :)
Love how this turned out, yet again ! More involved than the baby carriage but love it. Handle a little challenge since gumpaste carriage was already dried – improvised . Treated myself to a new extruder- same as yours with crank handle instead of push handle – wow- what a time saver- so easy. Ribbon roses and leaves so easy and pretty. Thank you. Pictures posted. Can’t wait for the circus cake!
Is this the aluminum wire I need?