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Ben 10 Birthday Cake Decorating Idea for Boys

September 26, 2020 by Priya Leave a Comment

Ben 10 themed square birthday cake decorated in green buttercream and Ben 10 edible images

I made this Ben 10 birthday cake for my second boy’s 6th birthday. It’s probably boys and their age thingy because his brother also requested for a Ben 10 cake when he was 6!

Ben 10 themed square birthday cake decorated in green buttercream and Ben 10 edible images

While I took a bit more time to hand paint Ben 10 on the cake for my elder boy (see below), this time, I just used an edible image purchased from a local cake decorating supplies shop. It was my son’s choice anyway, so I just went with it. And of course, the green color theme was his choice too!

This was the cake I made for my elder son:

Ben 10 cake poster showing a rectangle cake with a Ben 10 image in fondant

How to Make Easy Ben 10 Birthday Cake:

Edible images are quite a lifesaver when you need to decorate a themed cake but pressed for time. In my case, I used edible images, not because of the time factor, but simply because it was the request of the birthday boy.

These were the main supplies I used to make this Ben 10 birthday cake:

  • Cake – I baked a rectangle cake measuring 13 inches by 11 inches and I used my family’s favorite butter pound cake recipe. 
  • Buttercream – I used buttercream to cover the cake. The cake itself was a single-layered one so I did not fill it with any buttercream.
  • Fondant – The fondant I used on this cake was only for the wordings. I used my handmade fondant and tinted it in yellow (I used Wilton Golden Yellow color).
  • Edible image – Like I mentioned earlier, the edible images I used on this cake were store-bought. All 3 images were printed on one sheet. All I had to do was cut them out following the outlines.
  • Piping tip – I used only one tip for the entire cake decoration and that is the star tip.
  • Disposable piping bags – I used 2 bags to be exact. One for the light green icing, and the other for the darker green icing. And these were disposable ones. I always prefer disposable bags when working with buttercream. They save me all the time and hassle of having to wash the grease off the bags.
  • Green food coloring – I don’t quite recall the name of the green color I used here but I used the same green for the whole cake, only in higher concentrations for the borders.

And this was how I decorated the cake:

  • Once the cake was baked, I leveled it and crumb coated it with a thin layer of buttercream.
  • Next, I cut out the 3 Ben 10 edible images following their outlines and placed on the cake as shown.
Ben 10 themed square birthday cake decorated in green buttercream and Ben 10 edible images

Easy Ben 10 Birthday Cake

  • And then, using a star tip, I piped light green stars all over the top of the cake. In piping the stars, I made sure they were as close as possible to one another. This is so that there is no gap to see through the cake underneath.
Green buttercream star piping and rope border

  • Once the top was completed, I went on to the sides of the cake. For the sides, using the same star tip and light green buttercream, I piped 2 lines of zig-zag pattern all around the cake.
Green buttercream zigzag piping and rope border

Buttercream rope border for the Ben 10 birthday cake

  • Once the light green icing work was done, I added a bit more green coloring to the icing such that the color became a bit more intense. Again, with the same tip, I piped a rope border all around the base on the cake as the cake border. And I piped the same rope border around each edible image to frame them.
Ben 10 edible image framed with green buttercream rope border

Easy Ben 10 Birthday Cake decorated in green buttercream

  • With the piping work done, the Ben 10 birthday cake was also almost done. To finish off the decoration, I rolled some yellow fondant and cut out the “Happy Birthday” wordings and number “6” as well as my boy’s name using my alphabet cutters. And I simply placed them on the cake where I wanted them to be.
Fondant alphabets in yellow
Yellow fondant alphabets on a green buttercream cake

And that was how I decorated this super easy Ben 10 birthday cake.

Happy Decorating 🙂

Ben 10 themed square birthday cake decorated in green buttercream and Ben 10 edible images

Easy Ben 10 Birthday Cake with Ben 10 Edible Images

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