I made this cute Minnie Mouse cake for a first birthday. This Minnie Mouse themed cake is not my original design, I replicated it based on an image provided by my customer. I must say, I am totally pleased with the way Minnie's face and the bows turned out!

A single tier round purple cake with white polka dots, a Minnie Mouse face topper and butterflies and flowers side toppers. The cake has a large white bow on the front. — Minnie Mouse Cake in Purple for a Minnie Mouse Themed First Birthday

I actually made an attempt to trace the original designer of this Minnie Mouse themed cake, but when I did a search on the internet, I found not one, but MANY similar images of this cake made by many other bakers!

This polka dots purple Minnie Mouse cake design is so popular, there are so many versions of it on the internet and I totally could not trace the original designer. If you happen to know, please let me know here, or in the comments section at the end of this page so that I can give due credit to the deserving designer.

So back to this purple Minnie Mouse cake that I made. It was a single layer cake. And Minnie's face topper was in styrofoam. I don't have any step by steps photos of how I made the topper, but hopefully, the tips below will help.

How to Decorate the Minnie Mouse Cake:

Main supplies needed:

Minnie mouse face topper - The topper was handmade using styrofoam and covered in fondant. See below for details on how I made this topper.
Cake - this is a single tier, 7 inches round cake made with my butter pound cake recipe.
Buttercream - I used vanilla buttercream to fill the cake and crumb coat it.
Fondant - I used Satin Ice fondant for this project. The entire cake was in light purple fondant. I also used fondant to make the butterflies and flowers on the cake as well as in making the Minnie Mouse face topper.
Gum paste - I used gum paste for the 2 bows on the cake; one on the Minnie Mouse cake topper and the other on the cake tier. Gum paste is the best medium to make the bow because it can be rolled really thin. And since the bows were large, it is really important that they were not too heavy or they will not be able to stay on Minnie's head and the side of the cake securely.
Flower wire and lollipop sticks- the flowers and butterflies on this purple Minnie Mouse cake were wired. I attached them to the cake with the help of lollipop sticks.
Butterfly cutters and flower cutters - These were to make the butterflies and flowers on the cake.
Alphabet Cutters - I used Clixstix alphabet cutters for the lettering on the cake.
Shortening and fondant glue - I used both these mediums as the glue to attach the deco on the cake. I used fondant glue to attach both the bows. Shortening was for everything else.

Making the fondant bow for Minnie Mouse head

I made the Minnie Mouse cake topper and the bows in advance. These need time to set and therefore were made 2 days in advance. Once dry and set, I attached Minnie's bow to her head. I left it lying flat so that it could get attached securely to the topper.
The other bow had to wait until the rest of the cake deco was completed. Hence I simply left it aside after making, until ready for use.

Minnie Mouse head cake topper

Like I mentioned earlier, the topper was made out of styrofoam. I got Minnie Mouse's face image from the internet. The image was downloaded and scaled to the size I wanted before being printed it out. Click here to learn how to resize images for cake decorating.
I then cut it along its outline and used the template to cut my styrofoam. I used a battery operated foam cutter. Next, I rolled black fondant into a thin sheet and used the paper template to make 2 cutouts. I attached both on each side of the styrofoam. For the sides, I cut out a long fondant strip. The strip width was the same as the thickness of the styrofoam topper. I attached it all around the sides and smoothed the edges.
For the face, I used Ivory fondant and used my paper template to cut out the face. And I repeated the same process for the rest of the facial features.
Finally, I attached the purple bow on her head. I left the topper lying flat to allow the bow to dry and secure in place.
As for the bows, to make the polka dot design, I cut out the gum paste for the bow. And then attached the purple polka dots with fondant glue before I shaped the bow. Follow the tutorial here to learn how to make the bow. Just increase the width of each loop when you cut your rolled gum paste to increase the size of your bow.

Assembling the purple Minnie Mouse themed cake

The next step for the purple Minnie Mouse cake was the flowers and butterflies. I had cutters for these and attached the fondant cutouts to floral wires. I made these in both purple and white.
To assemble this sweet purple themed cake, I did all the usual stuff. I layered, filled, and crumb coated the cake. And then I covered the cake with purple fondant. Next, I cut out the lettering and attached them to the cake and cake board with shortening.
To attach the Minnie Mouse topper, I inserted 2 wires to the bottom of Minnie's face and then inserted the wires into 2 lollipop sticks. I then poked the topper with lollipop sticks into the cake. The lollipop sticks help prevent direct contact of the wire with the cake. See the image below from my mini flower pot cake tutorial on how I inserted the floral wire into a lollipop stick before poking it into my cake.

A purple gumpaste rose attached to a lollipop stick

A purple gum paste flower in a flower pot cake

After Minnie Mouse's face, I attached the purple and white flowers and butterflies to the cake, also with lollipop sticks.
This was followed by the white polka dots all over the cake in random order.
Once the polka dots were done, I attached a thin rolled strip of purple border for the cake.
And then I attached the side ribbons before putting on the bow. I had to support it by gently tying a ribbon around the cake to hold it in place until the glue dried and the bow was secure in place.

Like this Minnie Mouse themed cake idea? Here are my other posts you might want to check out:

Recipe (Printable)

Here is the full printable version of my Minnie Mouse cake recipe and decorating guide.

📖Recipe

And that's my easy Minnie Mouse themed cake recipe and decorating tutorial for you.

Happy Decorating 🙂

Minnie Mouse Cake - How to Make