UNO sugar cookies surround the abundance of Swiss Meringue Buttercream. Which is smothered in between a colorful quadrupole layered, super moist cake. Topped with a rose swirled individual mini cake. Perfect for any little girl’s 1st Birthday!
I want to share with you my resources of making this cake. And, simply how fun it was to create this fun colorful cake.
Coming up with an idea, or a sketch can be the easy part. Also knowing that UNO was the theme– and for this special little lady’s 1st Birthday, was even more fun!
But, when I end up sketching my idea of a designed theme… it never turns out the way I envisioned. So honestly, I just take each step of an idea and just go with the flow.
I decided to just start with cookies. I didn’t know what or how I was going to place the cookies on the cake. I just went with my idea of using sugar cookies as the UNO playing cards somewhere on the cake.
Donโt judge meโ the only practice I had with cutout cookies and royal icing was twice before– a year ago!
I divided the white cake batter into five bowls. Four bowls were reserved for the UNO card colors– red, yellow, blue, and green. The fifth bowl of cake batter was divided into two mini bundt pans that was used for the rose swirled tier.
Assembling the cake was very simple. I started by doing crumb coat with a Swiss meringue buttercream and let it chill in the refrigerator for a couple hours.
I pressed down a dowel into the top of the layered cake to hold the rose swirl tier securely on top.
The rose swirled tier was used as the birthday girl’s individual cake.
I finished the cake with the rest of the Swiss meringue buttercream and placed the cookies and colorful candies around the edges.
This all right here, was my end result!
I hope this gives you inspiration when you plan someone’s special 1st birthday cake!
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The White Cake recipe is from the talented Created By Diane. I’ve always been a huge fan of Diane’s beautiful and classy blog! I actually purchased some cute heart cookie cutters last year, just so I could make her amazing Red Velvet Cut Out Cookies with Red Velvet Icing! Be sure to visit Diane’s many other wonderful recipes.
The Sugar Cookies recipe is from Sweetopia. Lovely Marian, purely has a talent with cookies as well! I have had great success with this cookie recipe. Please visit Marian’s other creations to see what you may want to make! The possibilities are really endless over there with her!
The coloring used on the icing of the cookies and in the cake batter is AmeriColor. It doesn’t change the consistency of your recipes. Also, is very vibrant in color.
Lemony Swiss Meringue Buttercream is from Martha Stewart. It was very easy to follow the directions! Note: I replaced the lemony flavor with vanilla.
The Royal Icing for the cookies is a very simple recipe:
3 oz. of egg whites1 tsp. vanilla extract
4 cups powdered sugar In large bowl of stand mixer combine the egg whites and vanilla and beat until frothy. Add powdered sugar gradually and mix on low speed until sugar is incorporated and mixture is shiny. Turn speed up to high and beat until mixture forms stiff, glossy peaks. This should take approximately 5 to 7 minutes. Add food coloring, if desired.
This will make you about 3 1/2 cups of icing.
Enjoy, my friends!
**This UNO Birthday Cake {With UNO Cookies} were shared and linked up to party with {Bubbly Nature Creations} & {Yellow Bliss Road} & {Weary Chef} & {The Bitterside Of Sweet}
Gloria, you did such an amazing job with this cake!! I bet it made the birthday girl very happy!! Just beautiful!
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Thank you so much, Nancy!
How did u make the cookies.
After I rolled out the chilled dough, I cut into rectangles. Then I basically used an UNO card to draw/pipe on the icing after the cookies had cooled. It was really fun. I think I may have to make them again!
How did u use the card to popeys on?
I used the card as a reference set off to the side. But used the same measurements as the UNO cards. ๐
Gloria, I love this cake! You did a great job for the little one’s first birthday. I love how fun and colorful it is!
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You are so sweet, Ashley!
Beuatiful!!! And the royal icing on the cookies looks great!! I think all first birthday cakes should be colorful and yours definitely fits that!!! ๐
Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen recently posted…Mini Apple Monkey Bread
This was (by far!) THE easiest royal icing to use on cookies! Maybe give it a try …when you’re not working so hard. Thank you, my friend! (=
What an absolutely gorgeous cake! I love all the details and the colors. So amazing!
KC
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Thank you, KC! So nice of you to say!
What a fun birthday cake, it looks beautiful!!!! I love UNO, and LOVE this idea!!! The “cards” look fantastic!!!! And it looks yummy, too! ๐
Maria recently posted…Snowy Tree Sugar Cookies
We love UNO, too…my youngest is constantly breaking the cards out to play a “quick” game. Love how it’s been this popular for this long! Thanks, Maria! (=
What a beautiful cake, Gloria! Aww, I bet the birthday girl loved it! Haha, she sure had fun making a mess with it. My mom has a pic of me when I was about 1 or 2. Chocolate cake with chocolate icing. I made a HUGE mess with it!
Julie @ This Gal Cooks recently posted…Homemade Holiday Appetizers Roundup
I think that the most funnest part of when the little one turns one… is playing and going for the smash! (=
This cake is adorable and your little girl is precious! Such a creative and fun idea!
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I always jump at the opportunity to make something frilly for little girls…bcz raising boys are whole different ball game! Thank you, Rachel! (=
Gloria, this cake is absolutely gorgeous down to every last detail! What a lovely cake to celebrate with, especially all those colorful cookies and cake layers. You outdid yourself!
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It was fun creating the colorful layers inside the cake. When I trimmed off the tops, I gave them to my youngest son and he had more fun just looking at all the colors than munching on the scraps! Thank you for your sweet and kind words, Marci!
This cake is GORG! I love the Uno cookies, how creative!
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Thank you, Julianne! The cookies were fun to make!
This cake is absolutely beautiful! Love the theme – you did an amazing job Gloria and it definitely shows how much detail and thought you put into making this cake ๐ Love all the colored layers and cookies – what a perfect cake for a first birthday – just magnificent!
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Well, that was so very nice of you to say, Kelly…thank you so much!
Oh my gosh Gloria, this is gorgeous!!! You’ve seriously done a phenomenal job on this cake! Each component is perfect! That is one lucky little lady!
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I was really pleased and excited that they really liked it. My oldest met me half way to deliver it the rest of the way…and I think that made me more anxious than when I drove the first half down a winding canyon. (He is a crazy driver!) But, it made it there the way that I handed it to him…whew! Thank you, Tanya!
Beautiful! You’re so talented.
You’re so kind, Julia! But, I don’t believe it is talent…it was just a cooperative day for me…hehe! Thank you!
Girl, you got some seriously talent! I love working with swiss buttercream, it’s so good too! This cake is stellar! Great job, I’m beyond impressed! What a cute little girl too ๐ !
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Tahny, this was my first time working with swiss buttercream…and now I am totally in love with it! Now I’m going to use it on my ribbon cakes…because the cream cheese frosting just wasn’t working the way that I wanted to. After I experienced making the buttercream, I was noticing it everywhere, like on Pinterest. But, all I kept reading was how hard it is to make and bla bla bla. I was shocked, cz it was super easy to make. I loved the consistency of it the best! Thanks, Tahny! You’re the best!
Gorgeous cake !!
You did a fantastic job and i’m sue you know it ๐
It’s a bit WOWWWWW
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Thank you so much, Winnie! (=
You did such a wonderful job on this cake, I love how bright and fun it is outside and inside!
Pamela, thank you! This cake was really fun to make…especially the cookies.
gorgeous cake…we are sure the Birthday Girl loved it….loved the theme of this cake ๐
I thought the theme was fun, too! Thank you, Swikruti and Rakesh!
Dear Gloria, That is one beautiful cake! What a precious photo of the birthday girl. I love the how you decorated…absolutely beautiful. Blessings dear. Catherine xo
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Thank you so much, Catherine!
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Gloria, you don’t give yourself enough credit! This is one of the prettiest cakes I’ve ever seen, seriously!
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Thank you so much, Tina! xo
This cake is magnificent! Both inside and out! I cannot get over it. And I love the idea of an Uno theme for a first birthday party! The colors are amazing and I can’t even believe that it’s only your third time making decorated cookies! The whole thing is just amazing and you should be so proud. ๐
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That is sweet of you to say, Allie! Thank you. (=
What a gorgeous cake Gloria! And that cake you made makes it super special for that little girl. ๐ Absolutely beautiful!
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Thank you, Anne! I love making special cakes for special people. (=
WOW! That is amazing. I love all of the details….so perfect! You could go into business Gloria. ๐
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Well, thanks so much Lisa…but I don’t know about actually selling this kind of stuff to the actual public. LOL! You on the other hand, needs to go into opening a Baker’s Bar…with all of those infused delectable treats!
I am blown away, Gloria! I knew you were talented, but this amazing! I can’t believe how much work you put into creating this beautiful cake. I would never have that kind of patience. Thank you so much for sharing this with us at Saturday Night Fever LOVE IT!
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Thank you so much, Andi! Let’s just say I could definitely NOT do this on a daily basis…only once in awhile is how I prefer to do it. Hope you’re having a most fabulous Monday!
This is SO cute! The UNO idea is so clever! And the layers inside are just beautiful! I love decorating cakes – the end result is always worth it. ๐
Lindsay @ Life, Love and Sugar recently posted…Peppermint Brownie Ice Cream Cake
Thank you, Lindsay! I loved the UNO idea, too. My favorite part was to make it a little feminine for a little girl. (=
This is seriously the cutest cake I’ve ever seen for a kid’s birthday. So talented! I bet that took a ton of work!
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Chelsea, you want to know what it took a ton of…. BUTTER! lol
It was really fun to make. I’m used to boys in this house and making boy-filled cakes…no frilly’s over here. Thank you! (=