SpongeBob Cake for a Three-Year-Old

My wife was commissioned to bake a SpongeBob cake for a party tomorrow. Although she is a wonderful baker and decorator, she has some problems with creative ideas. That’s where I come in.

The cake was baked yesterday and the decorating took most of today.

I thought making the arms and legs from Tootsie Rolls and covering them with a gum paste/fondant blend would make it more three dimensional. Here’s a photo of them in progress:

I then carved out the feet and shoulders from cake and inserted the Tootsie Rolls. It took my wife four hours to decorate the rest of the cake.

It is 12” x 13” x 3½” (not including legs and arms) and is dark chocolate fudge and yellow cake with a Bavarian crème filling. My wife did a great job.  I hope they like it!