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How to Make a Wild Kratts Tortuga Cake

April 15, 2015 By Sarah Westover McKenna 9 Comments

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How to make a Wild Kratts tortuga cake.  Simple!

Lately there has been Wild Kratts fever around here.  My boy LOOOOVES Wild Kratts!  Are you familiar with it?  It’s a fantastic show on PBS Kids.  On Wild Kratts the characters reside and work on a giant robotic turtle, The Tortuga, pictured below.

The Tortuga

I threw my son a Wild Kratts birthday party a couple of weeks ago, and today I’m showing you how I made the cake for the party.  It’s not a professional cake by any means.  If you want a perfectly polished cake then head to a great cake decorating blog like Ashlee Marie.  But if cake making isn’t your strong suit and you’re looking for something simple then this is for you.  As my sister once said to me when she saw my Minnie Mouse cake, “You have many talents . . . cake decorating does not seem to be one of them.”  Haha.  Brutal honesty.  Only from family!  😉

Here is how I made it.  You will need two boxes of vanilla cake mix, two cans of vanilla frosting, green food coloring, green frosting in a tube (pictured below), and shredded coconut.

The great thing about making lazy cakes is that little urchins can help.  😉

Wild Kratts Birthday Party-1

Whip up the two cake mixes, add green food coloring, and pour the batter into very well greased (with Baking PAM) pans.  You will need a dome cake pan (ours is soccer ball pan because that’s all I had), four cupcakes, and a slightly larger head (I used a ramekin).  Once they are all baked then arrange them in a turtle shape.  If there is extra cake cut a triangle piece to place as the tail.

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Scoop the vanilla frosting out of the container and into a large bowl.  Add green food coloring and whip it together with a hand mixer.  Frost your cake.  It may not look awesome.  It may look like mine.  😉  Put some shredded coconut in a sandwich ziploc bag, add a few drops of green food coloring, and shake it up.  Sprinkle the coconut around your turtle so it looks like grass.

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Use dark green frosting from a tube with a round opening frosting tip (shown below) to pipe Tortuga patterns around.  I did a circle on the top and then did the lines and dots around the sides so that it looked like the creature power discs on the show.

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Ta-da!  Your imperfect Tortuga cake is done!  And you know what?  The kids LOVED it!!  My nephew and son were SOOOO impressed.  Makes a mama feel good.  🙂

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Be sure to check out the whole birthday party HERE.  🙂

This Wild Kratts birthday party is THE CUTEST!!!

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Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah is the scattered creative mind behind Bombshell Bling. A former elementary school teacher and a current stay-at-home mom, she loves developing her creativity through her blog and her jewelry design business, Bombshell Bling Jewelry. Sarah is a lover of all things vintage, colorful, and BLING. She is also a sweets addict with a major obsession with s'mores.
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Comments

  1. Ashlee says

    April 20, 2015 at 10:03 am

    you are adorable, it turned out great! all that matters is that the birthday boy loved it, and clearly he did!

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    • Sarah Westover McKenna says

      April 20, 2015 at 1:38 pm

      Haha well thank you, Cake Queen! 🙂

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  2. Cathy says

    April 20, 2015 at 8:54 pm

    I LOVE turtles! When my hubby and I were on our honeymoon we went to a turtle farm, and I was in my glory! I love this cake! This is truly amazing looking! I would love for you to share this at my link party Making Memories Mondays going on now! 🙂
    Cathy

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  3. Brittanie @Simplistically Living says

    April 20, 2015 at 11:33 pm

    Oh my goodness I love that cake! So cute and such a great idea! Pinning to my party ideas board. Visiting from Ten Cup Tuesday linky party.

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  4. Debi @ Surroundings by Debi says

    April 24, 2015 at 3:52 pm

    This is just too cute! My grand kids would love this. I so enjoy making their parties special with theme parties. If you get a chance stop by and see the parties I have shared on my site. Thanks for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop!

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  5. K's Mum says

    April 25, 2015 at 7:17 am

    wow! I don’t know if it is the green color but my mouth is watering just looking at the pictures. looks delicious! well done! 🙂

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  6. Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom says

    April 25, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    I always love seeing homemade cakes at parties, this one is just too perfect!!!

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  7. Kayla says

    April 26, 2015 at 1:30 pm

    Oh my goodness this is so cute! I love it!

    Reply

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