Molding and Painting Doll Sheet Cakes for Valentine's Day

The finished version of a heart shaped sheet cake from different angles.

  

At the top are two St. Patick's Day sheet cakes prior
 to painting. The sheet cake shapes below are for our
Valentine doll party. 

       I used plastic candy molds to make these detailed, doll sized sheet cakes. 

       The heart shaped sheet cake above is made entirely of clay. It's glossy finished surface reminds me of fondant icing.

       The sheet cake below combines both a scrap piece of wood and a few clay details. I also "iced" this cake with paper mache pulp to give it the look of coconut icing.

Supply List:

• oven bake clay, air dry clay or paper clay
• flat wooden shapes optional
• candy molds
• cardboard
• acrylic paints
• wood glue or hot glue and hot glue gun
• Mod Podge
• decorative scrap paper to cover the cake trays
• paper mache pulp 

Step-by-Step Directions:

1.  Press and unmold the oven bake clay and bake it according to the instructions given on the package.
2. You can cut a cake tray to display your sheet cake craft out of cardboard. Make it a little larger than the cake and decoupage it with a pretty paper. 
3. Then glue the molded sheet cake to the tray. 
4. Now you can paint the molded cake entirely with acrylics before sealing it with Mod Podge.
5. If you have chosen to use a piece of scrap wood with clay trim, you will need to mix paper pulp with water according to the directions on the package and apply it to the wooden surface. Let it dry; this may take a few days.
6. Paint the second version with acrylics and seal it with Mod Podge.

The "Valentine" lettering is cut from paper, however, you could use a red puffy 
paint to write on top of your version of a sheet cake if you would prefer.