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How to Make a Captain America Shield Cake with M&M’s

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My family recently returned from a conference where the theme was “Becoming a Superhero Family”. This conference corresponded really well with the Captain America: The Winter Soldier DVD release on September 9. Upon returning home we decided to keep the superhero celebration going on by celebrating our Superhero family and the release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. After all, Super #HeroesEatMMs, right?

As you can see above, I have a little superhero lover at my house (I also have a big superhero lover, but he doesn’t have a costume). When I came up with the idea to make a Captain America shield cake and decorate it with M&M’s®, my husband was totally on board.

He nicely ran to Walmart for me to gather supplies so I would be ready to go. I then received a series of texts from the candy isle with pictures captioned with “what do you want?” HA! Do you get those texts too? I guess with such a huge M&M selection it’s better to ask than assume.

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My husband got so excited for this cake that he headed to his computer to design a template for the cake. This template actually turned out to be a very helpful tool in decorating. We have turned this template into a printable so just click the image to get the full-sized pdf. Print, cut and you have your own template for your own Captain America shield cake with M&M’s. Remember since you’re using red M&M’s you don’t need to use those circles on the cake, you would just use the white one.

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Let me take you on a walk through of how I created this cake, so you can copy it or improve upon it.

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How to make a Captain America shield cake with M&M’s

First gather your supplies.

  1. I like to have a nice surface to make and display my fancy cakes, so I covered a cutting board with foil.
  2. To make things easy I used a boxed cake mix and made two 8 inch round cakes. (You can make a chocolate cake or white cake from scratch if you want!) I made two because I wanted a back up cake incase I messed up the first one.
  3. While your cakes are baking, start separating the M&M’s into blue, red and everything else bowls – if you start snacking on the M&M’s during separation, that is fine, just don’t eat any of the red or blue ones!!
  4. Once the cakes are cool, flip them onto your prepared boards and frost.
  5. Since we are using a paper template to make sure our Captain America shield looks like his shield, we had to wait for the frosting to set so the paper template doesn’t stick to the frosting.
  6. Once the frosting is set, now you can begin placing the M&M’s. The pattern is red, white, red, blue, white.
  7. Once I was finished placing the M&M’s, I found that my star wasn’t too prominent so I grabbed a tube of white frosting and filled it in. This helped make the star stand out, after all it is the center of the cake!

For a visual on the process please see this photo step-by-step guide:

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The whole process was very easy. It’s more like busy work getting the M&M’s in the right place. The final results, however, are very fun! I was so excited for my kids to get home from school and surprise them with this fun cake. I asked my son if he would like to dress up like Captain America while he had some shield cake! He responded with an enthusiastic “YES!”

 

 

Comments

  6. Mary Jo says

    I just LOVE how the blue and red M&M’s look SO bright against the white frosting! Such an amazing idea for that Captain American movie night OR Captain America Party!

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  9. Jennifer Essad says

    It’s really fun for kids to enjoy decorating the cakes, cupcakes or cookies that we are making, whether it be for home or school events

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  13. Kim Henrichs says

    “You, like Blue, love to be the center of attention. You run with the popular crowd and everyone likes you. You have never met a stranger and people listen to what you have to say.”

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  16. Jamie says

    LOVE this! So many different designs come to mind! I’m suddenly thinking my daughter NEEDS a Harry Potter lightning bolt cake for her birthday. Now what to do with all the not yellow M&M’s? LOL

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  20. jenn huey says

    Like Captain America, patriotism, idealism, and class are pillars of your life. You are brave, and above all else, you do what you believe is right. You stand up for the underdog and protect the people that you care about. You are not loud or overstated and your friends and family look to you to set an example.

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  21. jenn huey says

    I got- Like Captain America, patriotism, idealism, and class are pillars of your life. You are brave, and above all else, you do what you believe is right. You stand up for the underdog and protect the people that you care about. You are not loud or overstated and your friends and family look to you to set an example.

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  32. Shietha says

    What an awesome cake! You also have a lot of great ideas in here! My son would fall in love with that cake, and his birthday is coming up! Think I gotta give this a shot!

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  33. Angela Vaught Montgomery says

    Spiderman Responsibility, bravery, and righteousness drive you and Spider-Man. You know that life is not always easy or fair, but you always believe in taking the high road. While you have close friends and family, you are also very content to spend time alone. You love to serve those around you and your friends consider you very giving–of both your time and resources.

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  42. Donna Hufman Warrington says

    Like Yellow, you often have your head up in the clouds. You and Yellow are very much dreamers. It is very easy for you to see the big picture, but not as easy for you to see the details. You have a wide range of friends that do a great job of grounding you and you’re always up for a good time!

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  52. Melanie Comello says

    I got yellow “Like Yellow, you often have your head up in the clouds. You and Yellow are very much dreamers. It is very easy for you to see the big picture, but not as easy for you to see the details. You have a wide range of friends that do a great job of grounding you and you’re always up for a good time!”

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  67. Amy says

    I really think you need to get your big super hero a costume, too. And then you need to add that picture to this post. Heck, that’s probably worth a post all on it’s own! 😉 #client

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