Hi everyone! I just got a call this morning from a mom who is having a birthday party for her daughter in September and they will have a "bouncy house" (her word for it) at the party -- it's one of those inflatable things that you (try) to walk around in that's like walking on the moon (is that making sense?) Anyway, she was asking about a bouncy house cake and quite frankly I came up blank. The only thing I could think of that was even close was a gumball machine cake and that's not really close at all. Does anyone have any ideas on this?

http://www.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=bouncy%20house&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

Seems pretty easy. No sharp corners, bright primary colors. Sound like fun!

These things are basically gigantic inflatable toys, so a cartoonish house with no sharp corners or edges comes to mind. It would be nice if you could get a pic of the one that's being rented, because they come in all shapes and sizes, not all of which look like houses. I have no idea what they're called in English, but they're very popular here in Mexico, where they're called "brincolines". Here's a link to a place in Mexico City that rents them: http://www.brincolineseinflables.com.mx. If you go to the section marked "brincolines" there's a slideshow that features several shapes. As far as making a cake that looks like one, think of a house designed along the same principles as the Michelin man or the Stay-Puf marshmallow boy. Is that any help?

That does help!! I'm still trying to iron this out in my mind. Keep the ideas flowing!!

In my photos there is a cake that was based on a party invitation that had a girl bouncing in a sea of colored balls. I won't tell you how long it took me to pipe all the individual balls and to get the correct placement of the different colors. You could do something like that with some simple doweled gumpaste walls to simulate the full bouncy house. Hope this helps!

Here are some bounce house cakes from the gallery. They look super simple to make. Be sure to post a pic after you are finished.

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1500026

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1372672

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1677014

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1327079

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=23399

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1319960

here's a great image that combines bouncy house and birthday cake.

http://www.motmplus.com/portal/images/products/birthday-cake-bounce-house.jpg

It would be so easy too.

2" layer base

plastic support columns covered in fondant.

2" layer top

then a standard second tier

finished off with fondant (or real) candles on top.

Well, for heaven's sake! Who would have thought this had already been done, and so many times! Man, you can find ANYTHING on CC!

You could do it similar to a castle cake only make it cartoonish

Honestly y'all are AMAZING!!! Thank you soooo much for the ideas. She hasn't decided for certain yet, but she's leaning toward the bouncy house cake. Glad to know I can count on all you CCers!!