Smash Cake Idea Needed Clifford Theme
Decorating By jessireb Updated 27 Jul 2006 , 1:40am by oceanspitfire
I have a request to do a Clifford the Big Red Dog birthday cake for a 1 yr. old. I have an idea for the sheet cake, but they want a smash cake also. I don't really want to do a paw print or a dog bone. I don't know that much about Clifford, does he have friends, what does he like to do?
Any suggestions will be appreciated!
I just did a Clifford cake for DD in March. I made a dog house and a RI Clifford on the door way. You could make the dog house the smash cake.
Just an idea. Good luck 
I LOVE Clifford! He is on PBS and here is a link to the PBS website with him. I hope you find inspiration there.
http://pbskids.org/clifford/
Thanks everyone! I think I will do a puppy Clifford for the smash cake.
RIP John Ritter who used to be the voice of Clifford 
I was thinkin the doghouse too or one of his buddies, T-Bone, Mac or Cleo,(smaller dogs, good for smash size) or Emily Elizabeth (his owner). (Can ya tell I know the story well LOL) - I was very thankful my niece changed her mind about Clifford last year and went with WInnie The Pooh instead- UGH @ all that red icing 
Good luck with that!
Sure, it is usually a little cake the birthday child gets all to themselves. Usually on the first birthday and they make a mess in it and "smash" it all over themselves, high chair, ect.. Great for photos--bad for clean-up 
Food Dish I didn't think of that. That would be a lot easier than shrinking down a puppy clifford. I wonder if you can still buy stainless steel dog bowls? Upside down (if the underside is open)it would make a great cake pan. What do you think about that?
That would probably work, although I think you could just do a 6 inch round, ice it in a single color, then do a "rim" and a stripe around the base with a different color.
Write "CLIFFORD" on the side, put something (cheerios) on top to be the dog food, and you have a baby-safe dog food bowl without buying a lot of extra stuff.
Please post a pic of whatever you do, can't wait to see it!
Laura.
I'm probably being banal for suggesting this, but in Clifford Puppy Days, the dog dish is solid blue- I'd imagine that's the one the birthday girl is familiar with since the old Clifford pretty much went off the air before she was born. However Big Clifford's dish was yellow (and I'm really crazy for pointing that out, which is an admission how much I used to watch the show 
)
Not sure when you need to do this, if I am to late I am sorry, but another idea for later.
I searched for this picture online so i could give credit where it needed to go, but I can't find it, so it might not be on the net anymore. I found this probably 3-4 years ago now. It is so simple and can be used on anysize round cake.
This one was iced with red buttercream, but I might suggest red fondant so the baby doesn't have red icing all over. If you don't want to go with fondant i would pick up one of the red spray food colorings and do light coats (like spray painting) until desired color is achieved.
HTH
Leily
I just had a revelation! YAY LOL
The vast amounts of red seems to be 
for a variety of reasons, one being mess.
So here's my suggestion:
(big pic is aerial view, dog dish would actually be a dog dish shape with (the above suggested) cheerios perhaps) (call Kelloggs, tell em you have a new use for their cereal LOL)
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