Alf, Care Bears, Smurfs, Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, My Little Pony and more; they all conjure up images of childhood for anyone who grew up in the 80s!

Designing the Cake

We chose to use edible images and sculpted characters. Her husband LOVED He-Man when he was growing up and I wasn't sure if I could make a photorealistic depiction of this TV show. Since I was ordering a sheet of edible images, I decided to make Strawberry Shortcake and the Smurfs from edible images too. Both of these could be created with fondant or gumpaste, but could be a bit more detailed if we used the edible images.