Big Hero 6 Baymax Cake
Big Hero 6 is such a lovely movie for all ages. Being a mum of boys I especially appreciated the brotherly love displayed by Tadashi. I think everyone fell in love with the big cuddly and slightly clumsy baymax. Secretly I think we’d all like a personal care assistant to look out for us. This cake depicts Baymax giving Hiro a big hug. Here’s one of my favourite Bible verses… Duet 33:12 “Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders.” Sounds like a giant Baymax hug.
For a simpler option you can make just Baymax or challenge yourself and make Hiro too.
To make the Big Hero 6 Baymax cake you will need:
Cake and fondant cutting template
Cake support (see details below)
3 x rich chocolate cake recipe baked in 6 x 20cm (7.87 inches) cake tins
White chocolate ganache made with 500g (17.64 ounces) white chocolate and 150 millilitres (5.07 fluid ounces) cream (35% fat) and allowed to cool.
2 quantities of basic vanilla buttercream
cake pop sticks
FONDANT
White 2kg (4.41 pounds) (you will have left over but need a good amount
to roll a big enough piece to cover baymax neatly)
Red 150g (5.29 ounces)
Brown 170g (6 ounces)
Black 25g (0.88 ounces)
Pale skin 125g (4.41 ounces)
Blue to cover base board 200g (7.05 ounces) (optional)
Grey fondant (mixed from some of the white and tiny amount of black)
Step 1: Make these fondant details ahead of time and let them dry out. You can add tylose powder to fondant to make it dry out quicker but this will mean you need to work with it quicker too.
-Hiros legs, pants and shoes (see video)
-Hiros face and hair (dry with a cake pop stick coming out of the side of his head pointing slightly downwards so that you can slot it into the cake (not from the base as shown in the video).
Step 2: Make or purchase a cake support
You can use a pre-made system – the one I used was not strong enough for this sized cake and was not stable when it was finished. I tried moving the cake to another table and Baymax nearly wobbled right off. I would suggest that you use a wooden structure like in my 3D Minion cake video.
Step 3: Bake your cakes and make your frosting. Cool and level the cakes. Whip together the white chocolate ganache and buttercream to make a beautiful creamy frosting.
Step 4: Assemble and carve the cake. Use the templates as a guide for how to cut the cake. Use the cake scraps to make the legs
Step 5: Apply a crumb coat of frosting to the body and legs. Place in the fridge for 30 minutes
Step 6: Apply another coat of frosting.
Step 7: Cover the body and legs in white fondant. Join at the front if adding Hiro or at the back if you are just doing Baymax. Cover the cake board in blue fondant. Add a grey oval of fondant on Baymax legs and body.
Step 8: Add Baymax legs
Step 9: Add Hiro, starting with his legs, then make his t-shirt and arms and add them to the cake. Then add his head.
Step 10: Baymax Arms Either make Baymax arms out of rice crispies as shown in my Marvel Avengers cake or out of fondant. Add to the cake then add his fingers and a grey circle to each elbow.
by Ann Reardon How To Cook That
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I love your channel. You make things so much more simple.. I just had a question about Hero. His arm seems to be too long. Is there a way to shorten the length?
Hi Katherine, Ann mentions this in the video. If you want to see his hand, you have to make the arm longer. If you want it in proportion just dont let the hand be seen to protrude past Baymax’s arm.
Hai ann can you send me the template of the big hero6 ??
Can you give me the website for the big hero 6 sketch ???
Hi Jose, You can purchase the template via the Buy it Now button on the blog page.
This is amazing! I love the movie and I love this cake!! Your an awesome baker!
fa-bu-leux !!!! toujours un régal pour les yeux; jamais je n’arriverai à faire une merveille pareille mais c’est toujours un grand plaisir à regarder vos créations et votre savoir faire; bravo !!!!!!!!
Merci Bien.
Hi Ann,
You are so inspiring and your the amount of detail is bewildering. My fav post was the Taylor Swift cake and that is going to be my birthday cake. The baymax cake is spectacular. How do u think of all these ideas.
Swiftie2020
Hi Swiftie2020, Ann is always on the look out for good ideas. Many come from suggestions from her subscribers.
Your attention to detail always amazes me, yet another fabulous cake!
Thanks for the feedback Pam.
waw!! one more time,another great tutorial,with great recipes!!thansk a million,Ann!!!
i ve tried your choc mud cake recipe for the first time,and i am really happy wtih it!i was just wondering why you always use this chocolate rich cake,i haven t tried it yet;do you find it better than mud cake?
i have to try it as soon as i can.
thanks again,and thank you for sharing the whole process for big hero cake,you make it simple everytime;
happy caking
Ann I really appreciate all of your awesome and delicious recipes that you’ve pationately shared with the world at large and most especially your time!! I feel really blessed because I really don’t have the time to go to a culinary school for now. Baking and designing is also my passion but I must admit you’ve really give me the courage and determination to carry on. May the almighty God give you the strength and Devine blessings and protection to carry on. Stayed blessed!!!…
Always
Rochelle
Hi vahine island, Ann prefers the rich chocolate cake because it has a great taste and carves realy well for some of the amazing cakes she creates.
thanks a lot for taking time to answer my question,i m gonna give it a try as soon as i can;thank you very much for sharing!!
Wow! I loved the movie Big Hero 6, it’ great you’ve made a cake for it 🙂
Also – could you make a Harry Potter cake? Not only is HP one of my favourite books, but my friend who is addicted to HP has a birthday soon. And one of my favourite teachers also loves Harry Potter – I would make it for him since this is his last year at our school. Thank you so much!
Thanks Tara.
Ann, you are my ‘hero!’ Your cakes are absolutely amazing!! Would you please make a Leonardo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cake? Pretty please?? 🙂
Thanks Lezlee Kupchin for the suggestion.
This is incredible. You have a real special talent girl.
Ann,
I love your channel ! You truly are a gifted baker and an amazing cake decorator. You inspire me to try different things all the time
Cheers from Canada !
Love it. Can I Ask what brand of fondant is easy to work with?? thanks
Hi Elvira, Ann has tested a few brands of fondant. You can check out the results here: https://www.howtocookthat.net/public_html/the-great-fondant-review-which-fondant-is-best/ .
Love it. Can I ask what brand of fondant is easy to use??? Thank you.
Hi Ann! I love this! Could you possibly make something gluten free? Thanks! -ilovechocolate
Hi ilove choclate. This recipe is just what you are looking for: https://www.howtocookthat.net/public_html/chocolate_pinata_gluten_free_cake_recipe/
Thank you so much! 🙂 You guys are so helpful! That’s why I love this website!
We love the feedback!
What a beautiful cake.
I love Shrek and its characters. Would you please make a Shrek-cake?
Thanks for the suggestion.
Hi Ann, I look forward to you emails, and wait for them Friday night. I love watching your creations, but what I enjoy the most are the “achievable” posts, like the truffles, cupcakes, biscuits etc, that basic cooks like me can actually do.
Thanks Donna for the feedback.
Ann , i really love ur channel and would really appreciate ur efforts!!! can u please do an bean boozled cake !!!!!!! please … and thanks for sharing ur ideas !!!
Hi ananya, thanks so much for watching my channel 😀 A bean boozled cake is a new request 😀
Pls, can you teach how to make fondant fruits….. Such as Banana, Apple, Pea, Strawberry, Orange,Grapes.. Please. Thanks a lot.
Wow…… Thanks a million xx, for your time and knowledge and also sharing for other to learn….. You’re indeed a superhero yourself, God bless you.
glad you liked it ola 😀