Amanda
This Marshmallow Sheep Cake is made from two pound cakes using loaf pans and one cupcake. After the cakes were baked and cooled, I cut into each side a little so the cakes looked like they had legs coming off each side. I then used buttercream icing and stacked the cakes on top of each … Read more
I made this Flamingo cake for a friend who was having her second child. The shower theme was flamingos. I usually get my cake ideas online but I couldn’t find any flamingo cakes I liked. Before falling asleep this idea hit me. A few days before making this cake, I used the Wilton recipe for … Read more
I made this Quilted Pearl Baby Shower Cake for a friend’s baby shower that had a more grown up theme. I baked a 12 inch square cake and once cooled, covered the cake in buttercream icing. I used rolled white fondant and covered the entire cake. I bought a Wilton fondant tool and used a … Read more
I made this Hugs and Stitches 1st Birthday Cake for a friend’s daughter’s first birthday. The theme was the Hugs and Stitches girl first birthday. I basically made the cake to look like the plate. I made a half sheet cake and covered it in buttercream frosting once cooled. I colored fondant to match the … Read more
I made this cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday which was Disney Princess. I used a Pyrex bowl and 2 round pans. It took two cake mixes, one for the bowl and one for the round pans. Once the cakes were baked and cooled, I used butter cream icing to stack the round cakes and … Read more
I was asked to make a homemade Mickey birthday cake and cupcakes for a friend’s daughter’s b-day. I had made a Minnie Mouse cake before so this was a pretty easy cake for me. I baked a 10-inch round cake and used two 4-inch round pans. I had leftover batter and made 10 cupcakes. I … Read more
I used an 8-inch round pan and two 2-inch round pans. You will have to double the cake batter but you can use the left over for cupcakes. While the cakes cooled, I prepared my icing using the Wilton buttercream recipe but I added about a 1/4 cup more of the shortening (this helped the … Read more
I used 2 different size round pans and baked a chocolate cake. Once cooled I frosted each cake in homemade buttercream frosting colored purple. I then placed the smaller cake on top the larger cake. I made marshmallow fondant colored green and placed a 1 inch strip around the bottom of the top cake and … Read more
I made this homemade zebra print gift wrap cake for my niece’s 3rd b-day because her mom loves animal print and hot pink and black together. I got this cake idea from this site but I used a round pan instead of square. I made a vanilla cake batter and added crushed Oreos coated in … Read more
For my son’s second birthday, we had a pirate party and the boy loves boats. I baked 2 basic 9×13 in cakes and after they cooled I put it them in the fridge over night. I stacked the cakes on top of each other using buttercream frosting in the middle and the trimmed the cakes … Read more
I made this homemade football field cake for my nephew’s 5th b-day. I baked a basic 9×13 cake and once cooled I trimmed the top to make it level. Using the trimmed pieces I formed the football on the top of the cake. Using the star tip and chocolate frosting, I covered the football. Using … Read more