Amber
When movies come out my children change all previous planning for their birthdays. We had seen a cake similar to this, but had to create this from memory. This 006 birthday cake was pretty simple up until the “bomb”. I did do 3-8″ layers of white cake with chocolate filling to look more substantial white butter cream with … Read more
You want what for your birthday? Sometimes this mom has trouble remembering which video game is currently “the bomb’. My son loves this game and so I did my best to recreate the “birthday cake” from Minecraft. In the game you need different materials for crafting items so I made this out of cake and … Read more
My daughter loves Lions, Tigers, and Snow leopards! However, I am not a fondant genius so I went with butter cream. I made two each of the tiers (6 inch, 10 inch, 14 inch) There is a cake plate between each layer and dowels supporting the middle and top layer. I have to admit I tried … Read more
My son decided his mom could do anything and showed me a very elaborate “Mario cake”. I did tell him it was his choice! The cake itself was fairly easy, 4-8 inch rounds frosted to look like the sky. The hardest part is crating the characters. Mario has toothpicks inside his arms to hold them where … Read more
This Wall E 6th Birthday Cake was easier with two people! My husband actually ended up making the head and arms for me. The body of Wall E is basic three layer 8″ square cake; however to make it look free standing you have to remove a portion of the bottom cake and frost it … Read more
This Nintendo Cake was a labor of love! I started with a basic 8″ square chocolate cake. Easy part done! I then frosted the bottom half with dark gray buttercream, the top with light gray and let is sit for several hours. (I added a second layer of light gray later to get the effect … Read more
This Homemade Millennium Falcon Birthday Cake was time consuming but really pretty easy! Bake a 10 in round and a 12 in square cake using 2-boxed mixes per cake. Let cakes completely cool before you start carving (I have even had good experiences freezing before carving). Leaving the dome on the cake add desired cake … Read more
I made this Under Sea Birthday Cake for a dear friend whose daughter was turning 5. This was a very small cake, 2-6 inch rounds with blue butter cream. I put it on a pedestal plate because there was a Little Mermaid doll next to the cake and I wanted height. I used marshmallow fondant … Read more
Out of all the Mario characters “Bullet Bill” was the hardest because it looks so simple. The Homemade Mario Bullet Bill Birthday Cake design is: four 6” round cakes stacked for the bullet portion and three 8” rounds for the culvert portion. I pre-made the golden stars and eyes from royal icing because they need … Read more