Kelly M.
Here’s how I made this last-minute easy Peacock cake. It was my niece’s sweet sixteen and I offered to make her cake. She has LOVED zebra and pink for as long as I can remember. I thought a couple of zebra stripes on a white cake with pink startips! Easy-peasy, right? Well, when I called … Read more
You may have heard of “rainbow” cakes. I haven’t. Stumbled upon a professional version of this cake on pinterest and freaked out. Thought…this will be easier…no intricate details. True, but still a little time consuming. You are going to need to freeze these layers and you need to make your own frosting. I used canned and … Read more
Let’s get honest. Fondant is expensive and time consuming! Ok, maybe I’m just scared of new things. Anyway, you can make a memorable cake like me…EVEN if you have FOUR KIDS ages FIVE and UNDER and you dont want to try fondant. That’s right people. Do it in stages. Freeze it. Cut it. MAKE YOUR … Read more
My soon-to-be 4-year old asked for a “Candy Cake” for his birthday. Sounded easy enough. After all, last year, he had a steaming volcano cake with home made palm trees and dry ice. “This year I’m getting off easy,” I thought to myself. Until Yesterday. Yesterday, he decided he wanted an Angry Birds cake. Well…that … Read more
Minecraft!?! What in the world? It’s all the rage. I can’t build a thing, but my kids and their friends are obsessed. So, really, I’ve only seen a handful of Minecraft cake ideas. Here’s an easy one for you. The grandparents bought all the figurines as presents and voila! Done! How to Make an Easy … Read more
You know your kids and ALL their friends are obessed with the LEGO Movie. I cannot get “Everything is awesome, everything is cool when you’re part of a team” out of my head! So the inevitable happens. My friend’s son requests a LEGO Movie cake. Well, I’m happy to report that with this cake…everything really … Read more
I was going to make an Octonauts cake for my 3-year-old son, but two days before his birthday, we went shopping for his presents and he got a very colorful “dinosaur” set with volcano. I realized that very soon, my boys wouldn’t allow me to make dinosaur cakes because they wouldn’t be “cool” anymore. So, … Read more
Every little boy LOVES Lightning McQueen right? Right. I have 3 boys. I know. Anyway. My son turned three and wanted a cars cake. I had made him an Elmo cake when he was 2. It scared him and he wouldn’t get near it. I was determined to redeem myself and this cake did it! … Read more
I was making mini cupcakes with these beautiful flowers but it wasn’t working because they were supposed to be full-sized cupcakes. SO I made a cake instead at the last minute and decorated it with these flowers! It turned out much better than I thought! #1 Well, first you have to make the flowers (time … Read more