Heather J.
My oldest wanted a Ninja Turtle party for is 9th birthday. I made each cake and stacked them the morning of the party. I did end up looking like a leaning tower despite my best efforts. And I did miss covering some of the cake with frosting after I stacked them, but my son still … Read more
This is my oldest son’s 8th birthday cake. We had a shark themed party. He wanted a 3-D shark cake. I did about four test cakes on this one. I was wanting to make a shark’s head with its mouth open. (I have included a pic of the test cake) I made this same cake … Read more
This was a super easy cake to make for my son’s 5th birthday. I used a chocolate sheet cake-2 layers. I also made a cake in a loaf pan to make the ramps. I did the sides in a black/white checkerboard. The top was chocolate frosting with ground chocolate to make “dirt”. I also make … Read more
Here is my oldest son’s 7th birthday Wild Kratts cake. He LOVES the show Wild Kratts so we had a Wild Kratts party. I had a lot of fun planning this cake. I used chocolate and vanilla cake for all the layers. The bottom layer is a sheet cake that I used to make the … Read more
Here is my son’s 6th birthday Scooby Doo Triple Layer cake. The bottom layer, with the mystery machine on it, is a tye dye cake. The middle Scooby print layer is chocolate and the top paw print layer is a combination on both cake flavors. On the Scooby Doo collar layer I put my son’s initials … Read more
For my youngest son’s 4th birthday, we went with a Hot Wheels theme. He LOVES cars, so it was a no brainer. To create this Hot Wheels racetrack birthday cake I made two 11×15 sheet cakes, one in chocolate (Wilton’s chocolate grooms cake) the other white (Wilton’s yellow cake). I made one 6″ round cake … Read more
This Sesame Street cake was for my youngest’s 2nd birthday. At this point I was just doing simple cakes. Boxed cake mix and tub frosting. Making homemade cakes became a necessity as the price of store bought cakes became too expensive. I used an 11×15 sheet pan and made 2 cakes (4 boxes of mix). … Read more
My son’s 5th birthday was pirate themed. I have been enjoying making 3-D cakes, and I had seen lots of great ones on this site for inspiration! The “ocean” was an 11×15 white sheet cake. I colored in blue to make it look like the ocean even after it was cut. For the ship I … Read more
I am a SAHM of 2 and started baking their birthday cakes out of necessity (have you seen the cost at a bakery?!). But is has definitely evolved from there. I have gotten so many wonderful ideas from this site. This Sock Monkey cake was my first attempt at a 3-D cake. It was for … Read more
After looking at so many great cakes off this site, I became very ambitious and decided to make a Cat’s Hat cake for my youngest 3rd birthday. Thinking that it wouldn’t be enough cake, I also make a sheet cake of the cover of Green Eggs and Ham. I used a 11 x 15 sheet … Read more