Someone-Special
This Star Wars birthday cake was a cake for my husband’s 40th birthday. I wanted to make him a unique and special cake, after all you only turn 40 once. My husband’s name is David and he is (like every other 40 year old male) a big Star Wars fan. So not so long ago in … Read more
To create this cake I mixed my cake mix and separated it into 5 bowls. With it being a skittles cake I felt the birthday boy needed to “taste the rainbow” feeling with the batter. I colored the batter red, yellow, green, blue and purple. Then placing a little batter at a time I created … Read more
This is the owl cake I made for my own baby shower last month. We knew we were having a girl and the theme for the shower, invitations and nursery decor, so I wanted to make a themed cake for the shower centre piece. I used pictures I found online as inspiration but ended up … Read more
My friend, Sue asked me to make a cake for her daughter-in-law Deanna’s baby shower. Deanna wanted a Paris-themed cake. I searched the internet and found several cakes. I sent several pictures to Sue and she, of course, picked the one I didn’t like. But I wasn’t going to say anything. Instead, I combined ideas from several other … Read more
This was my first Smurf cake! My friend asked me to make it for her daughter. I made the Smurfs from chocolate. The roof was made from a bowl cake that I carved to look more “mushroom-like”. Of course, my kids were there to eat up the scraps and “cake-tops” as they call them, lol. … Read more
My daughter wanted a Princess cake for her birthday. I had never made a Princess cake before and I thought I would give it a go. I bought a glass round bowl that was oven proof and two round cake tins. Then I made three round cakes and one bowl shaped cake then once cooled placed … Read more
My little brother adores Toy Story, and this year, he was having a “Star/Space” themed party. I used a template and cut out all the pieces and assembled them on a cooled, 13″ by 9″ vanilla cake. I did a quick crumb coat and put the cake in the freezer for about 30 minutes.(TIP: This step … Read more
My two year old son is infatuated with craw fish We live in New Orleans where craw fish boils are a fun way to get family and friends together. Since he was celebrating his second year, laissez les bon temps rouler !(Let the good times roll!) The cake, eh, a plain round chocolate cake. I made it double … Read more
When I decided to have a Baby Einstein party for my son’ s first birthday with the focus being on the caterpillar, I did a Google search and found this site! I decided he NEEDED a Baby Einstein Caterpillar cake even though I don’t really bake and certainly don’t decorate cakes. I used the Wilton Sports Ball … Read more
Make 2 sponge cakes (26x23cm) and freeze them overnight to make cutting easier when making this R2-D2 birthday cake. Remove from freezer and cut while frozen, on morning of party. Cut legs and body extension out of one cake. Place on foiled tray and add rolling iceing (blue and white needed). Make red and silver colours … Read more
I love my husband very much and so I made him this cake replica of the cover of The Amazing Spider-man 300, which was the 25th anniversary cover, for his 25th birthday. It came out pretty close to the original cover, which definitely made it all worth it! 300 is one of his favority issues … Read more
For my son’s 6th birthday party we did a bowling party. I searched for cake ideas on this website for a 3D bowling birthday cake , and fell in love with the 3-D bowling pin idea. I started off with two sheet cakes, yellow and devils food. After icing the sheet cakes, I needed to figure … Read more