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I made this ladybug cake for my daughter’s first birthday. I found ladybug birthday cakes in a cookbook – Favorite Brand Name; three books in one; Party Treats, Kids’ Cake Mix, Super Snacks. There are a ton of cute ideas in this book. This cake was fairly simple to make and it was decorated with … Read more
This cake was made for my neighbor’s son’s four years old birthday. He had a Halloween themed party. I checked out other cake designs for kids birthdays and came up with the idea for this spider. There were far too many guests to be served by just my two tiered cake so I added in … Read more
I decided I wanted to make my daughter’s first birthday cake. I chose her party colors and wanted a cute idea for a cake. I saw a fuzzy caterpillar cake in a cookbook but wanted more of a 3D cake. I searched the internet and found this website where I got an idea for a … Read more
I browsed through the cake gallery on this site and made this cake using the Wilton sports ball pans. I used six different cake mixes. Five for the body and the sixth was for cupcake legs-all made the night before. I wanted to do icing stars to cover the cake but I didn’t have the … Read more
I got my inspiration for this cake from this wonderful site for butterfly birthday cakes. I used the butterfly pan for this cake. I decorated with regular white frosting such as Duncan Hines (the key is that it has to get hard). Then pipe on the desired wing pattern. I then refrigerated the cake for … Read more
I made this butterfly cake for a friend’s little girl. It was a fairly easy cake. I used two rectangular cakes and joined them together. I then drew a butterfly and cut around it. I covered the cake with sugar paste and made the inserts out of sugar paste. I used different sized glasses to … Read more
My daughter wanted a butterfly cake for her 2nd birthday. I made 3 white sheetcakes and just cut them out in butterfly shapes. I frosted the entire thing in white icing and then the decorating began. I used small M&M’s for the eyes and some of the dots. For the larger dots I used the … Read more
My nine year-old son wanted to have a “Totally Gross” birthday party. So in keeping with the theme I decided to make a toilet cake. I got the idea from a cake photo I saw on site. I used a chocolate box cake mix for the “bowl” and baked it in a glass bowl. For … Read more
To make this cake it looks like a lot of work but it is actually very easy. To begin with my cake baking tips for the floor is use any type of box cake you like. On this particular cake I used fondant instead frosting. Either way you decide to frost, it is fine. Once … Read more
I got the idea for this happy birthday cake from a picture in a Wilton magazine. Inside is vanilla and chocolate cake. Outside I used marshmallow fondant. To make marshmallow fondant all you do is melt marshmallows and powdered sugar together. Grease the counter with Crisco and dump the mixture on to it. Knead until … Read more
I used two oven proof serving bowls for this cake and a homemade cake recipe. I cut the bottom one down to make it look like a stem, the only warning I have for this cake is use a sponge, not a moist heavy cake as it will crush the bottom cake being so much … Read more
I made this cake for my grandpa’s 81st birthday- he loves gardening so I thought a garden cake would be a nice idea. I found cake recipes for sponge cakes and baked two square ones, cut one of them in half and placed the whole and half sponge cake together to make a rectangle. I … Read more