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This is a monkey cake I made, from scratch, for my 1 year old’s birthday party. The inside is chocolate cake. The monkey’s face is two 8-inch rounds. I put chocolate icing in the center to hold the cakes together. The monkey’s ears are made from 2 tart pans. I cut the tart pan cakes … Read more
I made this monkey cake for my son’s first birthday. I made it to look like his favorite stuffed animal that he brings everywhere! I used a buttermilk birthday cake recipe from Nigella Lawson and Ricks buttercream frosting from Allrecipes(made with 3/4 butter, 1/4 shortening). I baked the cakes in a 10 inch round, a … Read more
My daughter’s 2nd birthday was a monkey theme from Birthday Express. I took the plates and just made the cute Monkey Face Birthday Cake from that onto the cake. It’s cute and simple. Just Wilton decorator icing from the big container and food coloring. I didn’t tort the cake or make two layers, since it … Read more
For my dad’s 50th birthday I wanted to make him a special cake, his favorite animal is a frog so I thought I’d go with that and make a frog cake. The cake I made was my own chocolate-fudge cake recipe with extra galaxy chocolate chunks and a Belgian chocolate filling. I baked a round … Read more
My husband and I made this elephant birthday cake for our daughter’s “Zoo Theme” 2nd birthday. The base was a piece of plywood that was covered with aluminum foil and then covered with a thin layer of rice krispie treats (as well as coconut clouds and coconut grass!) The elephant was made from three 9 … Read more
My friend asked me to make her favourite animal, the Azure blue poison Dart Frog Cake. The cakes to make the body and head of the frog were baked in 2 different sized oven-proof bowls, this was then covered with one very large piece of blue sugarpaste icing and gently folded in around the neck. … Read more
I made this Horse Head birthday cake in a 13″ x 9″ pan. I carved the cake into a horse’s head, iced it with chocolate frosting and used licorice strings for the mane and forelock. I would have used black if I could have found them. It was the first cake I had made with … Read more
For this Horse Birthday Cake, I made a double butter yellow cake mix. I used a large 9×11 cake pan, froze the cake and outlined the major part of the head (excluding the ears) with a knife before cutting. With the extra parts, I cut out the ears and a piece for the eye so … Read more
This Lion Birthday Cake was made for my youngest grandson for his first birthday. It was a plain sandwich cake baked in a 9″ tin. It is made of 10ozs self raising flour/10ozs caster sugar/10ozs soft margarine/1 teaspoon baking powder and approx 5 eggs or 10ozs of egg all mixed together with an electric mixer … Read more
This horse cake was for a girl named Emily’s 8th birthday. I got the inspiration for this cake from this website. I too received an invitation and thought it was a great idea for a cake. Here’s how I made it: I started off by making 2 9×13 sheet cakes, one yellow one chocolate. I … Read more
My daughter Amberlie was turning 3 and wanted a special cake for her party. She is easy to please and didn’t ask for anything in specific so I used basically what I had at home. My mother-in-law and I went to the store to get basic ingredients and then while we both scratched our heads … Read more
I took all my inspiration for this Horse Birthday Cake from the cakes on this website! My daughter was turning 8 and had asked for a horse cake for her birthday party. I started with a 9×13 sheet cake that had been put in the freezer for a couple of hours, and cut a triangle … Read more