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I made this Topsy Turvy Wedding Cake for a friends wedding. I have made wonky cakes before but had problems balancing them (the middle tiers kept moving!!). For this cake I cut out s section on top of the cake to slot the next tier into. To get the nice shine to it I used … Read more

For this homemade wedding cake I used an italian creme cake with cream cheese frosting for my base, covered it in ivory satin ice fondant. Wrapped the base with a good chocolate brown satin ribbon, securing with pearl topped straight pins in the back. Used homemade buttercream and folded in melted semisweet baking chocolate, then … Read more

I had a young couple come to me and ask me if I could make a unusual wedding cake for them. They said they didn’t want a traditional wedding cake and the wedding was going to be held outside. They were interested in hunting, camping and four wheeling and that’s what they wanted for there … Read more

This was the first wedding cake I’ve ever made! it was made for a dear cousin whose request was “simple and no colour”. Her wedding colours were white and gold . The cupcakes were red velvet, and although I would’ve liked a traditional cream cheese frosting, this wouldn’t have been practical because of refrigeration, so … Read more

I made this round church anniversary cake for a couple who’s anniversary it was. The couple were married in the Round Church Bowmore Isle of Islay 25 years ago and wanted something special. The cake was two round sponge each 10″ for the base and then another 10″ was shaped for the roof. All the … Read more

This is not an edible bridal shower cake, but it was still a big hit! We used three bath towels rolled up together for the base. They were tied with ribbon. The second tier was four hand towels, each rolled and tied with ribbon separately. The final tier was six face cloths tied separately. We … Read more

I made this bridal shower doll cake for my friend’s bridal shower. I used my Pampered Chef batter bowl. It makes a dome shaped cake like the Wonder mold. I baked two cakes and used the top half from one and both of the bottom halves. I made a huge batch of butter cream icing. … Read more

I prepared a boxed cake according to directions using the Pampered Chef classic 2 quart batter bowl but I burned the first one. I made a second one and lowered the temperature but increased the time cooked to 45 minutes. LET IT COOL COMPLETELY. I got the idea from a friend of mine who sells … Read more

I already had the house cake pan that I made into a church and the larger pan for the base. Both are Wilton cake pans. My friends were going to the UK for their honeymoon and they were getting married in a country church. I was at a cake store where I found the British … Read more

I made this Barbie skirt bridal shower cake for my brother’s fiancés’ shower. I used a roasting pan for the bottom and baked two cake mixes, one chocolate and one yellow. Mix each separately. Don’t forget to grease your pan. I poured the yellow mix in first. Then I took the chocolate and made little … Read more

My future daughter-in-law’s sister asked me to make a cake for the bridal shower and I wanted to do something different. I decided to make a ring box cake. I ordered a ring from DecoPac. I baked a chocolate 1/2 sheet and a yellow 1/2 sheet cake rather than buying square pans. I taped 2 … Read more

I made this very simple wedding cake for a bride who wanted something very simple for her outdoor wedding. She didn’t want anything large or over-the-top. What she did want was chocolate cake, covered in chocolate fondant (my kind of woman). The bridesmaids wore indigo blue dresses so the flowers had to be very small … Read more