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I baked three bowl shaped cakes for this balloon birthday cake. I used the part of the cake I trimmed off the tops to make the little triangle part of the balloon that the string ties to. I frosted each one in a bright color and then used curling ribbon for the string ties on … Read more
Bananas in PJs are a very popular children’s cartoon in Australia featuring B1 and B2. My daughter loved this cartoon at 2 years of age so I made her a B2 cake. Make two cakes in a 23cm square tin and then cut out the banana shape. Save the off cuts to cut out two … Read more
My son Robert wanted a “Barnyard the Movie” cake and I was heartbroken when the lady who normally makes my cakes said she couldn’t do it. A friend of mine (Julie) said we could make Barnyard cakes ourselves so we gave it a try! We used royal icing on the cake and made a homemade … Read more
It’s my hubby’s birthday so I thought I would give another try to a Texas Longhorns Baseball Cap Cake. I made one other previously and I ended up doing everything the same with the exception of the bill. I made a cake in the Wilton 1/2 soccer ball pan and iced it in buttercream and … Read more
I rented a batman cake pan from a local store. The icing I made using Wilton’s buttercream icing recipe. I tinted it using Wilton’s pastes. This Batman birthday cake took me five hours to decorate. I followed the instructions on the cake pan which is also available on Wilton’s website. This is my sixth birthday … Read more
For every birthday my daughter picks a cartoon or movie character and we do a theme party upon her choice. For her eighth birthday she was so in love with Bear in the Blue House (and I have to admit that I was nuts about this cuddly bear too!!) so I decided to do a … Read more
I made this cake I wanted to make her a special cake so, obviously, a Beer Mug Cake! For the base of the cake, I used 2 round red velvet cakes (my sister’s favorite) and then used a yellow cake mix for the actual mug. I baked the yellow cake in a sort of tube-like baking … Read more
This is one of the best birthday cakes – an Arctic theme! For this cake I used a chocolate box mix. I poured about three inches into a small (approximately 5-inch wide) greased baking bowl and the rest into a greased 9×13 cake pan and baked according to package directions. (I checked on the cake … Read more
For our daughters 3rd birthday, we went crazy with the princess theme. I made a castle cake for her 1st birthday party, so I was looking for something else in the same theme. I found the directions for this cake in the 2002 Wilton Yearbook Cake Decorating book. It was really very easy and fun … Read more
I made this Betty Boop cake with two oval pans. Once they were done I did a “crumb coat” and then did a basket weave over top of it. I then did a rope border. Two days before, I did an outline of Betty Boop in ‘colour flow’ icing. The day after that I colored … Read more
This Earth-shaped birthday cake decoration idea was for my Mom’s 75th birthday. We had just recently come home from a trip to Venice, Greece and Paris with mom. So I had an idea that I would create one of those unique birthday cakes and give her the world on a platter. For the “World” I … Read more
For my daughter’s 2nd birthday, she wanted a Wiggles party. I wanted to make a Wiggles character cake for her, so I chose a Wags the Dog birthday cake decoration. I started with a Wilton 11x15x2 cake pan, which uses two boxes of cake mix. I also baked a round cake using a Pampered Chef … Read more