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My son wanted a Diego party for his third birthday. He wanted a baby Jaguar cake and I could not find much on Diego cakes so I found a 101 Dalmatians puppy pan and baked according to the instructions. I pretty much followed the shape of the puppy from the pan I just changed his … Read more
This cake was for my cousin’s fourth birthday. I did a lot of research for dinosaur birthday cakes and this is what I made. I used two 9×13 cakes and put vanilla pudding in the center. I used the Marshmallow fondant to make everything on the cake except the dinosaurs. I used decorator’s frosting for … Read more
This garden cake is a simple three layered chocolate cake in rounds. Prepare any standard cake mix that will make three layers. After cooling place on a sturdy plate or something that you can carry it on. This cake will get heavy. Frost the bottom layer with chocolate frosting sides and top. Crush Oreo cookies … Read more
I made this Discworld cake for my husband’s 35th birthday. I asked him what he wanted and after a moment’s thought he said “Why not Terry Pratchett’s Discworld”. Between us we figured out how to go about it. To make the templates I used artwork by Paul Kidby (I think) that my husband had on … Read more
For my son’s first birthday I did a dog house cake. I wanted him to have his own cake for him to dig into so I created a dog house for him and then a large oval sheet cake for the others. Dog House: I baked the cake in a small loaf pan. Place in … Read more
I baked round cakes and cupcakes to form the dog paws and used buttercream frosting to decorate. I made a leash and a bone out of fondant. I decorated around the paws and leash with green buttercream grass.
This Dora backpack cake was my first attempt at a fondant cake. In fact I’m pretty ambitious and decided to make the fondant from scratch (something I had to try but wouldn’t recommend nor would I attempt it again!). I started with a standard yellow cake recipe (from scratch of course!) in two 9″ round … Read more
These are Diego and Dora cupcakes that I made for my co-worker’s daughter’s party. The theme is apparent but she wanted both Dora and Diego (Dora for the girls and Diego for the boys). The hair for both characters was made from regular chocolate that I melted and created on parchment paper (excuse the Diego … Read more
This is a 9 inch two layer Orange Crème cake. All iced in homemade buttercream icing. Cassie is drawn using #3 and #4 tips. There is a fondant caterpillar placed on cake board. The idea came from a Dragon Tale cake that I saw and also from a previous cake that I’ve made, changing the … Read more
I made this Dragonball Z cake for my nephew’s 9th birthday. He was really into Dragonball Z, so I found a Dragonball Z picture on the internet of his favorite character (Vegeta). For the cake I used Funfetti cake mix. It took about 9 boxes of the mix to make this cake. I baked about … Read more
My daughter loves Dumbo so my husband and I made her a Dumbo cake for her second birthday. I baked a cake in a Pyrex bowl and my husband carved a face out of it. The ears were made from a regular sheet cake and held up with those long wooden skewers. The nose was … Read more
Here’s my eagle cake made for my daughter, who turned eight and absolutely loves eagles! This site didn’t have any ideas for eagles so I created this eagle cake. I baked two cakes in 2-qt Pyrex bowls and stacked them on top of each other for the body. I baked one cake mix at a … Read more