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My grandson wanted a Godzilla cake so his mom purchased the monsters and I made the cake. It was a two layer quarter sheet cake. I used a scratch chocolate cake with Bavarian cream filling and almond buttercream icing. I sprayed the cake with green and black food coloring (I used the Wilton cake spray; … Read more
This was a special cake for my three kids, Alison, Bj and Desteny. This cake was one of my own creations for graveyard cakes. It was Halloween Day. The ghost is icing. Frankenstein was made of marshmallow and Twix chocolate. The cake was covered with Oreo cookies. The tombs where cameo cookies.
This cake was in one of the Wilton yearbooks. It’s the soccer pan and half of the wonder mold pan. The gumballs and trim is fondant and the base is a homemade cake recipe.
I made this Gumby cake for my little sister’s 22nd birthday. She is a big Gumby fan but I couldn’t find any cakes on your site. I found a template on the internet and enlarged it. I started with a 9×13 box white cake mix. After it cooled I put the Gumby template on top … Read more
12 pounds of fondant! This is Hannah’s 2nd birthday cake. Even though her birthday is in November we decided on a Halloween theme because she has no choice yet and it sounded fun to come up with a cool Halloween cake idea. The cake portion is the four small houses and the pumpkin patch. Hannah’s … Read more
I made Halloween cupcakes like normal and iced them green. Then the fun started. I made black icing (this took a bit!) and used a star tip to create the hair. I used a round tip for the eyes and mouth. Same round tip for the fangs just used white icing.I got this idea off … Read more
My neighbor’s son wanted a Handy Manny cake so I went ahead and attempted it. I think I did pretty well. He doesn’t look exactly like Handy Manny but close. I also attempted to do each tool in his toolbox and managed to accomplish it.
This happy birthday cake was for my brother’s surprise 16th birthday party. The idea came from the fact that we sent a Hummer limo full of his friends to pick him up for the party. To prepare the Limo happy birthday cake, I first baked three 13×9 pans of red velvet cake. Then I freehand … Read more
I was 12 when I made this Harry Potter cake for my neighbor’s birthday (Summer 2007). I had just finished reading the last Harry Potter book which inspired me. I baked a basic yellow sheet cake in an 11 x 13 cake pan. I made the schoolhouse out of graham crackers using melted chocolate chips … Read more
I used basic Yellow cake mix for this Harry Potter character cake. I prepared my own icing (recipe below). I searched the Internet for a picture of the Hogwarts Crest. I then used the picture to draw a pattern to cut the cake and for the details on the cake. I colored the icing and … Read more
My son is a big Harry Potter fan and really wanted a cake with a hippogriff! Having no clue how to draw a hippogriff I went in search on the web for Harry Potter characters. I found a few but none really fit the bill. So I sketched my, own using a few others as … Read more
The ideas for this Harry Potter cake I adapted from a birthday cake book. Just quickly colored the ready made icing and chopped up a ready made cake. Quick idea for most busy mums. The kids loved it even if it isn’t perfect! More Harry Potter Cakes Cake by Lisa Y., Reisterstown, MD For my … Read more