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I created this Saturn cake for my son’s 4th birthday. He was really into planets and Saturn was his absolute favorite planet. I used a dome-shaped pan for the planet and simply laid it on a sheet cake. I made Saturn’s rings out of “Fun Foam” and rested them on toothpicks protruding from Saturn’s sides. … Read more
Ever since Julia was 4 months old she has been mesmerized by the cute characters of “In the Night Garden”. And so who else but Iggle Piggle would do for her first birthday cake? I scoured the internet searching for ideas on a Homemade Iggle Piggle Birthday Cake, but all seemed too involved with cutting … Read more
Our son became obsessed with Thomas and Island of Sodor just before his second birthday so it was easy to know that he would want a Thomas the Tank Engine cake. Instead of making the cake into a train itself we decided to create a train scene like the “Island of Sodor.” We made a … Read more
The directions are similar to those of an airplane cake; I just cut the nose of the plane flat to resemble Jay Jay. Another Jay Jay the Jet Plane Cake Cake by Lauri C., Toledo, OH This is a regular rectangular cake with butter cream icing. I used fondant for Jay Jay the plane. I … Read more
My sister was having a 50’s/’Hairspray themed party so I decided I would make her a jukebox cake. After tapping the word ‘jukebox’ into Google image search I came up with a brief outline/design of how it should look and got cooking. I used a square tin and a rectangle (which I then turned into … Read more
I made this Kermit cake in a 9 x 13 pan and let it cool. After it cooled I iced it with chocolate icing. I printed a picture of Kermit that I found online. I used the picture as a guide to draw Kermit into the icing on the cake with a toothpick. Then I … Read more
I had to come up with an idea for a cake that had something to do with Harry Potter but not actually have Harry Potter in it. I baked a chocolate cake in a pudding steamer bowl for the cauldron and covered it with chocolate fondant, then put worms and eyes in it that I … Read more
Henry the Octopus from The Wiggles is our 2-year-old daughters’ favourite character (she even got to meet him at Dreamworld and of her own accord gave him a kiss goodbye!). So when my husband and I started organizing her party we knew what the kid cake had to be. For amateurs it was very challenging … Read more
My daughter is a very big fan of Hello Kitty. I have made a Hello Kitty birthday cake before with templates I found on the internet, however her school requests that only cupcakes or single serve foods are sent in for birthdays. I searched everywhere for a Hello Kitty kids cupcake ideas or a Hello … Read more
I made this Kim Possible cake for my niece for her sixth birthday. Kim Possible is fairly new to New Zealand so there is not a lot of Kim Possible stuff around. I found a clipart picture on the internet which I printed out then enlarged on the photocopier. I made a large rectangle chocolate … Read more
This is a simple, fun cake for a King Kong picture fan. There are seven layers to mine, but you could make fewer layers and still have great results. The bottom layer was made in a standard 9-inch square pan. It’s chocolate; the rest are all vanilla (it’s nice to have some of each kind … Read more
For this Kipper the Dog cake, a simple heavy mixture of cake was created approx 12inches by 14 inches. I copied a Kipper the dog picture onto A4 paper and enlarged it to approx A3 size. I cut the individual segments out and once the cake mixture was ready, cut around the segments (body, head, … Read more