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Take a look at the coolest Open Season cake photos. You’ll also find loads of homemade cake ideas and DIY birthday cake inspiration. Cake by Megan S., Monongah, WV For the main cake I took the picture of when Boog and Elliot are in the food mart eating all the candy and food. I thought … Read more
I made this Ouija board for my husband’s 30th birthday. He was born close to Halloween and loves all things “spooky”. It was my first time using fondant to cover a cake. I thought it would give a smoother surface that wouldn’t tend to bleed. I printed a copy of a Ouija Board off the … Read more
My mom, sister and I always make party cakes together. We used two quarter sheet cakes and used marshmallow fondant to cover them. Then we painted them silver. We used licorice laces to make the cords. The actual record is a piece of cardboard spray painted black and it does actually spin! More Turntable Birthday … Read more
This patriotic cake was for my Godson who loves American History – especially the Presidents. Since this is something he loves I decided to do a sort of replica of the Presidential seal emblem. It is a four layer vanilla cake. I used buttercream icing for the decorations which were made using a paper template. … Read more
My sister’s birthday is on Groundhogs Day, so I wanted to bake her a cake, and here was the perfect idea. I just baked 2 round cakes, iced them and stacked together. The groundhog was made from the Wilton mini teddy bear cake pan. I dug a hole in the center of the cake to … Read more
This Pilgrim cake was made for my son’s pre-k Thanksgiving Feast. The pilgrim’s head is a yellow round cake, the basket of corn is also yellow cake that I baked in an octagon pan, then cut in half to resemble a basket. The sheet cake is chocolate and covered in fondant. The corn? NUTTERBUTTER COOKIES. … Read more
My daughter LOVES the color PINK. So when she discovered The Pink Panther, she had to have it for her birthday. I used an 11×15 cake pan. The cake was White Funfetti. I made the snow white butter cream icing. I iced the whole cake. Then, using a Pink Panther picture I found on the … Read more
I designed the cake by searching “treasure maps” on the internet and looking for the style with other pirate cakes. The island names were inspired by a set of small pirate candles found at the local party store (as was the larger treasure chest candle). I used a chocolate sheet cake and canned frosting for … Read more
I made this Playboy cake for my best friend. I wanted to surprise her with something special. Working with fondant is very easy if you have the patience. The cake is a basic pound cake recipe and I covered both cakes with decorators icing then covered that with fondant. I made all the playboy bunnies … Read more
This is a cake for Jos’s 19th birthday. I made a two layer chocolate diabetic cake with sugarless chocolate filling/frosting. I decorated with molded chocolate numbers and a piped chocolate Pikachu and pokeball. Pikachu was made by melting colored Merckens chocolate and tracing his picture.
This was a birthday cake for a family member who is a florist so I wanted to include some kind of flower. It was also for a guy so I wanted to make it more “male” colors. I used one of my homemade cake recipes and made two 10″ square cakes and two 8″ square … Read more
My daughter wanted a Polly Pocket cake for her 7th birthday. Since she thinks Starbucks is so cool to visit we thought we’d have Polly and her friends visit Starbucks. I cut a door and window out of a mailing box and then frosted it to look like a building. I added green fondant around … Read more