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My stepson is mad about cricket and after checking this website for any ideas on cricket-related cakes and finding only baseball-related ones I decided to create my own sports birthday cake. I used his cricket bat to sketch out a template of a cricket bat shape. I then cut this shape out of a large … Read more
I made this cake for a friend’s son. I made a rectangular “pan” cake and cut off a piece to make it a square and used the off-cut for the sleeves. I used plain butter icing which was colored blue and rolled-out icing for the embellishments. It’s my first sports theme cake that’s something other … Read more
My cousin Celeste wanted a Spongebob cake and it was hard to find a place to make a character cake, so I offered to make it for her. I made a trial Spongebob and we weren’t sure if it was going to feed everyone so for the big day I ended up making a Spongebob … Read more
My friend approached me and asked if I would make her a chocolate squirrel for her birthday. I don’t know of any squirrel pans out there so I had to use my imagination on this one. I just took a regular 9″x13″ pan and carved with a knife so I got the general shape. I … Read more
This Chewbacca from Star Wars birthday cake is made with chocolate cake mix. Use the hair tip and different shades of browns and layered the hair until it looked full. I filled in the mouth and eyes first. I used a Chewbacca pan. Another Chewbacca Cake Cake by Mistie W., Queen Creek, AZ I made … Read more
This is a Darth Maul Star Wars theme cake was for my sons 8th birthday. It scared one of the other kids at the party and my dog tried to attack it! But I still think it was a great hit!! The head is a wig form covered with butter cream and I airbrushed the … Read more
My son and daughter are 2 years and 2 weeks apart, so we have a “combined” birthday party. My son is a Star Wars fanatic and my daughter was turning one, so by default she ended up with a Star Wars birthday too, but if I do say so myself, we made a pretty cool … Read more
My son wanted a Lukey Skywalker cake for his birthday! I found a picture on the internet and drew it on using the gel method (piping gel traced over the picture onto wax paper and then turn it over on the cake and outline with buttercream icing.) I also drew light sabers using a large … Read more
I made this cake for my daughter Rehana’s 4th birthday party and I got the idea from a children’s birthday cake book with great ideas to decorate cakes. The cake is made of two rectangle ribbon cakes, one cake as the base or for the cooker and I cut a strip from the other cake … Read more
I made this sunshine cake using marshmallow fondant. I was inspired by a lamp in my daughter’s bedroom. I was looking for a picture of something similar that I could get ideas from but didn’t find any so we did this cake without any tips. I made the fondant and colored it rolled it and … Read more
My son is mad about his Tamagotchi and asked for a Tamagotchi cake for his birthday. I baked a chocolate cake in a large rectangular tin and then cut the shape out using a template. I copied the design of my son’s Tamagotchi by covering with blue sugar paste icing, a grey square for the … Read more
My Taz cake was inspired from my cousin who became a police officer. It was for his birthday. I took a picture from a coloring book page I found online. Taz was made from chocolate so he could freeze it.