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I made this Tyrone cake for my neighbor’s little girl on her third birthday. I started with two 9×13 cakes (with edges cut off), placed end to end and then cut out the shape of Tyrone which I got from a coloring book she had. For the icing I used white store bought and colored … Read more
This Uniqua cake was extremely easy and fun. We used a round cake pan for Uniqua’s head. After the cake had cooled we placed it in the freezer to make it easier to handle. Add a drop or two of red food coloring to vanilla icing to make Uniqua’s light pink color. Ice the cake … Read more
Two friends in my craft group share a birthday. They are both avid knitters so I thought of these interesting and different design of a knitting basket. I used regular 8” rounds for the basket. The balls of yarn were actually made from a mini-Jack O’ Lantern pan because that’s what I had on hand. … Read more
This is a cake for my sister’s birthday. She is an artist and I wanted to make this Salvador Dali cake. It is a white cake with buttercream frosting orange icing spray. I printed out a desert background and glued a piece of card board to place behind the cake. The clock is made from … Read more
Supplies for this Valentine cake: buttercream icing tinted flesh color (small amount of Wilton copper) red and leave a small amount white, chocolate butter cream icing tinted black, cake of choice, red candy melts and a disposable bag. Pans used-Wilton heart and a heart muffin pan. Place red candy melts in disposable bag and microwave … Read more
I started this icy creation of a walrus cake with a single layer square cake. After cooling and deciding which side to use I trimmed the football shape pan by Wilton as the iceberg and frosted these with a fluffy frosting to make it look like waves and motion. I used rice crispy treats and … Read more
This was a cake for my grandfathers 79th birthday. He is really into the western stuff so searched your site for western birthday cakes and this is what I made. I just used a character pan and iced it using tips #4 and #16. Buttercream icing works great when doing cakes, doesn’t melt and holds … Read more
I’m a sucker for coming up with unique cake projects so I volunteered for this birthday cake one week before the party. It just so happens that Britney’s favorite show is Wheel of Fortune. That sounds nice and easy to make a cake that moves. John her husband also mentioned that she loves flip flops. … Read more
My son loved Wheres Waldo books, and was thrilled when we found tablecloths and napkins. The first thing I did for the cake was to enlarge a picture of Waldo. I then put wax paper over the enlarged picture and traced it with piping gel (bought at grocery store), using a small dot icing tip. … Read more
It is such fun to make whimsical cakes and all the little people are all of our family members. The people are made with fondant. The waterslide is blue gel icing. More Waterslide Cakes Cake by Tracy B., Alexandria, VA This originated from Women’s Day magazine but I also found whimsical cakes on this site … Read more
I used a picture of Captain Feathersword from one of my daughter’s coloring books and I sketched it enlarging it on three sheets of paper and cut it out having three separate pieces. I baked two 9X13 cakes and used my pattern to cut out the pieces to make this Wiggles birthday cake. I used … Read more
My daughter, like most girls her age, is horse crazy and wanted to have a horse themed birthday. We had a barn party where everyone got to ride horses, etc, and I made this horseshoe horse cake. This horse cake is a single layer horseshoe baked in the Wilton cake decorating horseshoe pan. I didn’t … Read more