This is a cake which I copied from a dolphin picture. I made it for a friend who likes dolphins. I just used a box mix and put in a square pan. Then for the dolphin I used rice crispies. When cooled off but still moldable I just molded into an upper half of the … Read more
I saw someone else’s tea cake recipe online. I thought the idea of using cookie for the handle and spout was a good one. Basically I used a bowl shape that I thought landed itself to a teapot. But the center never would fully cook so rather than burning the outside of the cake I … Read more
My three year old wanted a Tea Party Theme for her birthday so I thought a tea pot would be perfect. I found on this web site ideas for childrens birthday cake recipes. I baked the cake by making two halves in two bowls then placed one atop the other with frosting between. The top … Read more
This was a quickly made teapot cake recipe for my daughter’s friend Rylee’s fourth birthday party. I used the doll cake form for the cake and hot glue-gunned Necco wafers together for the handle and spout (okay, so we couldn’t eat that part of the cake, but it looked really cute). I cut gumdrops in … Read more
This is all cake except the stand that my husband welded. This was made from 10 13×9 cakes and sugar cones for the shuttle exhaust cones or whatever they’re called. My husband sculpted and frosted this with a filet knife and star tip; the lettering, Nasa symbol and flag are made from edible rice paper. … Read more
I made this sleepover cake for my daughter’s first sleepover on her 6th birthday. There were six girls total. I found the idea on your website for decorated cakes! I used vanilla wafers for the faces. All the girls are blondes so I used the same icing for each but tried to copy their style … Read more
For this kids cake I used two chocolate Duncan Hines mixes baked in a large heart shaped pan. I trimmed the cake at the top to rid it of the bumps. After smoothing the buttercream icing with a paper towel (allow icing to set for a few minutes then go back with a paper towel … Read more
I got the idea for this cake for my daughter’s fourth birthday from a cake book for creative cakes from the 70’s. I adapted it a little and it turned out better than I had hoped. It takes one round cake to make it and since we have a lot of family that come to … Read more
I followed the Women’s Day magazine directions online for this Jello cake recipe. However I needed a larger cake. I used a 9×13 pan and made two layers of white cake. I was nervous about keeping the cake cold and needed to do most of the decorations the day before so I prepared the blue … Read more
This Dora the explorer birthday cake was for a friend’s daughter’s first birthday. It is made up of three layers and two types of filling: plain white cake and raspberry filling, lemon cake, custard filling and vanilla cake. The cake is masked with buttercream icing and sides are coated with lightly toasted coconut flakes. Dora … Read more
The top portion was created in a 9×13 cake pan. I freehanded a drawing from other Nemo cakes on this site. Cut the shape to fit and pieced together. Frosted orange and added white and black piping and used brown M&M’s for the eyes. The bottom portion was prepared with two boxes of cake mix … Read more
My son loves Nemo so I thought why not make him a Nemo cake? I used a mold for the shape of the fish and baked two cake mixes in it. I made butter cream icing and colored it with professional food colors. The professional colors gave me the bright vivid colors I needed. I … Read more