The Bob cake was baked in a round baseball/soccer ball pan and Larry came from a normal 13×9 cake pan. after it was baked I cut out the Larry shape with a sharp knife. I made the frosting a little thinner than usual so it would have a glossy finish. The eyes are made from … Read more
My son wanted a Harry Potter Literary Theme for his 7th birthday this year. I have always enjoyed making his cakes for his parties. We decided to make the cake look like one of the HP books. I used a Wilton book pan and a 9X14 pan. This is essentially two cakes, one topping the … Read more
This is a boxed cake mix made in a 13×9 cake pan. I searched and searched for a Curious George cake pan without any luck so we decided we’d have to freehand one. First I frosted the entire cake in yellow. I then outlined George’s face from a coloring book page and piped that in … Read more
I used several ideas from this site to come up with this Curious George cake. I baked two 9-inch rounds and made two batches of buttercream frosting, one chocolate (some light for his face some darker for his hair) and one vanilla. I use the Wilton buttercream recipe. I used the darker chocolate frosting for … Read more
Bottom cake (16×16) of this Winnie the Pooh picture cake is half white/chocolate with fresh strawberry filling and buttercream icing. Pooh is a yellow pound cake. Removable “SMASH” cake is placed on a MMF tablecloth and the party hat is a cone with MMF. The presents are rice crispy treats covered with candy melts and … Read more
Because my son went everywhere with his Pooh Bear I picked this theme several months before he turned one years old. I searched through many books and video covers until I found a Winnie the Pooh pic that I could work with. I then practiced drawing it freehand almost daily until I felt that I … Read more
For my son’s first birthday we threw a Tigger Party and I came up with this cartoon cake to match the theme. I baked a 9×13 vanilla cake (vanilla cakes are easier to ice than chocolate because the crumbs don’t show as much!) and made icing with shortening and icing sugar. I iced the cake … Read more
I made this celebration cake by cutting an 8″ round in half to make a half circle then I stuck it together with whipped cream icing. The nose and legs are wedges cut out of a second 8″ round. I used a grass tip and whipped icing to make the fur. The ears are Graeme … Read more
I searched the Web for kids birthday cake ideas as inspiration and came up with this Veggie Tales cake. I used the sport ball pan from Wiltons, followed the directions in the box on how to make the cake used the Wilton decorators buttercream icing for the decorating. I frosted once, let crust and then … Read more
My 2-year-old son is a big fan of Thomas the Tank Engine. So the mission was to create a Thomas birthday cake for his birthday. I got some guide and tips from a cake book by Debbie Brown that shows steps by steps how to make the Thomas birthday cake. I added additional items to … Read more
My son wanted a Thomas the Tank cake for this third birthday. I used store bought cake mixes and frosting with Wilton’s Coloring. Thomas Tank is created by cutting up two loafs of pound cake in various geometric pieces (i.e. square, rectangle etc.)and then glued with frosting. His face was printed in color mounted on … Read more
My son loves Thomas the train so I decided to make him a Thomas cake for his birthday. I wasn’t sure about the cake since this was my first cake ever so I got some ideas and came up with this. I used a 1/2 sheet cake for the body and a round cake for … Read more