My son turned 2 and my daughter turned 1. They love Mickey Mouse! This Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake itself was half chocolate and half vanilla. I used four boxes of cake mix (2 of each) and used a 12X18 sheet cake pan. For even baking I wet and wrapped aluminum foil around all four sides … Read more

This is the cake I made for my son’s 3rd birthday. I baked a 9×13 sheetcake for the bottom, one 8″ round cake and two cupcakes for “Tootles”. I had to use toothpicks to secure the outside cupcake to sheetcake. I got rave reviews!

For my daughters first birthday I decided to make her a Giant Princess Minnie Mouse Cupcake and regular Minnie mouse cupcakes. 1.)I used for the giant cupcake the Martha Stewart Red velvet recipe. The Frosting spray in the can that I used was Cream Cheese frosting from Safeway and for the color I used the … Read more

This cake was made for my son’s birthday party, and I wanted something easy to serve. I arranged cupcakes in an oval shape for the Spiderman face. I iced with a thick layer of red frosting. I melted chocolate chips for the detail eyes and lines. Then I filled in the eyes with white and … Read more

This Homemade Shrek Birthday Cake was my first attempt of such a big novelty cake. The bottom layer and number is chocolate cake. The cake is covered in plastic icing and the edges of the cake is finished off with butter icing. It took me two days to finish the cake. I struggled a bit … Read more

I searched around everywhere to try and find a simple Gary the Snail cake that looked pretty authentic, but most were too fancy or way out of my league for baking. I eventually went for my own design and the recipient was quite pleased! 1. Make up two cakes, one in a round tin and … Read more

My youngest daughter is in LOVE with Spongebob, haha. So I decided that I would try to make a cake that would be a big hit with her. I have no training, I am what I like to call a “kid trained” baker. Always liked to bake, just got more creative when I had kids. … Read more

I made this Thomas train cake for my grandson’s 3rd birthday. I used the Wilton 3D train pan and 2 loaf pans. I first iced it with buttercream icing, then covered it with marshmallow fondant. I made Thomas’ face the day before from the fondant and let it harden up some. I put a cookie … Read more

This was for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I baked a 13×9 and bundt cake. Colored and shaped fondant for petals and leaves. Used homemade buttercream icing using the Wilton’s recipe. Colored it a pink with Wilton’s icing coloring. Used spring butterflies with ribbon wrapped around the stems to give it flair and bought a Tinkerbell … Read more

This tinkerbell Teapot Cake was made for a 4 year old girl who LOVES faries. The cakes are a 12″ and 10″ round stacked on each other frosted and filled with buttercream colored green. I used Leaf and Moss green to make the frosting look somewhat marbled to give it interest. The tea pot is … Read more

My daughter turned 3 this year and so far I have made every birthday cake but this year I wanted to do something different than the previous years so I decided to do a tier… I found the tinkerbell topper on a bubblebath bottle it was the perfect match for her birthday set I had … Read more

I used two box cake mixes to create a two-layer cake and chopped the tops layer using dental floss (to flatten). I didn’t have a lot of time to create an elaborate cake (my son’s birthday falls on Thanksgiving weekend), so I also bought 3 containers of white frosting and Wilton black gel to outline. … Read more