Daisy Cupcakes

A few days in advance I made the orange and pink fondant and cut out the daisies with a fondant/cookie cutter. I layered 2 cut outs on top of each other and rolled a ball for the center. I then baked the cake in regular ice cream cones. After they were cool, I dipped them … Read more

Homemade Luau Birthday Cake

Full Cake

My niece Miranda decided to have a Luau themed Birthday Party. She asked me to design her cake. She said it had to be big and it had to be chocolate and vanilla. She said it had to have real looking water and sand, a hula girl, and tiki men. I used 2 9 inch … Read more

Homemade Princess Cake

I used a barbie doll, and I wrapped the bottom half in plastic wrap so she didn’t get ruined! For the cake, I used 2 round cake pans and my kitchenaid mixer bowl. I used 2 1/2 boxes of cake mix (approx. 1 1/2 for the bowl, and 1box for the 2 round cakes). The … Read more

Dragon Cake

a friend of mine wanted a saint George dragon cake, I wasn’t sure I could pull it off, but it turned out well!

Red Dragon Cake

My son want a red dragon cake I used 2 9inch pan and cut the first in half to make the body then cut the second to make head and tail it took me 3 day to make this cake but it was well worth it. I used different types of candy for the eye,mouth … Read more

Homemade Acoustic and Electric Guitar Cakes

My son has always had a passion for guitars so I decided to make him a replica of the guitars that he had for his birthday cake. I used a guitar shaped cake pan then piped butter cream frosting through out the entire cake using a star shaped tip. If you don’t have or can … Read more

Number 8 Cake

flower number 8 cake

I made this for my 8 year old daughters birthday. The number was made out of 2 normal size cake tins with the centre cut out with a jam tart cutter. Iced in butter cream icing and then decorated using smarties and small marshmellows pinched together at either end.

Star Cake

This is my FIRST ever attempt at cake decorating. My son saw a cake similar to this in a Wilton cake decorating catalogue and this is my version! I used a regular 2 layer cake mix box. And used 2 9″ round cake pans to cook it in. I put them together with icing in … Read more

Homemade Alien Birthday Cake

My daughter wanted an alien cake for her 9th birthday It turned out that my nephew,son and other daughter all wanted one to so i have made 4 of these in total . For the cake i made a Victoria sponge, i used a round cake pan and then a smaller one and trimmed it … Read more

Topsy Turvey Cake

A friend of mine saw one of your cake submissions online and wondered if I could make a topsy turvey bithday cake.This was the first crooked cake i’ve attempted.It was all chocolate cake with buttercream frosting.I used the equivilent of 9 cake mixes with about 15lbs of fondant.I pre thought everything before hand, so as … Read more

Cool Homemade Pirate Ship Cake Idea

Pirate Cake for a 2yr old

I saw on this site several ways to make a pirate ship cake. I desperately wanted to make one for my son’s 2nd Birthday Party. Yes, he is only two, but is obsessed with pirates. I thought this came out great! I made three 9×13 cakes. I evened them all out, and then layered 2 … Read more