I made this cake for my daughter’s first birthday. I got the idea from a local bakery that wanted to charge $150, so I just made it myself. I made the top layer strawberry, the middle chocolate and the bottom white. I filled them with Bavarian creme filling. Someone put a finger in one of … Read more

My nephew wanted a Zambulance cake after watching Zamboni videos on You Tube. I cut a 9×13 cake into thirds and stacked them to make the body, then carved it into a Zamboni. The lights are bicycle wheel lights that light up when tapped. The frosting is piped on buttercream, the wheels are oreos.

The Teddy Bear Birthday Cake is chocolate with chocolate buttercream icing mixed with vanilla for lighter color. I used a round cake pan for the face and 2 cupcakes for the ears. The eyes are mints with dark brown icing for the pupil, the nose and mouth are dark brown icing as well. I used … Read more

This was my first try at making animals. I used gum paste for the animals, and used royal icing for the letters and the dragon flies. The dots and sign are made from fondant, and the cake is iced with buttercream. I learned that making animals from fondant is much easier than gum paste because … Read more

This Koala cake was made using the frozen butter cream transfer technique. I drew the koala freehand, transferred it to another piece of paper backwards, then put wax paper on top and did the design in butter cream frosting. Once frozen, you can peel off the wax paper and put it on the cake.

I made four “cakes” for my daughter’s first birthday. She is allergic to eggs, so I made eggless chocolate cakes for her. The only thing w/egg in it is the royal icing, which didn’t touch the cake. The royal icing was only used for decoration. Main cake – Pink Princess Castle Cake from the Wilton … Read more

This is a cake made for my niece’s 1st birthday. Being a new cake maker and all, I wanted to try something I had never attempted before. So I know if I can make a cake like this so can you! Got the idea after browsing the internet for baby cakes, most of the cakes … Read more

I used a 10 inch square pan for the bottom of the castle, and a 6 inch round for the top. The trees are sugar cones. I drew the windows and draw bridge with white icing and put gum drops around the castle and moat.

I made this Storybook Castle Cake for my daughter’s 1st birthday which was a princess theme. I used the open book Wilton cake pan to make the cake. I covered the cake in buttercream icing except for the very top which I used a sheet of fondant. The “story” was written on the fondant with … Read more

I got inspiration for this cake from your fantastic website :) It was my first attempt at a 2 tier cake so wanted to stick with something fairly simple. The cake is made up of two rounds – 8″ and 6″ Madeira cake, split in two and filled with jam and buttercream. The bottom tier … Read more

My boyfriend and I made this cake for his niece’s 4th birthday. The bottom tier are 2 10″ cakes, then we stacked 2 8″ cakes on top of that. The 2 towers in the back are made out of mini muffins with an ice cream cone for the point. We used just a regular muffin … Read more

When one asks their child “What type of birthday cake would you like for your birthday”, one expects white with chocolate icing or chocolate with vanilla icing… not my son (whom by the way was celebrating his 18th birthday)…he said Mom I want a castle cake with blue icing, a dragon, and I want YOU … Read more