Topsy Birthday Cake

I used Wilton pan #2105-4946. Using a smaller star tip i piped the “sides” of the cakes I piped a straight line. Using a large star tip I piped on “swirl mounds” of icing for the “icings” on the cakes. I need to practice on my lettering =P. I love this pan its great for … Read more

Homemade Pirate Ship Cake

I made this cake for my son’s 3rd birthday! It was pretty easy, I just made 2 9 X 11 chocolate cakes and put one on top of the other with white frosting in between. Then I cut out the front into a point and used the extra for an extra level for the front … Read more

Simple Homemade Bridal Shower Cake

Homemade Bridal Shower Cake

I used a 10-inch Wilton cake pan (three layers) and covered with buttercream frosting as the “glue” for the fondant. This was my first cake using fondant, so I was pretty scared, but everything came out amazing! I bought the ready-to-use fondant, rolled it out to my desired size, and laid it right over top … Read more

Cool Homemade Graduation Cake for a High School Grad

Homemade High School Graduation Cake

This graduation cake was for a High School Graduate. It is just a 1/4 Sheet cake decorated in golden yellow with red shell border. The cap is an upside down cup cake with a thick piece of black card stock on top (if its not thick enough the “glue” icing will bleed through). On top … Read more

Cool Homemade Wedding Cake

Homemade Wedding Cake

Well let me just say this is the first wedding cake and the last wedding cake for me. I’m not the wedding cake type I guess. Luckily this was made for a friend an it was free of charge. I made 2 double layer cakes, 8″ 10″ and 12″. Iced them with buttercream. They are … Read more

Homemade Wedding Cake for a Princess

Each cake was a different kind,, white, orange, pineapple and chocolate. There were bridges connecting them over a fountain of blue water. My Aunt Lois Sorrels made it for our wedding.

Noel’s 1st Communion Cake

1st communion

This cake was made for a little girl Noel for her 1st communion. She wanted a 3 tier cake. Actually only needed 20-25 servings so they will be sending people home with cake and leftovers but everyone loves cake right? It is double layer yellow/pound cake filled and decorated with vanilla buttercream. Wilton decorator icing … Read more

Coolest In the Night Garden Upsy Daisy Cake

Homemade In the Night Garden Upsy Daisy Cake

This In the Night Garden Upsy Daisy Cake is made from a large basin cake and a small basin cake, Swiss roll cake for her legs, supported with a plastic pipe holding the head on.

Homemade In the Night Garden Cake

My daughter is a massive In the Night Garden fan, so it had to be done. I did cheat a bit by purchasing the rice paper topper from Ebay, but the rest of the cake is totally home made! Inside are three layers of chocolate sponge (six eggs, 12 oz of margarine, caster sugar and … Read more

3D Elmo Cake

This is the cake I made for my son for his 1st birthday. I used with Wilton 3d stand up bear pan and for the base cake used 2 9×13 cakes. I used the buttercream frosting recipe that is on the Wilton webpage and for the hat, eyes, nose, and mouth used the marshmallow fondant … Read more

Cool Homemade Sound of Music Cake

This is a 6″ and 8″ white almond sour cream cake with chocolate butterceam filling and almond buttercream. I used the Wilton nature mold for the fondant decorations. The mountains are coffee k-cups covered in fondant. My printer ran out of ink, so Julie Andrews is faded a little :-) My sister just loved her … Read more