My husband is a huge Star Wars fan, and is a fan of the Dark Side. I had planned to make a sheet cake and then cut out a Vader helmet, but once I made the cake I decided to outline the Vader helmet free hand. I used yellow cake mix, white frosting, and 4 … Read more

This cake was for my son’s 9th birthday. I used a petite loaf pan for the individual blocks with 2/3 of a large marshmallow for the connectors. I iced the chocolate blocks for my son’s preference but left the icing off of the blue & purple white cake blocks. Level, ice & allow the icing … Read more

This train cake was made for my sons 3’rd birthday. He is gaga over trains right now, but not Thomas, he likes the train from the Polar Express. After looking at this site and reading recommendations, and realizing that I was outta time, I decided to go with pound cake which I cut into pieces … Read more

This is my first cake I’ve made. I used a plastic motorcycle shaped pan and made a simple buttercream stiff frosting. The cake I used was a Pillsbury simple mix. I used the Wilton coloring gels to dye my frosting.

This train cake is my first 3D cake which I made for my 3-year-old nephew who loves all things mechanical (this was actually my second attempt on this cake – I found out you really do have to use ALL the batter (6 cups) in the recipe so it will rise and fill the pan). … Read more

My son loves all sorts of trucks. Last year he requested John Deere. I used a Wilton 1/2 sheet cake pan. Colored frosting brown and green and made a farm. added some plastic John Deere tractors and he loved it. This year he wants backhoes.

This was a big hit for my daughters’ 14th Bday! I baked two cakes in bread pans and stacked on top of each other. I then frosted the cake with butter-cream stars. Looking at a real picture of a VW helped with decorating..even has windshield wipers and mini donut wheels.

This was my first cake creation I ever made. It was fairly simple. I took a box of cake from the store and followed the direction on the box. I emptied half the batter in a Pyrex bowl (made for oven) half way and baked it at 350 degrees until done. I let it cool … Read more

2-4-6-8 Who do we appreciate? We love the game, my daughter loves the sport. So, I had to make her a softball theme cake. I used the 3D ball cake pan by Wilton and layered it on top of a 12″ x 12″ round cake. It was perfect. Because girls play with a green softball, … Read more

I made this Homemade Ski-Doo Cake for my husband’s birthday. The ski-doo I made three or four days before the party and it kept in the refrigerator very well. I used a heavy chocolate cake and carved it in the ski-doo shape. Then I crumb coated it with a butter cream icing and covered it … Read more

Made by my Mother in law. Chocolate Mud cake, covered in Chocolate icing then molded royal icing.

My friend’s daughter got married to her soldier fiance last summer. She asked me to make a topper for the wedding cake, as I have made a lot of sugar paste models for novelty cakes. I decided to make the bride and groom sitting on a round plaque and used photos of the couple to … Read more