Curious George Shower Cake

Curious George shower cake

I baked 3 8inch layers of dark chocolate cake and added chocolate chips to the mix. The filling was a bittersweet chocolate ganache and the outer frosting was buttercream. I made a red frosting first with Wilton no taste red, but ended up buying Americolor Red-red to get it deeper. (it took probably at least … Read more

Hello Kitty Cake

Hello Kitty

I made this Hello Kitty cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I found a picture I wanted to use on the internet and just enlarged it to fit on a 9 x 13 inch cake. I just cut and shaped it using a small knife until I got the shape I wanted. Then I frosted … Read more

Coolest Hello Kitty Birthday Cake Idea

Homemade Hello Kitty Birthday Cake Idea

My daughter requested a Littlest Pet Shop theme for her birthday and so I looked around trying to figure out what to do about her cake. I baked two chocolate 9×13 cakes and separated each cake in half lengthwise to spread a very thin layer of chocolate pudding inside for extra moistness. The center layer … Read more

Coolest Hello Kitty First Birthday Cake

Homemade Hello Kitty First Birthday Cake

Last Year I made this Hello Kitty First Birthday Cake for my daughter’s First birthday. It was my first attempt at a carved cake and I think I did pretty well. I copied a photo of Hello Kitty and attached it to cardboard. From there I cut the cardboard into the shape of Hello Kitty’s … Read more

Coolest Hello Kitty Birthday Cake

Homemade Hello Kitty Birthday Cake

I made this Hello Kitty birthday cake for my great niece who just loves Hello Kitty. Her reaction was so cute. She ran up to it and said “Hello Kitty! Hello Kitty!” Everyone was amazed at it because it stood up to a very long drive from Texas to La. She was made of strawberry, … Read more

Coolest Hello Kitty Birthday Cake

Homemade Hello Kitty Birthday Cake

This year my daughter for her birthday wanted a Hello Kitty birthday cake. I disliked baking cupcakes and cakes but I decided to give it a shot since most cakes I purchased at the store tasted horrible, (very dry and super sweet). The good ones where very expensive. So even though I had never made … Read more

Hello Kitty Birthday Cake

I made a this cake for my daughters 1st birthday, we had a hello kitty theme and i wanted to do somethin different so i created this cake,i used a simple vanilla sponge cake mixture as follows: 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 1.5 cups of self raising flour 0.5 cup oil 0.5 cup water I … Read more

Ariel Cake

My daughter started talking about having an Ariel birthday in December, when her birthday wasn’t until August, so I had some time to think about it. I used a Wilton 12 x 18 cake pan for the ocean, and 3 rounds for the tiers. I used 3 10″ Wilton cake plates to place the rounds … Read more

Coolest Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Cake

Homemade Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Cake

This Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Cake was inspired by one that I saw searching for cake ideas. I used 3 layers of 8″ round cake for the bottom tier and 2 layers of a 6″ round for the top. Frost each tier with buttercream to prepare for fondant. I used ready made red fondant from Satin … Read more

Coolest Mickey Mouse Cake

Homemade Mickey Mouse Cake

I baked two 9 inch round cakes for this Mickey Mouse cake, then placed in the freezer to cool. Once cooled and frozen I got a large plastic cup and pressed out two round circles for the ears. I then placed the ears above the 9inch cake. Using black food coloring I tinted butter cream … Read more

Shrek Cake

Shrek Cake

My step-daughter Lacie asked for a Shrek cake for her birthday. I got the general idea for the face from the napkins,plates, and cups I had purchased for the party. If your going to use a store bought frosting firm it up by adding powdered sugar to desired thickness. I cut the face and ears … Read more

Spiderman Cake

I made this cake or my daughters 4th birthday. She loves Spiderman. This cake was so easy to make. All I did was use red gel coloring to give the cake the vivid color. I then used the wilton decorators icing tube in black to draw a simple web. The spiderman in the middle is … Read more