I used two box cake mixes to create a two-layer cake and chopped the tops layer using dental floss (to flatten). I didn’t have a lot of time to create an elaborate cake (my son’s birthday falls on Thanksgiving weekend), so I also bought 3 containers of white frosting and Wilton black gel to outline. … Read more

It was a challenge I took up to on my son’s first birthday, August 29th 2009. The base was of 2 sheet cakes – one chocolate and one vanilla. These two cakes were joined with the butter icing. chocolate butter icing was used to do icing on top of the upper layer. I used the … Read more

This cake was my very first “smooth icing” cake. STRESS!! I made it harder that it should have been by not putting a TON on icing on at first and then smoothing it out, once I figured out what I was doing I finally got it. For a smooth icing cake you almost HAVE to … Read more

I made this Sewing Cake for my auntie for her 60th birthday. The cake is chocolate cake, everything is edible except for the scissor and the spool for the thread. The measuring tape is made of fondant and I just used edible pen to write the numbers. The icing is made butter cream icing. I … Read more

My goddaughter was born premature and we have come to think of her as a miracle, so when I decided to do her baptism cake, I decided that an angel cake would be perfect. I had always wanted to work with fondant so I gave it a try. I found a marshmallow fondant receipe online … Read more

This Xbox Birthday Cake was made for my son’s 9th birthday. It is two 13×9 cakes filled with cookies and cream ice cream. I baked the two sheet cakes after cooling. I then filled it with the ice cream covered with a light layer of buttercream frosting and then froze. After it set I then … Read more

These is a chocolate butter cake,with vanilla frosting.Cut into three layers each.The frosting is spread in between each layer. The cake is then cover with chocolate vanilla frosting. It is put to cool for half an hour. Then it is cover with fondant. It take me 3hours to decorate these cake. I am very pleased … Read more

I made this construction site cake last year for my son’s second birthday. It was the first “themed” cake I’ve ever made, and it was a huge hit. It was also VERY easy in terms of decorating. The cake itself was a two-layer 9×9 square chocolate cake, with peanut butter chocolate buttercream filling, and chocolate … Read more

I made this for my nephew’s 7th birthday. I was lucky enough to find the small CAT toys and some construction men when looking for his present. I used two boxed cake mixes (chocolate). I baked a third of the total mix in an 8×8 pan and the remaining in a deep 9×13 pan. I … Read more

This was for a 18th birthday. I do not know how to make fondant so the stripes are made with candy melts. So was the initial. Melt in a decorator bag and cut a very small hole, the tips I had were too big and without the tip the bag could be reheated in the … Read more

This is a two tiered cake using a regular circle cake pan and an oval cake pan that I acquired in the Wilton Cake Decorating II class. The cake was from a regular mix, but I did use an egg replacement as we have allergies in the family. The main frosting used is decorating frosting … Read more

this is one of the first cakes I have ever made. which was about a year ago. It was a friend of mines bday and I wanted to make her a flower cake but a flat normal cake just wouldnt do so i came up with this idea with a little help from some pictures … Read more