A year before my friend’s daughter’s 18th birthday, she ask me to make the cake for the party. It is a tradition for Filipinos to throw a big party when girls turned 18 years old and we called it a “Debut”. The themed color was purple/lilac. I am a home baker and bakes cake as … Read more
My daughter was turning 13 and wanted a Sloth themed birthday party. A Sloth cake sounded tricky at first, but I found that sloths are ragingly popular at the moment. So, decorating was actually fun and easy. But she also wanted a sloth cake which could be considered “semi-realistic”. I decided to do just the … Read more
Going through a 3 year divorce is exhausting mentally and physically but you learn how to push yourself and it helps if you have a good sense of humor through it. I wanted to celebrate my own divorce but you realize that you can’t after all the bills come. So I wanted to celebrate with … Read more
My daughter recently turned 7 years old. She’s in love with the movie, Frozen, as is the rest of the world. This was the most fun I’ve ever had making a cake. Though it was my very first castle cake, it came out great! Castle Cake Instructions The cake was Funfetti (2 9″x13″ and 2 … Read more
I got my inspiration to create these mirror glaze cakes from the internet. But what made me work to make my cakes better came down to two reasons: I was invited on probation work in Germany after the manager came across my cake pictures on my Facebook profile page. I created 12 cakes for them. They were … Read more
Inspired by the movie, here’s my The Nightmare Before Christmas cake. Making the Fondant Toppers The characters were made first because they have to harden! They’re made by sculpting gum paste and modeling chocolate. Totally edible! Their characteristics are hand painted with edible markers. I added their clothes when they dried from fondant. The piece … Read more
For my sister’s 30th I wanted to make a really striking cake of memories from her childhood. I made all the figures from sugarpaste one by one. I made a scooter she loved as a child, and added grass mountains a snail and a bumble bee. Then I made a sonic the hedgehog with a Sega … Read more
Being my first “sphere” cake, this went better than expected. Wrapping in fondant was rather easy, all things considered. The hardest part was the finer details as my fondant writer kept bleeding. So, I dusted it to give it a dirty look, added some sand pudding, and voila! It worked out just fine! EVERYONE loved … Read more
My Son wanted BB-8 from Star Wars for his birthday cake this year. It did not turn out how I wanted, but at a 10 inch diameter, it weighed a good 3 1/2 kilos. It is iced with rolled fondant. I used orange butter cream to smooth between the cake and fondant. It was unfortunate as I spent … Read more
Here is my oldest son’s 7th birthday Wild Kratts cake. He LOVES the show Wild Kratts so we had a Wild Kratts party. I had a lot of fun planning this cake. I used chocolate and vanilla cake for all the layers. The bottom layer is a sheet cake that I used to make the … Read more
This farm animal cake was made for my son’s birthday July 2, 2015. The animals I made (cow, chicks/chicken, and pigs) took the longest to make. The pig pen is an idea a relative sent me. That and the actual cake were very simple to make. The bottom layer is 9 in cake. The top … Read more
My son just turned 18 and plays trumpet in several high school music ensembles, so I finally decided I would try to make him a trumpet cake. I started with two 9×13 yellow cakes, layered and frosted in between. Using a template made from paper, I carefully cut the layered cake into a trumpet shape … Read more