My brother-in-law saved up for years to buy a Nissan 350Z. He was crazy about it, even getting a specialized license plate that said “Z Junkie”. Because I was known for my creative cakes, I was asked to do his birthday cake. I made him a sports car cake. I baked up a 9X13 and … Read more

My boyfriend drives an older red jeep cherokee and I wanted to make a cake to look like his jeep for his birthday. I used a homemade recipe for the top of the cake and a box devil’s food cake for the bottom. I cut the top to look like a windshield and used the … Read more

Ice cake smooth, any color.Add one ball at a time. I used the 3-d ball pan for the balls.Smooth them and pipe on the lines with icing.

I used my writer’s for this cake. (bags and tips). Lot’s of green food coloring. I used a large paintbrush to paint on the green icing to give the look of grass. Hand drawn team logo. Placed over cake and used as a guide. Then discarded. I always use box mixes, and never whipped frosting. … Read more

My son wanted a racetrack cake for his birthday but the ones at the supermarkets seemed very lame so I looked on this site for ideas and then added my own. First I sketched out the cake on a piece of paper because I not only wanted the racetrack but I sort of wanted a … Read more

I decided to do this for my hubby’s 45th birthday.. It was a blast to do.. The stream did take a little time, but I got it just how I wanted to.. Lets say my husband liked it so much he never even cut into it.. He said it was way to nice to cut.. … Read more

My son turns 8 this year and since he’s really into Super Mario Brothers, I thought about throwing him a Super Mario Brother theme. I decided to come up and bake him his cake instead. For the characters, I went online to ebay and order them there. It took about a week or two to … Read more

I made this Castle Wedding Cake for one of my best friends weddings. The bottom cake was made from a 14″ sponge, covered in ivory sugar paste, I used 4 mini Swiss rolls, 1 in each corner secured with buttercream, to give the castle effect. The tower was made using a 6″ round sponge cake, … Read more

I made this Barbie skirt bridal shower cake for my brother’s fiancés’ shower. I used a roasting pan for the bottom and baked two cake mixes, one chocolate and one yellow. Mix each separately. Don’t forget to grease your pan. I poured the yellow mix in first. Then I took the chocolate and made little … Read more

This was my first attempt at making any kind of cake that required more than 2 hours worth of work to finish. My daughter was getting married loves Oriental Lilies and when I saw that this flower was going to be one of the flowers that we were going to practice doing in the Flowers … Read more

My friends went to Barbados for their wedding and honeymoon, so they wanted a cake for their night due back home. We came up with the Homemade Suitcase Wedding Cake Idea. I used roasting tins for the baking, 16″x12 and 12″x10 and 8×8. The bottom one was fruit. I made that 3mths before, then the … Read more

My grandson Hank’s 5th birthday party was reptile themed, so an alligator cake was in order. I drew lots of inspiration from the other cakes on this wonderful site (thanks, all!) and tossed around several diff’t ideas before settling on this one. I mixed up the buttercream frosting the night before and had a devil … Read more