Homemade Leaning Tower of Fruit Cake

My neighbor and I made this cake for our other neighbor’s 40th birthday. it is 3 layers. The bottom was made with a large round pan and that layer is choclate, the middle layer we used a regular 8 inch round pan, this cake was strawberry, and the top was made with a small 4 … Read more

Coolest Cookie Jar Cake

Homemade Cookie Jar Cake

I made this homemade cookie jar cake for a 4 year old’s birthday. The party was cookie monster themed. It’s four (yes four) 8-inch cakes stacked up and covered in marshmallow fondant. The cookies are actually chocolate chip cookies and Oreos.

Little Petshop Cake

this cake took a lot of time but was worth it. I made it for my daughter out of red velvet cake mix , and different color icing and I went out and bought different Littlest Petshop characters to top the cake off and surrounding the cake i made little cupcakes for all the kids.

Baby Einstein Cake

Thanks to this site I found the cake that I wanted to do for my son’s 1st birthday. I decided on the 3D version of the Baby Einstein caterpillar. First, I made the cakes using the Wilton Sports ball. I baked them about 2 weeks before the party and froze them (as suggested by someone … Read more

Barney Cake Ideas

B.J., Barney's friend cake

I used the Barney Wilton pan (discontinued) for this. My almost 2 year old girl insisted for weeks she wanted B.J, not Barney or Baby Bop. I found the pan at a local small cake store after gasping at the Ebay prices. This was the first cake I ever made with a tip. :) Basically … Read more

Coolest Speed Racer Cake

Speed Racer Cake

Bake two 9×13 cakes for this speed racer cake. Put one on top of the other and use icing to secure them together. To cut and decorate the cake get a picture of the speed racer car to follow. Cut two notches in the front about one third up the cake. Cut two notches in … Read more

Coolest Cars Race Track Cake

My son is absolutely obsessed with the movie Cars, so that was the theme we went with for his 2nd birthday. I got the idea for this cake from other cakes on this web site. I started by making 2- 9” round cakes. Once they cooled I cut a piece off of each cake and … Read more

Easy Cars Race Track Cake

I ordered a cake from the grocery store and asked them to leave the top blank. I asked them to make two sides light blue so it matched the Dinoco blue. At home I outlined a race track with brown frosting in a ziploc baggie with the corner cut out. I crushed dark brown cookies … Read more

Cool Homemade Clifford The Big Red Dog Cake

Homemade Clifford The Big Red Dog Cake

This is only my third cake I have ever made and I am very proud of it. I made this Clifford The Big Red Dog Cake for my cousin’s third Birthday Party. The cake itself is funfetti with vanilla buttercream icing. There are two 9″ cakes stacked under the fondant. The fondant is vanilla satin … Read more

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