Flower and Butterflies cake

Flowers and Butterflies cake

I made this cake for my twin girls 1st birthday. The cake is white cake with rainbow sprinkles. This cake is filled in between layers with lemon frosting and topped with butter-cream frosting. I got a cool tip on the internet to add cream cheese to store bought frosting to make it less sweet and … Read more

Shield Cake

My daughter’s 6th birthday was going to be held at the Armory Museum where she would get to cut her cake with a real medeival sword- we thought a shield cake would be perfect. Got great ideas from this site and decided to do it myself rather than spend the $75+ the bakery wanted to … Read more

Coolest Princess Crown on Pillow Cake

I made this cake for my daughters 1st birthday. This was her personal cake. The party cake was a storybook castle. I baked the pillow in a small rectangular pyrex dish I had. When it was cooled I cut cresent shapes out of each of the sides to give it the pillow shape. I crumb … Read more

Homemade Joshua’s 1st Birthday Guitar cake

Side view

I made this cake for my son’s 1st birthday as we wanted him to have something personal. He’s quite an advanced child and really loved interacting with my guitars at the time. It’s interior features several round and long, log-formation, chocolatey cakes. A guitar’s body is relatively easy to sculpt out; essentially two inset rings … Read more

Camo Hunting Birthday Cake

game load shell on a camo cake

I made this birthday cake for a guy in my class who likes to hunt. I used a half sheet for the bottom layer. The leaves were fondant with just mixed fall colors pulled thru them.I used cookie cutters to cut the shapes. The shell was sculpted from a loaf shaped cake. and the metal … Read more

Coolest Pool Party Cake

Homemade Pool Party Cake

This pool party cake was a cake I made for my son’s 10th birthday. It was my first time using fondant, so I worried, but it was actually fun and fairly easy! We were in the middle of moving, so I didn’t stress about the cake itself too much for the sake of time. Simple … Read more

Coolest Pool Party Cake

Homemade Pool Party Cake

This pool party cake was made for my cousin’s 9th birthday which happened to be a pool party! Olivia loves fondant so I knew I had to work that in for her. I believe the pan was a 9 x 13 rectangle and made with chocolate and vanilla layers, filled with butter cream frosting. The … Read more

Coolest Pool Party Cake

Homemade Pool Party Cake

This pool party cake worked out great! I was a little skeptical at first, thinking the jello would seep through the cake, but if you follow the directions on the jello website, it comes out just like it’s supposed to. I used a 9×13 inch cake pan and baked a packaged cake as directed. Then … Read more

Cowboy Birthday Cake

I made this cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. He had a western theme. I got the idea from several websites. I was really easy to do. The only hard part was trying to make the cowboy hat, it was the first time I used fondant.I used food coloring spray for the side of the … Read more

Skulls and Stripes Cake

skulls and stripes

My son’s 6th birthday cake This was my first attempt at rolled fondant. This is a chocolate cherry marbled cake (from mixes) covered in Vanilla buttercream and marshmallow fondant. I made the little skull cutouts from fondant a few days before the rest of the cake and left them out to dry. I covered the … Read more

Winter Festival Cake

This was my first fondant cake :) I said I would volunteer a cake to the school’s winter festival and I went all out. Not bad for a first timer :)

Coolest 5th Anniversary Cake

Homemade 5th Anniversary Cake

I made this cake for my 5th Wedding Anniversary. The 5th Wedding Anniversary is often known as the “Wooden” Anniversary, and I wanted a cake to fit the theme. I thought a tree stump cake would be really cute and perfect! This is the first time I have tried to make a cake like this, … Read more