My youngest daughter was turning 3 and she chose the flower and bugs theme at the local party store. I was able to borrow two different sized flower cake pans from a friend and I made the fondant from a marshmallow fondant recipe I found online. To color the fondant, I found it easier to … Read more

My daughter Abby was having a birthday and she loves butterflies. I pre-made the flowers and butterflies out of gum paste and fondant, let them harden for two days. I used letter templetes to cut out her name and let it harden for two days also. The top layer of the cake was strawberry and … Read more

My friends son wanted a cake shaped like a Dinosaur Pirate Surfer Cake. I convinced him that a Dinosaur Pirate would be just as awesome! I used the Wilton’s Bear 3D cake mold for the body, cut the ears off, and used a Wilton’s Disposable Icing bag to form the tail with Rice Krispies Treat. … Read more

I made this cake for my daughter Barbie on her Sweet 16th birthday! I bought a small crown for about $8.00 at Walmart, sold by the craft section. I used the 3 tier stackable cake pans to make this cake. I made my homemade frosting and used box cake mix, large round colored sequins, and … Read more

This was made for my Nephew Adam Birthday. He is a keen band member and I thought of this cake for him.

My friend Suzanne and I met when we were in the 7th grade. Now we are in our 40s, and each year I have had the privilege of making her son Aiden’s birthday cakes. This year, Suzanne planned a Nerf dart tag party for Aiden (like paintball, only with Nerf projectiles) for his 7th birthday. … Read more

My mother in law takes a water exercise class regularly, so when they renovated the pool area and threw a party for it, she decided to model a cake after the new pool. We worked on it together, and the first thing we did was look through the “coolest cakes” archives for ideas for a … Read more

This was the funnest cake I have ever made.The cake consists of a two-layer 9×13 chocolate cake with chocolate frosting filling on one side and a two-layer 9×13 vanilla cake with strawberry filling on the other side. They are put side by side to create a half sheet. It is covered with whipped Pastry Pride … Read more

This swim team pool birthday cake is an 11 x 15 sheet cake, made using the white almond sour cream recipe. I cut into about an inch around and scooped out the middle. Crumb coated first, and then frosted using almond butter cream. My piranhas were made from using my edible image printer and sugar … Read more

Hi, my name is Gayla,I am 29 and I am a self-taught cake decorator, I have been making cakes since 2003. So my sister called and said that my nieces want a “crooked cake”, I laughed, but agreed so long as she helped. I had never tried to make a cake like this so we … Read more

There are no Veggie Tales party supplies in my region of Canada, so I had to make my own for my 4-year-old’s party. This included the Treasure Chest Birthday Cake. I started the cake using 1 chocolate cake mix, 1 tub of chocolate icing and 1 tub of fudge icing. The mix was poured into … Read more

This Thomas the Train cake was made for my nephew’s 2nd birthday. I used 2 nine inch round cakes cutting one in half and stacking. The tunnel was made with melted chocolate and chocolate rock candy. The train itself was a candle.