I made this Coiled Timber Rattlesnake birthday cake for my son’s 15th birthday. This is my very first fondant-covered cake. I am typically a cupcake baker – so I took this as a challenge to experiment and be creative! I started with two thick 10″ round layers of red velvet cake. I made the cake … Read more
This jungle cake was for my daughter’s second birthday The cakes are chocolate with chocolate butter cream. Then I used marshmallow fondant to cover each cake. The bottom layer is white. I used a pizza cutter to cut triangles out of black fondant. The top layer is yellow/brown fondant with dark brown spots. The animals … Read more
My husband and I made this elephant birthday cake for our daughter’s “Zoo Theme” 2nd birthday. The base was a piece of plywood that was covered with aluminum foil and then covered with a thin layer of rice krispie treats (as well as coconut clouds and coconut grass!) The elephant was made from three 9 … Read more
I made this Jungle Birthday Cake for my daughter’s second birthday. This was my first ever attempt using fondant and my first layered birthday cake. The frosting and animals are all made of marshmallow fondant and it was surprisingly simple to make and easy to work with. The bottom part of the cake is white … Read more
My son’s one year birthday was coming up and because of his strawberry blond hair, I thought an orange-maned lion would be the perfect birthday cake animal for him. I combined ideas from different lions in the Wilton 2010 Decorating Yearbook to make it. I used the cuddly bear cake pan to make the lion … Read more
Baking for kids is something that I will continue to do for as long as I can and when a kid has a request, I try to go out of my way to satisfy their wants. For my nephew’s school party, he wanted an elephant cake which proved tricky at the beginning but easy at … Read more
I made this Pink Giraffe Baby Shower Cake for a friend. I started with the invitation, and then printed it larger on my home printer (it took 2 8 X 11 sheets of paper). I then cut out the template. I baked 4 9.5 x 13 French vanilla cakes, and filled with vanilla butter cream … Read more
These are Jasmine’s cool animal cupcakes that she made all by herself today. Jasmine is 5 years old. The green one started off as a frog but then she changed her mind and turned it into a dragon instead. The monkey’s mouth and ears are made with Oreo biscuits. Her favorite is the pig because … Read more
Well, I submitted another cake on this great website, so I decided to put up another one. I made this Lion Birthday Cake for my sister. She said she wanted to give it to a lady she knew at work. Her birth sign was a Leo, so that’s why she wanted it to be a … Read more
I made this Homemade Swamp People Birthday Cake for the son of one of my husband’s coworkers – he loves the show Swamp People. I started several days ahead of time making the leaves, dragon fly, and cats tails out of marshmallow fondant- it is very humid in Louisiana and fondant does not like to … Read more
I used this website to find a birthday cake decorating idea and the process was pretty darn easy: I started off by making two bundt cakes a day ahead, wrapped them in plastic and placed them in the fridge. The next morning I cut the cakes in half and assembled three of the halves together … Read more
I made this cake decoration idea for my friends daughter who is a huge fan of Steve Irwins hence the crocodile. I did a rough template on paper then cut out the cake. I waited until the butter icing was almost set, and then tapped over the icing with a spatula to give it the … Read more