This cake was for my brother in law and he loves reptiles, so I decided to do this Burmese Python snake cake for him. I used 2 x 7″ cakes and one 10″ and cut holes in the middle. I carved it a little bit to give a round shape. I used a mud cake … Read more
This jungle safari cake was made for son’s 5th birthday. Number of cakes baked: 2 yellow – 9X13 sheet cake, 1 round cake using Pyrex glass bowl for creating dome on the top. I made green trees using ice-cream cone and green royal icing. Sand was created using brown sugar; waterfall was created using gel and … Read more
My youngest daughter LOVES Hippos. For her birthday, I decided to make her a hippo birthday cake. I used a loaf pan and two heart shaped pans to create the hippo head shape. I used the loaf pan for the top of the head after I rounded the corners slightly. I cut the pointed ends … Read more
I made this creepy crawly snake cake for my 7 year old Grandson’s birthday to fit in with his creepy crawly party theme. The snake was the focal point and as I had made it earlier and left in my conservatory where it was cold , the icing had taken on a realistic slimy sheen … Read more
I am usually shown a picture of what someone would like for a cake. I add my personal touches and pride my work in making it look like what is in their mind. The picture was shown to me of an elephant on top of a cake that was made purely of fondant. I was … Read more
My daughter wanted a jungle themed party so I designed this jungle party birthday cake for her. It’s decorated with marshmallow fondant. Her cake last year was sky blue so I decided to do something different and made it a nighttime scene. The background color actually fades from black to purple, though I accidentally covered … Read more
This is for a senior in high school, I guess she and her mother were planing her birthday and she kept umming and aawing, and finally her mother asked her “whats up”? She said are you going to ask what kind of cake I want Mrs. Wolff to make me. So I got the text … Read more
My daughter wanted a tiger party at the beach for her 7th birthday. So I searched for pictures of ‘kiddy-tigers’. I enlarged a tiger-picture that was cut out to use a stencil to cut the sponge cake, that I baked. I then covered the cake with butter icing so get a smooth finishing and then … Read more
I made this Dr. Seuss Giraffe birthday cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. Her favorite stuffed animal “Papaya” is the giraffe from the Dr. Seuss story “And to think I saw it on Mulberry Street”. When I asked her what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, she told me she wanted a “Paya” cake….and … Read more
This is a jungle baby shower cake I made for a friend. It is all hand made, you can even eat the animals. The cake is a white cake with raspberry filling and vanilla frosting. It was the most funny cake I have made but very time consuming. I was not too sure I could do it … Read more
My daughter decided to have her son’s birthday at the zoo so naturally I said yes when she asked me to make his cake! I so loved making this animals birthday cake for my grandson’s 4th birthday. Right away I went looking for the right kind of animals, had to buy two different kits at Hobby … Read more
My daughter, who is now about to turn 9, has always been in love with alligators and crocodiles. For her 3rd birthday she really wanted an alligator cake, but I couldn’t find one anywhere. This was my first attempt at trying to make a cake shaped like something. I made one a few weeks before … Read more