My daughter Rebecca loves the “original” A.A. Milne character illustrations and for this birthday she wanted the original Tiger. We found a few illustrations and then she sketched the tiger picture that she wanted. I suggested the cloud and night sky since she was having a sleepover party with her friends. The cake is an … Read more
I copied this cake from a tiger picture. I used a round cake and 4 cupcakes. The round cake was the main. I cut the top off of 2 cupcakes and put them on the round cake for a 3D effect where the muzzle would be. The other 2 cupcakes were the ears. This was … Read more
This is a tiger face cake; I used the Wilton animal cracker cake pan. I used tip #16 for the black, and orange, and tip #3 for the pink. I had to trim down the ears to make it look more cat-like. All in all it took about 45 minutes to decorate, but it turned … Read more
My Jungle themed 1st birthday cake with Lions, Tigers and Bears was for my grandson. Being a new grandma inspired me to get back into cake decorating, reminiscent of when I used to sculpt cakes for my baby…who now has her own baby. So, as always, my heart was shining through on this cake. The entire … Read more
My daughter wanted to have a reptile party for her 8th birthday and her favorite reptile is an alligator. She asked not to use any fondant on the cake. I usually only use homemade butter cream icing on all my cakes. I wanted to make the cake look like it was for a girl so I decided … Read more
I have a friend that’s quite a prankster, and she wanted to scare one of her co-workers with this Rattlesnake cake. I wasn’t sure how I was going to do a coiled up Rattlesnake, but after a few days of thinking, and one bundt cake later, it hit me! Take a bunt cake pan and … Read more
This was a cake was based on the TV show Swamp People. Meet tree breaker. This is the name given to the monster gators that break the tree limbs that hold the bait. The phrase choot’em was made popular by Troy. He tells his partner to choot’em as he wrestles the gator into position.
This is the first cake, and first birthday cake I ever attempted!! Baking wasn’t, and still isn’t, my favourite pastime but it was my first baby’s first birthday and I wanted to look back and say I’d made it all by myself from scratch. I am very proud of it and it took me days … Read more
My stepson wanted a snake cake and not just a regular snake cake, but an ANACONDA snake for his 7th birthday. According to him, a self-proclaimed snake expert, anacondas are “green with black spots with yellow around each spot.” My older daughter and I set out to make the cake! I’m a bullet point kind … Read more
This is a three tier “Sweet 16” red velvet cake with cream cheese icing. This was a simple cake. For the leopard print, I painted on icing with a paint brush. Then I piped black icing around all the irregular spots. I also put black icing in areas all over the cake. Each tier has … Read more
My 7 year old wanted a snake cake for his birthday. Scouring the web was proving very difficult until I found this site. I wanted a realistic cake that he would love. I actually got the idea from another cake on here. I started with 2 boxes of standard cake mix, 2 jars of icing, … Read more
I chose my sons favourite animals (elephant, lion and giraffe) and made paper cut outs of them to check proportions. I then coloured fondant icing different colours and made the animals. I outlined detail in string licorice or black tube icing. It was a brilliant success.s favourite animals (elephant, lion and giraffe) and made paper … Read more