This cake was for my second son’s first birthday. I cut up a sheet cake for the head, neck, body and legs. I covered it with a layer of buttercream then topped it with marshmallow fondant frosting. The hooves, spots, tail, mane, and facial features were made from marshmallow fondant as you may tell in … 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
Each animal was made of different cake mixes (they were boxed cake mixes like Duncan Hines) and different icings. I wanted people to have a variety to choose from. The icings are also all different and the biggest hit was the giraffe, which was chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting. The tint I used was … Read more
The template was then placed on the cut out cake and powdered sugar was sifted on top to get an outline of those key areas. Icing was then piped starting with the white and then the darker colors and lastly the outline was put on. Hope everything is clear on this birthday cake photo.
I made this Croc birthday cake with no instructions, which was no doubt why it took so long! I made a multi-coloured cake by dividing the cake mix and adding food colouring. Once the cake had cooled, I cut out the head and body as one shape and made wedges for the legs. I cut … Read more
I made this Gator cupcake cake for my son’s soccer team, The Gators, end of year party. I copied some photos that I found online of this concept. I used 24 cupcakes. To make them easier to decorate I put them in my freezer for about 1 hour, and then put a dollop of icing … Read more
I made this Homemade Coiled Snake Birthday Cake for 5 year old. The body of the snake was made by cooking cakes in bunt and doughnut shaped cake pans and covered with fondant. The tail was shaped with left over cake and covered with fondant as well. A textured tile was used to create the … Read more
This homemade rattle snake cake was made for my son’s snake-themed 6th birthday party. I started with a chocolate box cake in a tube pan (the kind made for angel food cake). Once it was baked and cooled, I sliced a ½ inch “doughnut” shape off the top to level the cake. I carefully reserved … Read more
I made this Snake Birthday Cake for a friend that has a “reptile zoo.” This was made to replicate her red tailed boa. It’s 3 single layers of cake (head and tail were molded from the scraps), and I covered it in chocolate fondant.
I made this snake birthday cake for a reptile themed birthday party for my twin 5-year old boys. I used two bundt cakes, which I halved and then arranged to create the snake shape. I trimmed the tail and used the extra triangle of cake to form the head. The snake was piped with the … Read more
For my daughter’s 1st birthday, I had bought a teddy bear pan and a 3D mini-bear pan from eBay and this was my plan. I wanted something original so I looked on this site for some ideas. When I realized that a bear wasn’t my only option with this pan, I was really pleased and … Read more
My nephew specifically wanted a green elephant cake for his 4th birthday party. I didn’t want my sister to have to spend a lot of money for a custom cake so I volunteered my amateur baking services. I used the white chocolate variation from the White Almond Sour Cream Wedding cake (from recipezaar.com) and baked … Read more