Seeing what others here have done inspired this caramel cake for my son’s 8th birthday. You’ll see the similarities, with sliced almond feathers and dried pineapple eyes. The eye centers are licorice ‘bridge mix’ pieces, there are Mike-n-Ike talons hidden at the bottom, and the beak (the brilliant idea of another 8-year-old friend) is an … Read more
I was asked to make an owl for a niece so I set about looking for pictures of owl cakes on the web and found this excellent site that inspired me. I always new I’d use chocolate buttons for the feathers. I started this Chocolate Button Owl Cake by making a round chocolate sponge sandwiched … Read more
My 1 year old is crazy about owls. I found this site (thank goodness!!) and got heaps of great ideas (thanks to those who perfected the owl) I really didn’t have a lot of time… so I followed instructions as directed on the basic owl shape.. I used 4 buttercake packet mixes to create the … Read more
This Owl birthday cake was for my son’s 2nd birthday – he loves owls (not hoot, but real live owls!), so I thought I’d give it a go. This was my first attempt at a 3D cake shape and piping. I used a Dolly Vardon cake tin to bake 3 butter cakes (basic butter cake … Read more
Our one son LOVES Owls! He has a little stuffed snow owl he received as a baby and has slept with it ever since. Personally, I was hoping he would favor his Tigger because if we needed a replacement for “Douglas the Owl” it was sure to be hard. The funny thing is his grandmother … Read more
This birthday cake decorating idea and inspiration came from the others I found on this site, thank you everyone for the great ideas. I baked a chocolate cake in two different bowls and put them together to form the egg shape (Im sure there are lots of ways to do this but I used what … Read more
This was a cake made for a 2nd birthday… the cake is a carrot and walnut cake as it is easy to make a large batch. I made two round cakes, one large for the body and the other small for the head, plus four small oval cup cakes for the eye’s and feet. Into … Read more
I just prepared a normal round sponge cake, turned it on its side and covered it in Buttercream icing before sculpting the outer layer of icing using Regalice (royal icing). I came up with the birthday cake decorating idea for the cake when I learned my boyfriends Mum was a science teacher before she retired. … Read more
For my daughter’s second birthday I decided on an owl theme, as I had recently decorated her new bedroom as a forest with owls in the trees. I decided on a purple, pink and yellow colour scheme, to be more ‘girly’, rather than a brown owl. To make this Owl Birthday Cake I used vanilla … Read more
I am a kindergarten teacher and my class name is “The Wise Owls”. If it is a child’s birthday, they always bring cake to school, so I decided to do the same when it was my birthday. I found a nice picture of Owl from Winnie the Pooh and copied the cake from that. I … Read more
I made this Owl birthday cake for my daughter Sophie’s 1st birthday. Her bedroom is decorated in owls, she has owl teddies everywhere, so I thought why not make her first birthday theme owls! I made the branch that the owl is sitting on, the insects, the owls features and the little owl candle holder … Read more
As a tradition passed on from my mother, the birthday girl gets to decide what kind of cake she wants. For my daughters 4th birthday she requested an owl cake. When asked how she came up with that idea she responded, “my heart told me”. I couldn’t argue with that reasoning and set out on … Read more