When I was asked to make a cow cake for my nephew’s 1st birthday I had a look on the internet until I found a picture of what I was wanting to do. The body is actually the part which is cake which I used a Dolly Varden tin. The head is a foam ball, … Read more
I made this Eagle Cake for my brother’s graduation/going to college party. He is going to Morehead in the fall and their mascot is an eagle. I got inspiration from a cake I saw on this website but didn’t have the tools they had available. I baked a couple of Paula Dean “mama’s” pound cakes … Read more
My daughter loves elephants and I was browsing online to find inspiration for a cake for her birthday party. I came across some photos on this site that inspired this adorable cake that we called “Ellie”, we consider her as Horton’s girlfriend. She is made from an oval pan for her body, a small round … Read more
My cousin’s daughter just turned one and they were throwing a Horton Hears a Who party. My cousin approached my and asked me if I could make a Horton Hears a Who cake (elephant cake) for the party. I love to bake and usually make the cakes for friends and family’s parties. My cousin had … Read more
My daughter, turning 4, requested a pink flamingo cake of course! Basic butter cake recipe with added sour cream (makes it stay moister and not as ‘crumby’ to cut and shape). Cut out a template from a sketch on A3 paper. Vanilla butter frosting, using butter knife dipped in hot water to smooth.
This Giraffe Birthday Cake was my first attempt at cake decorating, being for a special occasion, my first child’s, first birthday. He has a jungle themed nursery so I had to go with a giraffe cake. I got some great ideas from this website but ended up drawing my own design and cake template based … Read more
We decided for my son’s second birthday to have a Jungle Theme. I found the Wilton Animal crackers pan which takes one regular store bought cake mix for this lion cake. Once the Giraffe cake was cooked I covered with bright yellow icing and star tipped the entire thing with yellow and brown. To make … Read more
I made this Guinea Pig Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 9th birthday. I baked 2 x 9″ square cake tins and baked two vanilla sponges with my 225g butter, 225g self raising flour, 225g caster sugar and 4 eggs splash of milk and vanilla essence cooked on gas mark 4 for 50 mins. When they … Read more
Mom and I made this hippo cake for my daughter Margaret’s 3rd birthday. She is a hippo fanatic. We combined ideas from other pictures and worked out a design as we went along. We used the marshmallows as teeth to prop the mouth open and added fondant eyelashes and lips! We also put on a … Read more
This Homemade Baby Sheep 1st Birthday Cake was for my sister’s little girl. There is a thing in my family that the child’s first cake has to be a baby sheep no matter how its don’t, just as long as it is. This cake took me about 2 hours to do, that with the baking … Read more
This lion cake made for my sweet daughter. I made this cake for her 1 year old birthday. This is chocolate and I made the color from carrot because I don’t want to use any food coloring. Every one loved the cake!
My daughter had a ‘Creepy Crawly’ party. Someone came from Really Wild Enterprises and bought Spiders, Giant Land snails, etc, so I thought what better than an appropriate cake! I made a Lizard Chamelian Cake. First I made a 12″ square cake coloured green! Once cool I cut down about 5 inch in. I then … Read more