This safari cake I made for my grandson. I used butter cream icing. I bought safari animals to sit around on it and palm trees. I put a small pond on the bottom cake which is the largest cake .I used blue piping gel for the lake. I also put sand around the lake as … Read more
I needed a brown sugar buttercream to match the color of my niece Katie’s favorite plush pony birthday cake, so I went searching on the Internet, and I found a “Pecan Praline Frosting” that was the perfect recipe! I left out the pecans, and this frosting hardens up as it cools, so is easy to … Read more
When I asked my daughter Trista what cake she wanted for her 5th birthday party she replied “I want a horse mummy”. So I used a large rectangle tin to bake my Pink Pony Horse Cake. And then I made a template from inspirations from all the wonderful horse cakes on this very useful site. … Read more
My daughter wanted a horse cake for her 7th birthday. I decided to make an 11×15 “pasture” out of red velvet cake filled with cream cheese frosting. The horse was made with a two layer 9×13 chocolate cake filled with cream cheese frosting, and carved to the shape of a horse’s head. For the horse … Read more
For this Horse Birthday Cake Design I traced a picture of a horse head, baked 2 12x 14 sponge cakes and cut out the shape. I then put some pieces of sponge on the cake to make the raised features of the horses head and covered it in chocolate fondant icing . I used a … Read more
For this cake, I cut a basic arch shape out of a partially frozen sheet cake. I used chocolate frosting for the face and neck. I iced the nose a bit thicker and put a little dent in the frosting for the nostril. After icing the inside of the ear, I mixed the remaining white … Read more
I made this for our sons fourth birthday. He asked for a cowboy birthday. I got my ideas from other horse cakes on this site. I made a two layer chocolate cake and froze it for two days. I then cut it to the shape of the horse’s head (cutting the triangle for the ear … Read more
This Homemade Rubber Ducky Birthday Cake was NOT difficult, just time consuming and tedious. After browsing this site, my almost-4-year-old wanted a “duck made out of cake” as opposed to a cake with a rubber ducky on it. So I bought the pan for under $10 at the craft store with a coupon. I used … Read more
My wife wanted a Rubber Ducky theme for our son’s first birthday. She told me that she had looked at all the Rubber Ducky Birthday Cakes in the stores and couldn’t find anything she liked. Next thing I know I am knee deep in pound cake, fondant and icing. The bottom cake is a single … Read more
In going along with my theme for my friend’s baby shower, I created this Baby Boy Duckie Cake with the blue baby hat. It is a white cake tinted a mint color with Wilton’s coloring and Nestle’s Dark Chocolate & Mint chips added to the batter. The duck was cut freehand from an 11×14.5″ base … Read more
I made this cake for my friend’s daughters 16th birthday. I was so pleased how it turned out.
I made this Peacock birthday cake for my daughter for her 24th birthday. She is a September baby and I wanted something with the sapphire color in it since it is her birth stone. The body of the peacock is made of rice crispy treats and covered in fondant. I used various shades of blue, … Read more