This was such an easy birthday cake decorating idea. I baked 2 bunt cakes. I let them cool and then wrapped them snuggly in plastic wrap. I put them in the freezer over night to firm up taking them out the next day to thaw and then decorate. I made up a batch of White … Read more
This homemade swan birthday cake is made from a 7″ round fruit cake. The cake was made 4 weeks prior to covering. I covered the cake in marzipan and then covered with Ivory icing. The swans were made by run outs and when dry piped over to make the fluffy body and wings. The roses … Read more
When asked for a tiger cake I was a little anxious but took the challenge. A huge sponge slab cake was the best for carving my tiger from a hand drawn stencil. I iced it all with orange and white icing and then started with the black stripes. Licorice provided guidelines to pipe in some … Read more
This is the turtle cake I made for my son’s 6th birthday. I made it using a soccer ball cake mold for the shell and a special round ball cupcake type mold. I made three of the balls, cut two in half for the feet and used one whole one for the face. This cake … Read more
My daughter adores turtles and for her sixth birthday, she wanted to have a turtle theme birthday party! This cake is a 9-inch round cake with four cupcakes for the feet, and a larger custard cup size head. I iced it with a chocolate ganache and the head, feet, and shell pattern is green tinted … Read more
This Panda bear cake was made for a little girl’s birthday party. She really likes Kung Fu Panda so her parents decided give her a Kung Fu Panda themed birthday party. We used the Wilton 3D bear pan for Po (the Panda’s name) and an 8 inch hexagon pan for the base. Both cakes are … 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 panda bear was iced with white icing. I had lots of compliments on the panda bear picture cake and I was very pleased with the … Read more
My daughter wanted a Homemade Cat Birthday Cake for her birthday and of course I wanted to do something different than the usual cat pan cake. I followed some ideas from the other coolest cat cakes and just went for it. I used chocolate pound cake and made 3 9in round cakes: 1 of those … Read more
My mom and I made this cat birthday cake for a lady who owns a pampered white kitty cat. We baked 2 9×13 cakes and stacked them together with icing inbetween. Then we started at the back of the cake and rounded the cat’s back and progressed up toward the cat’s head. The head was … Read more
This cat cake was made with the assistance of my eldest son for my own birthday. It was great fun to make and I even got him rolling the ‘strands of wool’ out of pink fondant. He loved doing it, although an extruder would have given a much neater and professional finish. The cake is … Read more
I made this Blue Cat Birthday Cake with my 11 year old daughter for my boyfriend’s daughter 9th birthday. She is a cat lover and has beautiful blue eyes so we combined both in that cake. I made the body of the cat with two round cakes. For the head, I did a smaller circle … Read more
