This bird and nest cake was made for a friend’s baby shower. Her theme was little fat birds. Her only request to have it blue. The cake is a chocolate gluten free cake with gluten free chocolate frosting. I baked and made this cake in one full day. I used a small bowl as a … Read more
This Ducky Cake was made for a friend’s baby shower. She was doing a Rubber Ducky theme. I started with a regular 1/4 sheet size cake for the base, and used the Wilton stand up duck pan for the ducky. The pan was surprisingly easy to use and I recommend it to everyone! The duck … Read more
This teddy bear cake was for a gift at a baby shower. I used the mini bear cake pan and ball cake pan, baked as directed. The ball and bear were decorated using a #16 star tip with colored buttercream frosting. I use Wilton’s recipe but instead of just vanilla I use a mixture of … Read more
I used the stand up bear for this teddy bear cake. I used a lot of coco to make the chocolate icing. I love butter cream icing. I used cinnamon hearts for the nose and other decorations. I also used confetti candy. This pan is used a lot in my house. I have made wedding … Read more
I started this icy creation of a walrus cake with a single layer square cake. After cooling and deciding which side to use I trimmed the football shape pan by Wilton as the iceberg and frosted these with a fluffy frosting to make it look like waves and motion. I used rice crispy treats and … Read more
For my daughters 1st birthday, I decided on a duck theme and searched for cool birthday cake designs. “Duck” was the only word she knew and what to associate it with, so that’s what we did. I’ve never made a 3-D cake before and decided against buying a 3-D cake pan, because I wanted it … Read more
I prepared this cake for my sisters baby shower. I was just trying to make something that would be different and that would make her baby shower something to be always remembered. My cake baking tips are to use two round 8″ pans and one 9″ round pan for the top. I had to sculpt … Read more
When I found the animal cracker cake mold at Michaels craft store I thought how perfect that would be for my son’s 2nd birthday party. The theme we chose was jungle animals. Each animal was made of different cake mixes (these childrens cakes were boxed cake mixes like Duncan Hines) and different icings. I wanted … Read more
I was asked to do a Crocodile Birthday Cake for a friend’s little boy for his 5th birthday. The request, ”a green crocodile, the whole body (not just the head), mouth closed, shaped like a crocodile.” This cake was carved out of a single 9×13” chocolate cake. I had searched the internet for crocodile pictures, … Read more
My little girl is not very girly and wanted an alligator birthday party at an alligator/petting zoo. I just thought I’d make my own Alligator Birthday Cake since the local bakeries were just not willing to make what I had in mind. I’m an artist, so I didn’t think it’d be too difficult, except for … Read more
I came up with this cake decoration idea for my son Lukes 6th birthday because he LOVES Steve Erwin, the crocodile hunter.So, for his birthday I shaped this creature out of two sheet cakes. Then, added food coloring to my home-made butter cream frosting and simply used two different sized star tips to decorate. The … Read more
The crocodile cake idea came after being on holiday in Australia and seeing a croc for real in a wildlife park. Our son was crocodile mad for quite some time. I used a plain sponge cake and found pictures on the net of crocodiles. I then cut out a page template of the shape I … Read more