I made this homemade cow birthday cake for my son’s 1st birthday farm themed party. I used the Wilton’s animal crackers cake pan. I used a chocolate cake mix and buttercream icing and a can of Betty Crocker’s black spray icing. I dipped my icing spatula in cold water to get the smooth appearance. The … Read more
My friend’s daughter loves cows and wanted a birthday cake with cows for her birthday. I made a square cake and frosted it with green buttercream frosting to look like a field. I trimmed the edge with long, thin strands of green frosting to look like long grass around the edges of the field. I … Read more
For my daughter’s 1st birthday, I had bought a teddy bear pan and a 3D mini-bear pan from eBay and this was my plan. I wanted something original so I looked on this site for some ideas. When I realized that a bear wasn’t my only option with this pan, I was really pleased and … Read more
For my son’s 2nd birthday we took him to the zoo to celebrate and then had a zoo-themed party. I got the idea for this cake right off this website and changed it up just a little bit to suit my tastes. I baked a chocolate cake in the Wilton teddy bear pan for this … Read more
I wanted to make a special cake for my niece Shayna’s 21st birthday. I didn’t want anything alcohol related. I decided on the pink flamingo birthday cake, and got some ideas from this wonderful website! I used fondant for the first time, and covered the cake with it, then used spray-on hot pink icing. This … Read more
My son’s favourite giraffe that never leaves his side (TY Pluffies Tip Top Giraffe) cake that I made for his third birthday. Materials: 1 10″ cake pan, 1 Betty Crocker cake mix, 1 jar white icing Betty Crocker, 1 pkg. Wilton white rolled fondant, Wilton frosting tip # 233, chocolate sprinkles, Wilton gel food colors … Read more
I made this Baby Giraffe Cake for a friend’s one year old granddaughter. It took a total of 12 hours to complete. I used four 9×13 pans, cupcakes for the legs, and a bowl shaped pan for the head. I cut the cakes in half and stacked them on top of each other. I frosted … Read more
I made this Guinea Pig cake for my one of my best friends birthday! We both work at a pet store and love animals but she is absolutely crazy about guinea pigs and owns two of her own! It was actually pretty easy to make once I came up with an idea of how to … Read more
This is Harriet the hedgehog cake, she initially came from the Cadburys cook book.Anyhow, she is easier than she looks. I made a normal chocolate cake but made it in pudding basin rather than a tin. Then into the oven until the cooked. Turn out and let it cool completely before attacking the icing. Cut … Read more
This Marshmallow Sheep Cake is made from two pound cakes using loaf pans and one cupcake. After the cakes were baked and cooled, I cut into each side a little so the cakes looked like they had legs coming off each side. I then used buttercream icing and stacked the cakes on top of each … Read more
For my son’s first birthday party we wanted to make a lion birthday cake (to go with the invites and decorations). So we looked online and found lots of pictures to try to copy. I made a vanilla sponge cake (the easy vanilla cake from the bbc good food website) and put cherry jam and … Read more
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