I didn’t have a lot of time for making cakes for my daughter’s 5th birthday and so I came here for ideas but nothing stuck. I searched the net and came across a site with an easy to make horse cake and these are what came out of it. You need just 4 round cakes … Read more
This Birthday Pony Cake was made by making two layers in jelly roll pans (one cake mix per pan). I used a thin layer of whipped white frosting between the two cakes and then used a paper cutout to make the shape of the cake. We did use a small piece of the cake as … Read more
My 2 year old loves chocolate and horses! I’ve made several 3D cakes (tractor, back-hoe, and combine) for her older brother. I was a little unsure how to delve into the realm of 3D animals, especially since I wanted the cake to taste good! I don’t use fondant, only real butter cream or chocolate frosting, … Read more
This horse cake was made for my friends daughter. I found a picture of a horse from the net, used that horse and added flowers underneath it. I try to keep all of my cakes freehanded, no cake forms and do everything I guess you could say from scratch. This was my first attempt at … Read more
For this bear birthday cake I used the Wilton Stand-Up Cuddly Bear Pan set. I used the regular one. I followed the directions that came with the pan. I used a regular Pillsbury cake mix (chocolate) as well as a pound cake mix. It took a bit of getting used to but I didn’t have … Read more
For my daughter’s first birthday, we decided to have a Rubber Ducky theme. I made this Rubber Ducky cake by placing two 9×13 cakes side by side. I poked holes in the cake with a toothpick, and poured blue jello mix over it, and then refrigerated it for a couple of hours. The jello seeps … Read more
This Rubber Duckie cake is a Baby Shower cake that I made for my sister’s Baby Shower. The theme was Rubber Duckie and she was having a boy. I made a 3 layer tiered cake. Each cake was a different flavor all with the same strawberry filling. The top was Dark Chocolate Fudge, the middle … Read more
Our 2-year-old daughter’s favorite character is Corduroy the teddy bear. She loves Corduroy. She even calls Teddy Grahams “Corduroys”. Not surprisingly, when given the option between Corduroy and a kitty cake, she chose Corduroy. I have never decorated a cake. This would be my first and it would be for my daughter’s second birthday. I … Read more
I baked a rectangle for the first layer and a round cake for the second layer of this crab cake. I cut a small circle out of the middle of the round cake and then used the rest for legs. I frosted the rectangle with blue frosting. Placed the small circle and legs on top … Read more
Here is a baby shower cake I made for my sister. The soap and bubbles are made out of fondant icing. This came out to be one of the coolest birthday cake designs!
My sister and I got the idea for this cake from a cake on the Woman’s Day website (they have a few good kid birthday cake ideas). They have a Water Park and Camping themed cakes and we used their idea for the water, which is just Berry Blue Jell-O and their idea for sand … Read more
This is a Country Bear cake made for my mom! She loves childrens cakes. Also Polar bears. The Country Bears from Disney and also Willie Nelson – So I made a Country Polar Bear cake for her! It took several pans to create this children’s cake. I used Betty Crocker cake mixes (Carrot cakes, her … Read more