For my daughter’s 1st birthday, I decided to make a cake in the shape of “1” and added block letters on the top of the cake that spelled her name “Ruth.” To do this, I baked 2 9×13 cakes, let them cool, froze them. After I took out the cakes from the freezer, I cut … Read more
I made this Fisher Price Rain Forest baby shower cake for my neighbor’s baby shower. She didn’t know what she wanted, so I asked about her baby room theme, and she was getting the rain forest theme for her soon to be baby boy. I got her a cradle swing so I had examples of … Read more
My grand-daughter was celebrating her 2nd birthday and I am in charge of birthday cakes. This has been my job since the birth of my grand-son seven years ago. Each year a different theme, each year a new challenge. The theme for Casey’s 2nd birthday party was Teddy Bears Picnic – so naturally a Teddy … Read more
Yes, it’s all cake and all totally edible. When I was asked to make a totally bespoke cake for my cousin’s son’s Christening, this idea sprung to mind! Not knowing how this would turn out, I, myself, a totally amateur cake maker and this is just my hobby, was shocked at how totally realistic it … Read more
I came up with this idea for a baby bottle cake because I had seen other baby bottle cakes that were just kinda plain. For this cake I stacked three 6 in round cakes together then topped it with a 6 in half ball pan so I would have very little carving to do. I … Read more
I made a carriage cake for another Mommy that had previously miscarried a set of twin boys that is now about ready to give birth to a little girl. I made this cake from a half sheet cake cut in half and stacked. I used foam board for durability for the stand. I actually reused … Read more
I have always wanted to do a carriage cake and never had the guts to do it until now. My stepdaughter had miscarried over a year ago and when we found out she was expecting again, we were so excited. Then we found out she was having our first grandson. I knew I had to … Read more
Well, this was my first diaper cake and it was made on a whim! This cake was just put together with odds and ends around the house and some baby toys picked up at Target last minute. Yes, you know the story, you feel bad for a coworker and she baits you in to do … Read more
I was asked by a friend of the family to make a cake for their daughter’s christening featuring bears and balloons. The cake itself is made with an everyday normal sponge cake mixture with lemon flavoring added. Once the cake was cool enough, it was sliced through the middle and a layer of butter icing applied and then … Read more
This was a cake I made for a girly baby shower. I made most of the fondant circles in advance using cookie cutters. I made the top plaque in advance and hand drew the baby feet with black gel food color. The zebra stripes are also hand cut using fondant. This was a very fun cake to … Read more
First I made a 2 layer square cake, leveled it off into the design of a carriage. I also used fresh strawberries sliced mixture with sugar for the inside layer of the cake for a thick paste along with white butter cream. I used a basket weave tip to make a fence like design around the carriage also a little of pink … Read more
Rub-a-dub-dub, a new baby boy to love was the theme of this baby shower cake I made for a fellow Special Education Aide at school. All decorative pieces of the cake were made from fondant (duckie, bubbles, soap bar, towel, shampoo bottle, comb and even the faucets)! Sheen on bubbles was achieved with pearl luster painted on multi colored blue … Read more