My nephew asked me to make him this Rolling Stones cake for his 13th birthday. I took a picture of the tongue and blew it up on a photocopier, cut it out and placed it on the cake. I then traced around the cake with a knife and cut out the shape. I cut out … Read more
My husband is a huge fan of the horror genre and especially Edgar Allan Poe. I enjoy making birthday cakes for friends and family and challenging myself each time. Cake decorating is not my profession. He came up with a design he wanted for his birthday this year, and with fingers crossed I complied. He … Read more
This emblem cake is double layer circle cake which I frosted with white then used fruit roll ups for the eye make-up and tongue. I found the store bought frosting tubes or more expensive Wilton color jars will get you true black. No matter what I mixed with other food colorings I kept getting grey. … Read more
I made this Slipknot Cake for my brother’s 15th birthday. His favorite band is slipknot and it was easier for me to do than explain how we wanted it done to a bakery. I used a 9×13 cake with chocolate icing. I printed out a copy of their logo and used that as a guide. … Read more
For my daughter’s 2nd birthday, she wanted a Wiggles party. I wanted to make a Wiggles character cake for her, so I chose a Wags the Dog birthday cake decoration. I started with a Wilton 11x15x2 cake pan, which uses two boxes of cake mix. I also baked a round cake using a Pampered Chef … Read more
My brother was turning 16 and seeing how I recently started making cakes and made everyone else one, I knew I had to make him something great too. I knew he was into music so my idea was an iPod. Then my mom tells me he told her he wanted a Gaga cake for his … Read more
This Taylor Swift Birthday Cake was my very first fondant cake. My daughter is a huge Taylor Swift fan. I just became familiar with marshmallow fondant and have been using it to decorate sugar cookies. I decided to give it a try on a cake. I saw a pink and white “music” cake on bakery … Read more
I used the Wilton cruiser pan and cut the top to make it a convertible. Next I covered the cake with buttercream and then fondant. I used a book wrapped in foil to lift the cake up then attached fondant wheels. I used buttercream to decorate the Wiggles logo. I made the Wiggles and the … Read more
This Metallica Cake Design was requested by a Metallica fan’s wife for her husband’s birthday. She wanted her husbands tattoo of “the scary guy” incorporated into the design of the cake. It was a white cake with chocolate fudge icing. I covered it in black fondant. I suggested to the client that they choose fondant … Read more
My daughter LOVES Taylor Swift, so she wanted to have a Taylor Swift 10th Birthday Cake for her birthday. I used the small and medium paisley shaped cake pan from Wilton for the “Tear drop” design, since ‘Tear Drops on My Guitar’ is her favorite song. I frosted the marble flavored cake with white and … Read more
Henry the Octopus from The Wiggles is our 2-year-old daughters’ favourite character (she even got to meet him at Dreamworld and of her own accord gave him a kiss goodbye!). So when my husband and I started organizing her party we knew what the kid cake had to be. For amateurs it was very challenging … Read more
This Elvis Cake I made for a friend’s mother who loves Elvis. She absolutely loved it. I was quite pleased with the way it turned out also. I baked a two mix chocolate cake and crumb coated with with buttercream. I cut a strip of fondant and sugar glued it around the side of the … Read more