This cake is my first attempt at using fondant and a 3-D design. It was made for my grandson’s first birthday. I purchased pre-made fondant and simply rolled it out and cut and shaped it to my liking. This aquarium was a combination of pictures found online… and each fish is made of fondant, therefore … Read more
I made this Bruce the Shark Cake for a friend’s 70th birthday. He is a swimmer, and his name is Bruce, so it seemed apt. I made 2 beautiful carrot/Jaffa cakes in 22cm dia, and 24cm dia round cake tins. The smaller was used for the face with a small amount sliced off the top … Read more
Connor loves the movie Finding Nemo, so I thought Id make him a cake. I saw a few Finding Nemo cakes on this website and wanted to do one similar but still a bit different. It was a hit with all his young friends and he loved having a 3 round cake (which meant I … Read more
I not only submit pictures of my creations and Finding Nemo cakes to this site, but I love to look for ideas as well. This cake idea came right from this website, I just embellished the sheet cake that Nemo is on. I loved the idea of using the football pan to get the shape … Read more
I used two boxed cakes of chocolate cake in 10-inch rounds. It was two layers with homemade cannoli cream filling. I used two rounds for the body and I traced the pattern of the round and cut the fins from the last two rounds. I used a Wilton s small star tip to frost the … Read more
I purchased a pre-made cake from a warehouse store for a larger cake and cut out the Nemo shape by freehand (looking at a finding Nemo picture). I then decorated the fins with a star tip to give it some texture.
I took two boxes of the Betty Crocker golden vanilla. I wanted a white cake so I could make it orange with food coloring because my son’s favourite color is orange. I baked it in a huge metal pan for about 25 minutes. I took two containers of whipped cream cheese frosting and added blue … Read more
This Squirt 3D Turtle Cake was made for a 20 year old girl who had wanted a “Squirt” cake ever since the movie came out. I wanted him to have a bit more “movement” than other similar cakes so I decided to make the two main cakes (the head and the shell) on cake boards … Read more
I made this Nemo Scene Birthday Cake mostly of Fondant. Since the fondant is a little bland, I put a little bit of vanilla flavoring in. All the coral, Nemo and Dora are handmade. It took about 2 days to craft all the coral,Nemo and Dora. I let them air dry for about 2 days … Read more
This Finding Nemo Birthday Cake was for a little girl turning 3. She was a big fan of Finding Nemo the movie. A few days before the party, I mixed up some royal icing in bright colors and I piped out the corals and seaweed shapes onto wax paper and let them fully dry. I … Read more
I made a Finding Nemo birthday cake cake for my son’s 4th birthday party! The cake is four round vanilla cakes, all with blue colored cake inside to look like ocean water, blue frosting inside and out. I changed the shade of blues for all four cakes inside and all four layers outside, but the … Read more
I made this Finding Nemo cake for a joint father-son birthday. Nicholas turned 2 and just loved watching Nemo and feeding the fish in his fish tank. This is a basic 10″ round cake. I added Nemo and Dory (I know that they dont actually appear together much in the movie, but they were Nicky’s … Read more