I make three special cakes every year. And this year the famous Webkinz were being given for presents so I got to make these Webkinz cakes for them. I got the pictures off the net. I printed them off in the size I needed and traced them on the cakes. We cut out fondant with … Read more
My little girl really enjoys her Baby Einstein videos, so for her first birthday my wife and mother-in-law made a Baby Einstein Caterpillar cake. This was a great choice for more reasons than just my daughter’s love of Baby Einstein. First, since we were expecting upwards of 30 guests, we needed lots of cake, and … Read more
I made this Baby Einstein Caterpillar birthday cake for my son’s 1st birthday – it was about about the only thing he recognized at the time! I used simple metal mixing bowls to bake the cake for the body segments. The legs, antenna, and tail are cupcakes, cut to fit their space. I used a … Read more
My son had a Narnia party so I created an Aslan cake for him. This cake is just a double layer round cake. I colored frosting a light orange (peach) color and frosted the whole cake. I darkened the orange color up and used a large decorating tip that has several holes on the end … Read more
I made this cake using the Wilton sports ball pans. I used six different cake mixes. Five for the body and the sixth was for cupcake legs-all made the night before. I wanted to do icing stars to cover the cake but I didnt have the patience. I used tip number eighteen to cover him. … Read more
I made this baby Einstein cake for my daughters 1st birthday. I made six 9″ round cakes and about 2 dozen cupcakes. I took a diaper box and covered it with waxed paper so that it wouldn’t stick and that would be big enough to hold the caterpillar. I took the cakes and alternated them … Read more
I used the ideas for Baby Einstein caterpillar cakes from this site. I used the Wilton ball pan to make the caterpillars body and a very large sheet pan to make the grass part. I used the green icing to ice the sheet cake first then I arranged the caterpillar. I iced the entire caterpillar … Read more
My wife and I found that we were both good at making creative cakes. We now sell custom cakes out of our house. It’s just me and her and our home oven with materials we buy at everyday cake supply stores. For my nephew’s 4th birthday he decided he wanted a Garbage Pail Kids cake … Read more
This Xbox Birthday Cake is Devils food cake baked in 13×9 pans. Once cooled I placed both in the freezer then I took the box of ice cream out of the freezer (Cookies and Cream) and cut it into slices, box included, so that it would cut evenly instead of scooping and placed it in … Read more
My son, for his 11th birthday, wanted an Xbox birthday cake that looked just like his Xbox, complete with a controller. His friend, being ever so helpful, asked where the game was, so I had to add that too! I used a typical rectangular baking pan (two layers) and then carved it the shape of … Read more
This is a Nintendo DS Birthday Cake that I made for my friend’s son. I simply made a 13×9 chocolate cake and removed a small portion of the bottom to make it more size appropriate. I used regular vanilla frosting from the store because I have found that it is the best consistency to decorate … Read more
Just follow the Duncan Hines/Betty Crocker cake mix. I used a loaf pan as well as a 9×9 square cake pan and only poured a small amount of batter in each (approx 1/2″). When they were done I removed them from the pans. the 9×9 cake was cut into three (remotes) and the loaf pan … Read more