My daughter turned seven and told me she wanted a Littlest Pet Shop Sea Turtle Cupcake Puzzle Cake. I admit I wasn’t sure how to create a cupcake puzzle cake. I knew it would be easier to arrange the mini cupcakes than the normal size cupcakes but I wasn’t sure how I was going to … Read more
My daughter wanted a Board Game theme for her 11th Birthday. This made it easy for the guests to decide on what gift to give. Most of them gave her board games! After much thought about how to incorporate the board game theme into the cake, I decided the cake should look like the Pie … Read more
I made this for my 2 little girls 2nd and 4th birthday. I bought the Tiana barbie doll and baked 5, 4 inch round cakes, froze them (they carve much easier this way), stacked them, gently shoved the doll in the middle and placed the fondant as the dress. The base is made of round cakes also … Read more
This cake was made as part of a course i am doing. We were just given dome cake and we had to come up with the idea. I had made a doll cake for my daugher when she was 5 and thought I could do it much better now. I used a wilton doll cake … Read more
Here is a Sock Monkey cake I chose to do for my son’s first birthday. This is a smash cake Sock Monkey hat and hand made fondant Sock Monkey to accent it. I also chose to do individual Strawberry Shortcakes for the guest to match the theme instead of the traditinal birthday cake. Everything was … Read more
Although I’ve done quite a bit of cake decorating, I was a bit nervous when asked to make this Flamenco Dancer cake as I had never actually done a sculpture entirely of sugar before. I first attached a dowel to the base board and fixed a piece of wire to it to form the arms. I … Read more
I had to be away for my daughter’s 7th birthday last fall. I promised her when I got back and we were all settled that I would make her any birthday cake she wanted and we would have a very belated birthday celebration. My daughter wanted a fairy princess cake with a Barbie in it… … Read more
Sometimes it’s hard to tell what a 2-year old’s favorite things are, so when my son’s 2nd birthday was coming up, I turned to what I KNEW he loved – the “duck” he couldn’t sleep without! I decided to make it 3 dimensional, just for added interest…how hard could it be after all? Fortunately he had a … Read more
I made this Princess Aurora birthday cake for my stepson’s girlfriend Emma who was 22 yrs old! No, I haven’t made a mistake and put too many 2s ! We had just returned from a trip to Disney and that was all she could talk about. That’s what gave me the idea and as I have 3 grandsons. … Read more
My daughter loves Monster High so for her 10th birthday I thought I would make her a Monster High Cake, I just wasn’t sure what I would do. I looked up Monster High things, and thought I’d do the skull logo but at the last minute changed my mind and decided why not try and … Read more
This Cinderella cake was made for two little cuties birthdays this past weekend. I wanted to take on the task of creating an edible doll as opposed to the “stick a pick doll in it” method and she turned out! yay! This is all cake with gum paste and fondant detailing. The doll part is the fun … Read more
I made a Tinkerbell dress cake for my daughter Ella’s 4th birthday. She loved it! It was a lot of work but totally worth it. I used the Barbie dress cake idea and just decorated the dress for Tinkerbell and put a Tinkerbell doll inside. I used a bunch of different tips from a bunch … Read more