I created this transformer bumblebee cake (which is from the animated transformers cartoon) for a friend’s son. He wanted a bumblebee cake instead of the Optimus Prime cake that everyone else has to offer for a transformer cake/party. So I baked a standard rectangle cake pan, and a round cake. I used the round cake … Read more
I was getting inspired by some of the beautiful fondant cakes and decided to give it a hand. My son loves Transformers. I got online and found a marshmallow fondant recipe and an Autobot logo. I printed out the logo and cut out the shapes. I make two batches of fondant. Then I used a … Read more
When my son said he really wanted a Transformers cake, and we looked at the grocery store, we were both disappointed at the “store bought” one. I love to make cakes, but after some stressful years, I told myself I’d always go store bought to ease the stress! I changed my mind with this one … Read more
Our son asked for a Transformers party for his eighth birthday. After looking on the internet for hours and not finding a design I liked and thought I could do, I came up with this design. This was a 9×13″ white cake iced with white buttercream icing. Several people I had talked to said that … Read more
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