I used Wilton sports ball pans for the body segments and cupcakes for the feet and tail for the baby Einstein caterpillar cakes. I made the 1234 cake batter and Wilton meringue frosting. These recipes were given to me from my Grandmother but I believe they can be found on the Wilton site. I used … Read more
This Lego Birthday Cake Idea I nearly gave up on. I thought too hard about it and started to panic. I scoured the web for as many tips as I could and picked out what I liked. Supermarket- buy royal icing bricks. Cake shop- buy food colouring gel. Expensive at first but will last for … Read more
My nephew wanted a Playstation birthday cake for his 8th Birthday. I decided I would give this cake a try. I baked a white cake mix in a 9×13 cake pan and a chocolate in 2 9 inch pans. The center is the 9×13 white and the ends are 1 of the 9inch cakes cut … Read more
This Xbox 360 Birthday Cake was made for my son’s 16th birthday. He loves to play his video games. I figured it was a cool way of kicking off his gaming party the weekend after his birthday. He invited about 10 of his friends and they had a blast. The System itself is two regular … Read more
A friend of mine who had asked me to make her wedding cake, also asked if I could make her husband a bachelor party cake. It was the biggest challenge yet, a Bachelor Party XBox Cake! But I was definitely up for it. The cake was a vanilla Oreo cake with vanilla butter cream. It … Read more
Thanks to birthday cake ideas for kids on this website where one can find endless ideas for cakes!
My daughter loves all of the Disney Princesses, but around her 4th birthday she really focused in on a Belle cake from Beauty and the Beast. I baked 4 – 8 inch round cakes and stacked them up. I shaped the top layer with a knife to make it round. I cut a long sliver … Read more
This Belle Cake is my first doll cake. I made Belle from Beauty and the Beast for my great-niece’s 2nd birthday. I came up with the idea from other photos from different cake sights and Wilton books. The sheet cake is a chocolate pound cake and the doll cake is a white pound cake died … Read more
This Ariel the Mermaid Birthday Cake was all my two year old wanted for her birthday! She loves the Little Mermaids movie. I purchased the Ariel doll from a department store, and took her tail and bikini top off. I then fashioned her new bikini (clam) top and mermaid tail to look more like the … Read more
The Little Mermaid Birthday Cake is made of 2 8 inch rounds and a Pyrex bowl cake. I carved the bowl a little to be more like a rock. My intention was to have the mermaid on the rock and make waves splashing around the rock. I had trouble creating the splashing effect that I … Read more
My daughter asked for The Little Mermaid as the theme for her 4th Birthday. I made this Ariel Birthday Cake using the classic batter bowl from the Pampered Chef. I baked it for as long as the instructions on the cake box specified. After cooling for 2 hours I started decorating. I made the lower … Read more
My first effort at a barbie cake, and only the second or third time I have used frosting tips. I love how it turned out. I did my research on this website and was inspired by everyone else’s creations of a Sleeping Beauty Birthday Cake! I used the pampered chef bowl with 1 cake mix, … Read more