My daughter, Beatrice, and her friend were turning 6 and love Monster High. They live an hour from each other and cooked up a joint birthday party while having a sleepover together. This Homemade Lagoona Monster High Birthday Cake was my first attempt at making a doll cake. I used the Pampered Chef Batter Bowl … Read more
I made this Raggedy Ann birthday cake for my granddaughter’s 2nd birthday. It was requested by her mother, my daughter, because I had made a Raggedy Ann cake for her when she was 2 years old (37 years earlier). The body was a rectangular chocolate cake, cut into the shape of the dress. The arms, … Read more
This homemade Candyland Cake is the cake I made for my daughter’s 4th birthday. She doesn’t like cake but loves candy – so what kind of birthday party doesn’t have a cake? My solution was this Candyland cake covered in all kinds of candy. The cake (base and castle) are rice crispy cake – but … Read more
I first saw a Candyland cake 7 years ago in my favorite recipe magazine and really thought it was a cute idea. My oldest turned 5 two years ago and I thought if I ever wanted to make this cake for him, that was going to be my last chance. To make it more “him” … Read more
I could not find a Little People cake anywhere so I designed my own. I used various LP vehicles and the LP characters. I made a “finish line” since we were having a race (like on the LP video). I also used small plastic trees, made a fish pond with blue icing, decorated the sides … Read more
This Lego Block Childrens Cake is my first Childrens cake I have made. My brief from the client was a Red Lego block Chocolate cake. I made the Lego sign myself, as well as the Lego man and blocks. I used skittles along the sides to mimic a base board. Overall the client was really … Read more
I made this homemade birthday Lego cake for a boy who turned 5 and adores Legos. Everything about this cake was homemade. I used two 9×13 moist yellow cake from scratch. I made homemade buttercream for filling. This is not the best icing to color if you want a vibrant color. Then to frost the … Read more
I followed the instructions for the “anatomically correct” lego cake. I cut a 9X13 sheet cake into thirds and layered them. For the squares, I cut the thirds in half. Very simple, just time-consuming. Baking and freezing the cakes ahead of frosting works well, and allows you lots of time and energy for the frosting … Read more
I made this homemade Lego cake for my nephew’s birthday. I used loaf pans with an entire box cake mix in each pan. I baked them at 315F for about 70 minutes. I built a 4-legged structure under the middle block that connects the two blocks, then I put 2 legs on that cross-plank up … Read more
I wanted to make a Lego cake for our son’s 10th Birthday. We experimented with a single sheet cake with cupcakes on top and then just plain old icing. It was OK but thought we could do better. We have always wanted to work with fondant but we always thought it was difficult to work … Read more
This was my daughter’s 9th birthday cake. I had a blast making it, almost like landscaping. The idea had been in my head for ages, and on the day I just started cutting away at the chocolate cakes I had made. Then the icing made the sand and hills, various green tufts and leaves for … Read more
My 6 year old wanted a “Littlest Pet Shop” Themed Birthday Party so I started my research and went to work with many different ideas in my head for a Littlest Pet Shop Birthday Cake. I started with the 10″ x 2″ round cake on the bottom covered with green icing for grass. I used … Read more