I made this Bionicle Mask Cake for my son’s seventh birthday. He loves Bionicles. They are a Lego toy that has a whole story line along with buildable figures, video games, comic books, and even movies. They are very detailed figures, so I focused on the face mask. I first rolled out a large piece … Read more
A friend of mine decided to test my cake skills, and requested a Candy Land Birthday Cake. She had so many suggestions but I told her “I got it”. Her suggestions had nothing to do with the actual game board. I bought bags and bags of candy not knowing exactly what I was going to … Read more
I made this Candyland birthday cake for a friend. Her daughter was turning 4 and wanted a Candyland birthday party. The cake was a half of a sheet white cake with buttercream frosting. I used candy canes, starburst, suckers, marshmallows, peppermints, spice drops, ice cream cones, candy hearts, smarties, Recees’s cups, and a tootsie roll … Read more
I followed a cookbook recipe exactly on how to make this cake – and only when I was done did I realize that the cookbook is wrong. Basically the right way is to bake a 9″ square cake, frost it in white and then place After Eight mints in a check board pattern. The last … Read more
My son wanted a LEGO Party for his 8th birthday and then said he wanted a cake like the Cake Boss from the TLC show. I knew there was no way I could make his kind of cake, those are some big shoes to fill, but I did the best I could by making this … Read more
This Homemade Lego Man Birthday Cake was a labour of love. My friend needed a cake for her nephew, and so after finding out that he loves Lego, we decided to try our hand at a Lego Man cake. I had never worked with fondant before, so this would be a first for me. The … Read more
This is a homemade Lego birthday cake I made for my 8 year old sons birthday.
I made this Star Wars Lego cake for a friend’s son’s 9th Birthday. He loved both Star wars and Lego. I had the picture transferred to rice paper, and then made a 12×12″ cake. I smooth iced the top, then using 4 different colours I piped the blocks on the side of the cake, finishing … Read more
My daughter loves the Littlest Pet Shop ladybug – which we had quite some difficulty getting hold of for her birthday last year. This year she decided she wanted a littlest pet shop ladybug cake – she doesn’t ask for much! I had a long think about how I was going to achieve a passable … Read more
This is a Littlest Pet Shop Birthday Cake Idea that I made for my sister’s 14th birthday! She collects littlest Pet Shop pets so I decided what better way to give her the new animals I bought and make her a cake all in one! It is a yellow cake with Cream Cheese filling and … Read more
This Little Pet Shop Toys cake was my daughters 7th birthday cake. I made this cake from two homemade pound cake recipes. I used real Pet Shop characters as decorations. The icing was made from shortening, very sweet. I used graham crackers to make the Pet Shop house. I assembled it like a gingerbread house. … Read more
This Monopoly Board Birthday Cake I made for a girlfriend’s 30th birthday surprise party. Instead of following the game exactly, I made each property personalized with something about my friend. Places she’s lived, experiences we’ve shared, likes and dislikes, pets, etc. She LOVED it! It was very personal and was a gift I was so … Read more