This Nintendo Cake was a labor of love! I started with a basic 8″ square chocolate cake. Easy part done! I then frosted the bottom half with dark gray buttercream, the top with light gray and let is sit for several hours. (I added a second layer of light gray later to get the effect … Read more
My nephew is 13 and asked for an Xbox cake for his birthday. My sister and I decided to try and make one instead of buying one (if we even knew where to find one). Kyle was the happiest 13 year old I’ve seen when he saw the cake. He didn’t want to cut it. … Read more
My 3 year old son is totally in love with Snow White. He is obsessed with her. His birthday is on January 29 and his older sister’s birthday is only one week after that. So, we usually have a combined celebration for them both together. I knew I wanted to make a Snow White themed … Read more
My daughter loves Princess Belle, so for her 3rd birthday she asked for a cake that looked like a Homemade Princess Belle Cake. I was a bit intimidated because I’ve only done sheet cakes, but after brainstorming and looking at other pics for ideas, I came up with a plan to use bundt pans. I … Read more
This Princess Belle cake is for my daughter’s 5th birthday. The cake is a lemon pound cake made with the Wilton Wonder mold pan and iced in a yellow butter cream frosting. The doll is “dressed” in yellow fondant and her “skirt” is accented with yellow fondant trim and pink fondant roses. The cake is … Read more
My daughter really wanted a Little Mermaid cake for her 4th birthday and it had to be an Ariel cake, not just any mermaid. I had already bought a Dolly Varden tin so I decided this would be used to create the platform for Ariel to sit on. I used a large rectangular cake tin … Read more
This Ariel Cake was fun to make, but the details were a bit time consuming. I made the cake in a standard 2.5 L Pyrex glass mixing bowl. I then used 3 9″ round cakes on the bottom so the doll would fit inside. I used yellow cake for the top portion and chocolate cake … Read more
I made this Little Mermaid cake with the Wilton doll dome pan. I added a 9″ layer to make it tall enough. The doll was real, the sign was made of paper. Everything else was edible. The fish were gummy fish. Flounder was made from marshmallow fondant, as was the mermaid’s tail.
My nieces are very into the Disney Princesses. My niece Emily wanted a Snow White Birthday Cake. I have done other similar cakes, like Barbie using a special doll top that can be purchased at a craft store that is designed for use on a cake. They have as spike instead of legs. This would … Read more
I have always seen doll cakes but wasn’t really able to find any ideas for Princess Tiana since she is so new. After studying many pictures of her dress I decided to give it a try and this Princess Tiana Birthday Cake was my result. I used the Pampered Chef Classic Batter Bowl to get … Read more
This Mermaid Birthday Cake is the first time I tried something like this. I used a Cherry Chip Cake Mix for the cake and a fashion doll from a dollar store. The ‘rocks’ are out of popcorn and chocolate almond bark. The sandy area is simply brown sugar. Then made butter cream. I also used … Read more
My daughter had a Mermaid/Pirate Party for her fourth birthday, so I searched the internet and found some cakes similar to this little mermaid cake for inspiration. I made a cake using a “layered” cake pan that we got at a garage sale. I put that cake on a foil lined pizza pan and frosted … Read more