For my son’s 7th birthday we decided on a LEGO theme party. I had originally intended on ordering the cake through one of our specialty cake shops but was quoted $120. Honestly, I felt that was just too expensive so I set out to make my own LEGO cake. I made two 9×13 cakes, one … Read more
This Lego Bricks Birthday Cake was based on the Betty Crocker formula. I used boxed cake mix-two different flavors. I used a 9×9 pan for the center cake. I made two layers and cut the edges to a square with a knife. The smaller bricks were made with a mini loaf pan. They made perfect … Read more
I borrowed from a friend the LEGO blocks and men mold’s that she purchased from LEGO Land in San Diego on vacation. However, you can also purchase the molds online from several different sites. I believe they are called “ice cube molds” I made this Double Decker Lego Cake for my son’s 6th birthday, he … Read more
I made this Littlest Pet Shop Toys Cake for my daughter’s 9th birthday. Over the past several months she has been obsessed with Littlest Pet shops and has accumulated quite a collection of figures and buildings. This was the beginning of my inspiration. All of the decorations on the cake (except for the LPS figures) … Read more
This Littlest Petshop House Birthday Cake was a cake for my daughter’s 6th Birthday. She loved it. She didn’t want to cut it! It was easy to make, the bottom is 2 stacked layers , baked in a round Pyrex baking dish. The roof was a layer baked in a Pyrex clear glass oven safe … Read more
My son loves marble runs so we decided to try to make a Marble Run Cake for his birthday. He actually designed much of the marble run part, even said “Mom, it would be so cool if we could make a funnel go though the cake!” So we got gumballs for the marbles, and tried … Read more
I made this My Little Pony Rainbow Dash Cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday. We had a My Little Pony party, complete with live ponies for the kids to ride. I played on the Rainbow Dash pony specifically and came up with this cake design. A week before the party my daughter helped me cut … Read more
My daughter wanted a My Little Pony theme cake for her 6th birthday. There were only 9-10 girls invited for the party so I didn’t want to make a big 2 tier cake and hence I decided to go with cupcakes and a 6″ cake to blow candles on. I wanted to incorporate sky, rainbow, … Read more
My mom had a large piece of glass that she would make our birthday cakes on growing up. They were some of the fondest memories. She would decorate the whole glass with what ever theme we picked. Now that I have my own children I have my own glass and have decorated my childrens cakes. … Read more
This Nerfgun CS-6 Recon Cake I made for my son’s 11th birthday. He had a Nerfgun battle party. I made most of the cake out of regular cake mix. The connectors on the back end of the gun are Oreo Cookie straws. I tried my hand for the first time at making my own fondant … Read more
I made this Scrabble Board Cake for a friend of mine for her 50th birthday. She loves playing games and scrabble is always a fun one! It is a 9×13 and another half of a 9×13 to make the square. I made the top out of fondant and drew the lines on with a black … Read more
This is where the “making cakes for a living” idea got going. My son wanted Transformers cake for his 5th birthday so I decided to make marshmallow fondant and make Optimus and Bumblee Bee in ‘vehicle mode’. Optimus’ cab was 10 inches tall and the trailer bed was 12 inches long to give you an … Read more