My son turned one this week. I decided to have a Winnie the Pooh theme. I baked the chocolate cake from scratch cause that is how I like it. I was scared that the cake would get stuck in the pan or that it would break but it turned out awesome. Decorating time was very … Read more
My niece is very into Star Wars right now. She came to me and asked if I could make her a cake for her 6th birthday. With those big begging eyes looking at me how could I say no. She wanted Lightsabers on it, because that is her favorite part of the movie. Well the … Read more
I made this Monster Book of Monsters cake for my 9 year old nephew. He loves reading and as most boys that age, the Harry Potter books are a favorite. So, I looked online for some inspiration and I saw a few similar type cakes and decided to give it a go. The cake was … Read more
The Darth Vader helmet cake was made from a chocolate cake with peanut butter cream filling and butter cream surrounded, with fondant covering. Started with an 8″ cake on the bottom, 6″ in the middle, and round/ball cake for the top. Crumb coated whole thing then, carved out the general shapes for the face, then … Read more
This Alice in Wonderland cake took some creativity, which I don’t always have a lot of. I started working on the fondant pieces about month a head of time and ended up not liking the results so I had to change my ideas around and make new pieces. This cake was a three layers and I … Read more
My daughter wanted a Magic School Bus party and thankfully, the Magic House, in St. Louis was having that as one of it’s traveling exhibits. My daughter was turning 5 and also likes volcanoes so it was obvious that we would use that volcano episode for it’s theme. The volcano cake was simpler by surfing … Read more
I baked 7 layers in an 8-9 inch cake pan. I also baked one layer in a metal bowl for the top. I froze all the layers overnight for better shaping the next day. As I stacked the layers I spread buttercream frosting between all the layers to help hold everything together. I shaped everything … Read more
I made this Star Wars Lava Battle cake for my nephew who loves Star Wars. He was thrilled when he saw it! I always start out with a hand drawn design of what I’d like the cake to look like. From there I come up with ideas on how I could do it and what materials … Read more
Well, last year for my boyfriend’s birthday I made him a simple R2D2 cake (2D and no fondant). After a year of practicing cakes I knew I had to up my last one. When we first started dating we played a lot of Star Wars: The Old Republic online together so Star Wars is just … Read more
This Darth Vader birthday cake is the cake I made for my son Matteo, who is now 12. He ‘s becoming a rebel pre-adolescent. Not a bad one, but he always finds a way of arguing on everything I ask from him. That’s why I’m used to call him Anakin. I thought that a Darth Vader cake would … Read more
I made this Lego Chewie (Chewbacca) cake for my son’s 7th birthday. He wanted a Star Wars theme for his birthday and was wavering between Yoda and Chewie as his favorite character. I searched for images of Yoda and Chewbacca cakes and most of the ones I liked were totally awesome with lots of detail … Read more
The cake came in two parts, a Humpty Dumpty made out of rice krispies treats and a bright red vanilla Madeira sponge brick wall. I made Humpty first to allow plenty of time for the sugar paste to set nice and firm to minimize the risk of limbs breaking off when assembling the cake. I wanted Humpty’s arm to stick out … Read more