A friend of mine asked if I could make her some cupcakes for her twin girls’ 4th birthday party. The theme was Alice in Wonderland and she wanted lots of color and “something simple”. Now if anyone knows my cakes they know I’m far from simple and love to lose myself in my project. Her twins were … Read more
This cool Gruffalo birthday cake was made for a very special little boy turning 3. He is crazy about the Gruffalo so I really wanted to capture the whole story along with the scenery and all the characters. The thing I like most about this cake is the personal rhyme I put on it which was: … Read more
My daughter’s friends decided to throw her a surprise birthday party, as I wasn’t going to give her a party this year (I think children shouldn’t expect a birthday party every year by the time they are 12). My daughter loves The Hunger Games books, so the girls had borrowed toy weapons from their brothers, surprised my daughter in … Read more
My son’s birthday theme was Curious George and I wanted to do a special cake. He also loves trains so I got the Curious George train kit. I baked a 9×13 chocolate cake, with two 8″ round cakes. I cut the round 8′ cakes in half and stacked three of the halves together with homemade butter-cream in … Read more
My son has two loves in life – Star Wars, and Fireman Sam. I had tried to get him to choose between the two for his 4th birthday cake but he kept changing his mind! Eventually, the day before his party, I sketched out a design for this mix & match cake and he LOVED … Read more
I used an 11×15 pan and a 6 inch for the top cake.After i baked it using wilton’s cake strips (helps the cake bake evenly) and let it cool, crumb coat it. Then section off where the flowers we going to be and the sky part of the cake. Pipe green grass for the flowers … Read more
This Star Wars cake was relatively simple to create. The brief was to give a ‘geeky surprise’ to an adult Star Wars fan. The cake itself is a simple vanilla sponge with vanilla butter cream. There are two layers, each layer made up from a three egg mix. The covering is fondant. I used soft silver pearls … Read more
Max and Ruby are bunny rabbits. I made these for a friends little girl birthday. I had no idea what Max and Ruby was. I was told it was a cartoon on Nick Jr. So I tuned in to watch Max and Ruby to get some ideas on how to make these cakes. I ended up cutting … Read more
How do you make a theme cake about something you don’t know much about? My son was a big Transformers fan when he was turning 6, so it was only logical that I should make him a Transformers themed cake. To make this task even more daunting, this cake was to be sufficient for 70 … Read more
I made this cake for my daughter’s friend’s birthday. Theme was Alice in Wonderland ~ Mad Hatter tea party!. I absolutely adore this little girl and wanted to make sure it was over the top! I tried to incorporate a bunch of Alice in wonderland themes, including the Mad hatter (of course), the soldiers, Cheshire … Read more
I had to create a R2D2 cake for my son’s 5th birthday party. He was celebrating with his best friend Brady. They were moving soon and he was also a true Star Wars fan. It was going to be a special goodbye for these two friends from birth. My son Kelton truly thinks I could … Read more
My daughters keeps me busy each year with themed homemade cakes. It is a lot of fun to make them and figure out how the design is going to work. This year was Alice In Wonderland. I used a doll that she had that resembled Alice and wrapped the doll in saran wrap to protect it. Next … Read more