I made this white layer cake for my daughter’s 3rd Curious George themed birthday party. I used boxed cake mix with frosting between the layers. I used canned frosting for the entire thing and colored it as needed. I started by frosting the entire cake in yellow. I had found the picture that I used … Read more
I am a born procrastinator, but occasionally, it works for me. I printed out a George mask and after frosting the cake yellow, I poked thumbtacks carefully through the printed out sheet following the lines like a connect the dots. I then carefully held the sheet over the frosted cake and laid it down to … Read more
There is not a cake pan for Curious George Cakes, so when my niece turned one they wanted Curious George – and I wanted her to have him! I had only had one cake decorating class so I had to think of something pretty simple. This was it – just stars.
This was a Dr.Seuss cake I made for a school cake decorating contest and I won first prize. To make the cat I prepared rice krispie treats following the directions on the box then I let it sit until I was able to mold him. After that I decorated him just like I would with … Read more
I made this Dr. Seuss Cake Birthday Cake for my son’s 7th birthday. For the first time, I made fondant from scratch, and it came out great – good texture and good taste. For decoration, I cut small pieces of white fondant, rolled it and the drew a Cat in the hat with food color. … Read more
This Dr Seuss birthday cake idea for the green eggs and ham cake came from Family Fun magazine. The cake (one mix) is baked in two bread loaf pans. Here are the variations I recommend: Tint your yellow cake mix green and add 4 tablespoons of green sprinkles to the batter before baking. This adds … Read more
I covered this Frankenstein cake with MMF over buttercream. It is made of three layers-bottom 8″ round, middle 6″ Angel food (filled with buttercream in center hole ), 8″ round top layer-leave leveled. Ears, eyes, and nose shape are fondant. For the nose I made a base out of fondant, but left a top ‘hinge’ … Read more
My three year old son absolutely loves Herbie the love bug – new and old. So I thought the ideal cake for his birthday party would be a Herbie car. I decided to make my own even though I have never done anything like this before. I took a look at this site first though … Read more
I made this Indiana Jones Birthday Cake for my grandson’s eighth birthday party. He couldn’t believe it neither could anyone else. I started with five layers of cake from large to small pans. I put butter creme inside and outside. I used one big dowel down the middle and a couple more on the sides … Read more
This is a cake that I made for my 25th birthday party, a Kill Bill Themed birthday cake with yellow and black fondant. It’s a three layer red velvet cake, with marshmallow butter cream frosting and marshmallow fondant. The cake itself was made entirely from scratch, and the frosting was almost entirely from scratch (I … Read more
Like others, my son is a huge Max & Ruby fan. For his birthday, he wanted a Max And Ruby Birthday Cake. After much searching on the web, I found this site. I got inspired. I printed out an image of Max & Ruby that I found online and made it “cake size.” I toyed … Read more
