I was asked by friends on very short notice to come up with some sort of Willy Wonka cake for their son’s Willy Wonka themed 6th birthday party. I settled on the idea of a likeness from the ” pure imagination” scene from the original Willy Wonka movie. For the base cake I used the … Read more
This forum gave me the confidence to make these Curious George birthday cakes for my twins. There is no pan to work from so I rented a 12″ x 1″2 cake pan and used two boxes of cake mix for each cake. Once the cakes had cooled, I froze them for a day to make … Read more
I made this Homemade Curious George Birthday Cake for my grandson’s first birthday. He was fascinated by Curious George on TV. I used a combination of designs from cakes on the Coolest Cake website. It was my first attempt at using fondant. I had always used icing with decorative tips. The fondant is so much … Read more
My niece asked me to make a cake for her 8th birthday using the theme “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”. I asked her which book was her favorite and took it from there. I used a 10″x 3″ square pan and cut 1.5 inches off after the cake was cooled to make it more of … Read more
This Cat in the Hat cake was such a FUN cake to make & decorate. I baked 1 10″ round cake and 1 11X15″ sheet cake. I made a pattern out of a grocery sack first and then was able to carve my cake from this pattern. I didn’t want to waste cake when I … Read more
I got ideas from here and then added my own! This Dr Seuss birthday cake turned out better than expected and loved by all! I started with a 16″ square, then I next made a 10″ round for the hat base. I then made 6″ rounds to form the hat. I could not find a … Read more
This Elmer the Patchwork Elephant Cake is a cake that I made for my daughter based on the Elmer the patchwork Elephant story book. First of all you need to bake a round sponge cake. This then needs to be sliced in half. Make up a batch of buttercream. Use this inbetween the halves of … Read more
I used two boxed cake mixes and made a square cake and three round cakes for this Halloween cake. I used the Wiltons basic buttercream frosting recipe and colored it as needed. The square cake was placed on foil covered cardboard and frosted with purple colored frosting. I stacked all three round cakes on top … Read more
For the Herbie the love bug cake I used a 9″ round pan and cut it in half. I then iced the two halves and stood them up on their flat sides. I cut out the hood and then iced the rest of the car. I used a toothpick to trace out the designs on … Read more
I made this Indiana Jones Birthday Cake for my son’s third birthday. All his friends loved it and it had to be one of the easiest cakes I have every made. The cake is made from 5 bread loaf size pound cakes. Bottom layer is two pound cakes side-by-side frosted with chocolate frosting and surrounded … Read more
I made a large rectangle cake using 2 packet cakes. I needed a little more batter to make a small round cake in a cereal bowl (I used a 3rd packet cake mix and ended up with a spare bit of cake for just in case as I didn’t have a definite plan when I … Read more
