I made this Herbie the love bug cake for my daughters 6th birthday last year. I loved the Herbie the love bug movies growing up and the new movie had just come out. I used the 3d car pan on a sheet cake and decorated as best I could. I’m learning as I go; I … Read more
My son Noel wanted an Indiana Jones Party. I made this Indiana Jones Cake and Cupcake Tower for him to fit the theme. It is the first time I am creating a “scene” cake. I baked 2 round cakes of different sizes and stack them one on top of the other. Then I carved the … Read more
This is a simple, fun cake for a King Kong picture fan. There are seven layers to mine, but you could make fewer layers and still have great results. The bottom layer was made in a standard 9-inch square pan. It’s chocolate; the rest are all vanilla (it’s nice to have some of each kind … Read more
My friend’s son was a huge Lord of the Rings fan, so she purchased a few figurines to put on top of this Lord of the Rings birthday cake. I made a 1/2 sheet cake and frosted it. Then I sprayed it with green food color to get a “hazy” kind of look. (Note about … Read more
I made this Max and Ruby birthday cake for my niece Sarah’s 3rd birthday. I had promised her that I would make her a cake for her party. Originally she wanted Hello Kitty, and I thought that would be pretty simple. At the last minute, she changed her mind and decided that she wanted a … Read more
This Miss Spider cake was made for my nephew. He loves bounce. All it is: white cake with buttercream frosting. I looked everywhere for a Miss Spider pan but couldn’t find one. So I copied the picture from the party napkins.
I made this Noddy birthday cake for a friend whose little boy turned two. I used a basic sponge recipe and covered it in white butter icing. With black icing I made the outline of the picture. I then coloured each section with the right colour. For colouring I use a powder food colouring that … Read more
My daughter just loves The Pigeon books by Mo Willems so we decided to do a themed party of the Pigeon. I baked this great cake in a large rectangular cake pan. I used both white and chocolate cake mix to make it half and half. I did this by simultaneously pouring in the cake … Read more
I made this Very Hungry Caterpillar cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. I used various suggestions from this site which were very helpful. I made 2 bundt cakes cut in half for the caterpillar. The head is a section from one of the halves. I ended up with extra cake which I used to make … Read more
My daughter loves the book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, so I decided to make her a Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake for her first birthday. I used a yellow layer cake recipe and increased it by 50% to made one Bundt cake and one 9×5 loaf cake. I cut the Bundt cake in half, then cut … Read more
I’ve been making a few cakes on the side and a girl from work has a 15 year old who is diehard Twilight fan. She asked if I could do something for her birthday that was Twilight related. So we came up with this homemade Twilight birthday cake idea. The inside of the cake is … Read more
My daughter was the envy of her friends this year because her 10th birthday fell on the midnight release for Eclipse, the third movie of the Twilight series. She, like many of her friends is totally “Team Jacob”. So we did a werewolf themed party. I had a hard time finding a “Team Jacob” cake … Read more