I made this Yoda grooms cake a little while ago, and it was made with nine layers of chocolate cake, 6 nine inch rounds for the body and 3 six inch rounds for the head. I carved it using just a kitchen knife frosted it in butter cream and then covered it in fondant. It … Read more
We have a cotton candy machine I used for his little tufts of white hair, but the grease from the frosting made it melt a bit. I would recommend either using a little cotton, or patting down the area with cornstarch before applying cotton candy to reduce the moistness of the area.
Firstly I baked a basic large round butter cake and a smaller loaf. While that was baking I made buttercream icing: (you may have to convert measurements) 1/2 cup cremelta,1/2 cup butter, 1 tsp clear vanilla essence, 4 cups sifted icing sugar (approx 500g), 2 Tbsp milk. Cream butter and cremelta together until whipped and … Read more
I asked my 5 year what kind of cake he wanted for his Star Wars birthday party. He said “The part where they are stuck in the garbage trying to get out of the Death Star(ep6)” So I gave it a try and this is my Star Wars Death Star Escape Cake. I took melted … Read more
My sons love the Star Wars movies, so for their birthday I decided to make them the scene where the characters Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin are fighting on top of a volcano. The idea came from looking at Google Birthday Cake images. I had a lot of fun making this Star Wars Cake. How … Read more
My mom made her homemade chocolate cake then we did a crumb coat. I picked a Max & Ruby picture that I liked and printed it out. Then I took a piece of parchment paper, stuck it under the picture and put it on a pillow. Then I poked holes in it with a needle … Read more
This Tinkerbell cake was a fun cake just for my daughter’s birthday party for our family. Did it on a whim by baking up some cupcakes and some mounds in the Wilton’s doll cake pan. Originally I was going to do some fairies in the doll “dresses” but when I was leveling off the cakes … Read more
I got the idea for this Tinker Bell Dress Cake after browsing this site. My daughter wanted a Tinker Bell themed party for her 4th birthday. It was also my first time using fondant (spelling?). It turned out lovely and the stuff was actually pretty easy to use! I make her cakes every year and … Read more
I made this Tinkerbell Cake for my daughter’s second birthday. The design started from browsing coolest-birthday-cakes.com. I wanted to make the giant cupcake, but knew it would not feed everyone at the party. The Tinkerbell piece on top is a candle I found at party plus. I added the present candle because Jaq is two. … Read more
I made this Tinkerbell Cake Design for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. I used the “making the day magical” cake design from the Wilton website. I just made a few changes. A few days ahead of time I made a 1/2 batch of marshmallow fondant. I used teal, rose and violet color gels. I colored the … Read more
First I started with a 12 x 18 cake pan. I covered with buttercream then added a bright green tinted fondant. I brushed it with the green glitter dust to give it the 3D effect and the shimmer/ Tye die type look. I cut out the flowers with fondant cutters using fondant and gum paste. … Read more
I made this Tinkerbell Cake Design for my daughter’s 4th birthday. It was a real hit with the girls. She loved it so much she got upset when it came time to cut it.