This Moana cake was made with 3 ten inch layer cakes. On 2 of the layers I removed a 4 inch circle from the middle then then carved out the tunnel to one side. First, I placed full 10 inch layer, then i placed the 2 carved layers, putting buttercream in between. Then I iced … Read more
My Son wanted BB-8 from Star Wars for his birthday cake this year. It did not turn out how I wanted, but at a 10 inch diameter, it weighed a good 3 1/2 kilos. It is iced with rolled fondant. I used orange butter cream to smooth between the cake and fondant. It was unfortunate as I spent … Read more
When my grandson turned 2 he was in love with Curious George and I love challenging myself to make cute and fun cakes for his birthday. I searched the internet for ideas and pictures and finally settled on one with Curious George balancing a multi-scoop ice cream cone. The easy part was baking the sheet … Read more
My son likes minions, no scratch that he loves minions! In December of 2015 I decided that I would be making each of my children’s cakes from scratch. Deans birthday was Feb. 21, I asked what kind of cake he wanted and of course minions! And I my friends was up for the challenge. After … Read more
My Christmas Minion cake made for the Christmas bake off at work in aid off our sponsored charity Sue Ryder. The cake is made of 4 layers of chocolate sponge with chocolate and vanilla layers of ganache with cranberries sprinkled on each layer. The fondant is coloured by hand and the whole cake edible. I … Read more
I made this cake for my daughter, she helped design the cake. Bottom tier is Alice in Wonderland, which is chocolate fudge cake and ganache with surprise sweets inside. Middle tier is Disney Tangled which was vanilla and homemade strawberry jam and the top tier was Frozen Fever which was carrot cake, all decorations made … Read more
I make this cake for my son’s birth day. He is star wars collector. So I wanted to make a real outstanding cake that make his eyes blink and his moutn wide open. But I didn’t have an idea of what to do. I went to bed and thats how the idea came to my … Read more
This is a cake I did for a little boy’s first birthday. Everything is edible (minus the tooth picks). The hats, fish, thing 1 emblem, the lorax, and the trufella tree trunks are made from melted chocolate. The most difficult part of this cake was keeping the cotton candy from melting! I had to change … Read more
My nephew wanted a Star Wars cake for his fifth birthday, he decided on Yoda. I started by baking the sheet cake with four boxes of Pillsbury cake mix, two yellow and two devil’s food. I tinted the yellow cake mix green for Yoda, the green cake freaked out some of the kids but they … Read more
I’m very new to cakes so when my son came to me and said he wanted a R2D2 Star Wars cake for his birthday, I felt panicked. I thought no way can I make R2D2. After I wrapped my head around it and thought, “let’s give it a try,” I decided to take it one step … Read more
My 11 year old daughter asked for a Hunger Games Cake that included aspects of all the books: an arrow, a mockingjay, the lottery, the girl on fire. Wow! I did some research on line and combined ideas that I found. Hunger Games Cake Directions I baked 2 layer cakes, 10 inch and 6 inch, … Read more
My little granddaughters were having a Fall Festival at their school. I saw something like this scarecrow cake years ago in a magazine and decided to help out by making and donating it for the Fall Festival Cake Walk at their school! Scarecrow Cake Instructions First, I made a cake in a ridged bundt pan. When cool, … Read more