This Tinkerbell cake was made using the pampered chef bowl (any Pyrex deep bowl will do). I bought a Tinkerbell doll (which is shorter than a Barbie) and wrapped her legs in saran wrap and carved a hole in the cake and put it in. The Tinkerbell cakes were topped with play rings for the … Read more
My son is a huge Godzilla fan and nothing else would do for his birthday. I didn’t want to tackle making Godzilla from fondant or gum paste so I purchased a figure he had been wanting and used it on the cake. After the party he had a new toy. So for this Godzilla Birthday … Read more
This Homemade Mad Hatter Tea Cup and Saucer Cake was my first ever cake! I thought making a tea cup/saucer for my little girl Cody’s 2nd birthday would be cool. I had no idea what I was in for! I spent a lot of time at the local Bakers warehouse asking dumb questions and on … Read more
My son loves the Captain Underpants books by Dav Pilkey and that was all he wanted for his 7th birthday cake. This Captain Underpants Cake is two square cakes glued together with icing. The cake is decorated with standard butter icing and (except for the character) just piped onto the cake. For Captain Underpants, I … Read more
To make this Clifford the big red dog cake I used a Wilton puppy dog pan that I had used previously for another cake. I mixed an entire pot of red food coloring with several containers of strawberry frosting so it would dye easier. Then I set the character cake on a plain sheet cake … Read more
I made this Curious George Birthday Cake for my partner’s nephew for his birthday present. He loves monkeys and seeing as George is his fav I thought it was the best one to do. I made it using a Madeira sponge which took 10 eggs, only just had a bowl big enough. I used an … Read more
This Curious George cake was made for my grandson’s 2nd birthday party. I used a Bear cake mold from William’s Sonoma and modified it to look like George. With the mold I filled the ears of the mold with tin foil and then fashioned ears out of fondant. For the covering of the cake I … Read more
I made a three layer Curious George cake for the guests with two banana layers and a chocolate layer in the middle. I copied a picture of Curious George off of the website and used that as a stencil.I made a smaller circus tent cake just for Béla. That one was more complicated. I also … Read more
to make George look like George I got my daughters stuffed animal and then used home made buttercream frosting tinted brown and also lightened to make tan to create the George we all know and love. He was a huge hit with my daughter and everyone at the party!s stuffed animal and then used home … Read more
This Dr. Seuss Birthday Cake Design was a cake my wife and I entered into my son’s kindergarten cake contest to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss. She bakes the cake and makes the icing. I decorate. Anyhow, everybody seems to do the Cat in the Hat’s hat or Green Eggs and Ham, so we … Read more
This is a close up of the homemade One Fish Two Fish book cake that was on the Dr. Seuss themed cake. I think it was my favorite part of the cake, though it got a little messed up in transportation. I smoothed the icing out with a fondant smoother and a little water to … Read more
I made this Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly Cake for my daughter’s fifth birthday. The cake itself is two layers of a 10 x 10 square vanilla cake (one cake mix per pan). I frosted the cake with white buttercream frosting. The Fancy Nancy topper was purchased from a local cake decorating supply store. I star-tipped … Read more