I started with a double stacked 10 layer cake. Then I used the Wiltons sports ball pan and baked half of the ball. I cut one side of the half ball flat and used this for the base of the car body. I then used the piece I cut off for the base of the … Read more
I created Indy with fondant and rice krispies. This Indiana Jones Birthday Cake was my first time using fondant (and second cake ever, which I am sure you can tell!). It took me 90 minutes to get the white fondant brown. The bridge is cake, with pretzel posts, Twizzler ropes and graham cracker steps. Overall, … Read more
My son wanted to have the full picture and face of Indiana Jones. I searched the web and couldn’t come up with anything that I felt would do justice to Indiana Jones. So while on the “official” Indiana Jones site the silhouette image appeared while the web page was loading and “bam” my cake idea … Read more
This Max and Ruby cake was made with 2 cake mixes. They were baked in 3 batter bowls. One large bowl and two small bowls and two cupcakes. (One of the small ones was a little larger then the other.) The tops of the cakes will come out a little domed. I cut them off … Read more
We created this beautiful, flawless homemade Miss Spider cake in honor of Miss Spider’s Tea Party book. Her lovely children she is holding are cupcakes. Her eyes are M&M’s, legs are black licorice, and freckles are silver edible beads. We also put darker colored yellow sugar on the edges of her adorable body to add … Read more
This Percy Jackson Cake was based on the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Lightning Thief book by Rick Riordan. This was for my son’s 9th birthday. I started with a collage of various images with a piece of wax paper on top and used dark chocolate icing piped with a No. 3 tip for the … Read more
My husband and I made this Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Cake for our baby’s first birthday. It took about 1 1/2 bundt cakes to get just the right shape to the caterpillar. I made the icing and just tried to swirl in the greens, etc for the body. There is a yellow outline along the … Read more
I made this Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Cake for my son’s first birthday. The party was for only 10 children and 30 adults so I didn’t want too much food colouring! I made a chocolate brownie base for the adults, approx 20x30cm, nice and solid. I made mini cupcakes made from a plain lemon cupcake … Read more
My son who was turning 3 just loves the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. So we decided that there was no other choice but to make him a caterpillar cake for his birthday. I use two bundt cakes. One cut in half and arranged appropriately. I used the second cake to fill in the top … Read more
My friend wanted to know if I would make her a homemade twilight birthday cake, being a fan I was so excited! I bought the plastic apple and ribbon. I used marshmallow fondant which you can find the recipe for on youtube. I love it, it gives you the clean look that fondant gives you … Read more
I made this Wizard of Oz All Character Cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday party. She became obsessed with the Wizard of Oz shortly after her 3rd birthday party and so we decided early on that that would be theme for her party. The cake was two flavors, chocolate and vanilla-fun fetti cake (mixes!). First … Read more
To ice the face, we tinted white icing with just a touch of brown icing concentrate (available at craft stores). For the hair, we tinted white frosting with a little yellow icing concentrate and then piped it through a tip especially designed for hair and grass likeness. The eyes and cheeks are Nekko wafers. For … Read more