The creation of this came after the request of my five year old nephew. He wanted Cat in the Hat for his Dr Seuss birthday. After looking through the famous Dr Seuss book and searching online I decided to make it look like the book with the cat overlooking. The cake was a golden yellow … Read more
This Bride of Frankinstien cake was for a little girl’s 3rd Birthday/Halloween Party. This was one of my first cakes like this. But after I was done with it I was really pleased with it. Everybody at the party could not stop talking about how good it looked. I used loaf pans and baked 4 … Read more
My son loved this Herbie the love bug cake for his fifth birthday! Boxed cake mix, white store-bought frosting and two-9″ round cake pans. After cakes had cooled overnight in fridge I cut each round in half. Glued three halves together with icing to form Herbies body then cut the remaining half into wedges to … Read more
My husband & I co-made this Indiana Jones cake for our nephew’s 6th Birthday. He’s a big Indiana Jones Lego fan & this cake was a surprise. His first comment upon seeing the cake was “Wow, I got a pinata for my birthday!”. To make it we used 2 loaf pan cakes(Orange Chocolate Sourcream cake. … Read more
My nephew wanted an Indiana Jones cake for his 9th birthday party. My mom initially suggested that I make Indy’s famous fedora hat, but I felt that was way beyond my skill level. This is what I came up with instead: The cake is a 9X13 sheet cake made from two box mixes. The frosting … Read more
This homemade Little Miss Sunshine birthday cake was made from several cakes, cut into shapes and pieced together and covered with marshmallow fondant.
My son had a very strong desire to have a Chronicles of Narnia Birthday Party but I could not find any paraphernalia at my local store. I thought I could just try to come up with my own amazing cake design and base it on a book and the lamppost since that is what lead … Read more
For the base of the Olivia the Pig Cake, I used a 12” two layer cake topped with an 8” two layer cake. I then covered each cake individual with butter cream frosting. The red stripes and stars are made out of fondant. I added the decorations to the bottom layer, inserted supports, and then … Read more
I got bored a few summers back when I first started making cakes. I decided to make a Caterpillar Birthday Cake, kind of a cross between the Very Hungry Caterpillar and Cooties (from the game). Anyway I made a bundt cake and cut it in sections and placed them upright to give it more of … Read more
This Hungry Caterpillar Cake was for my son’s 1st birthday. He has a caterpillar that he carries everywhere so it made sense that his first cake would be a copy of his best friend. I made the body using a bundt cake cut into sections iced with 2 shades of green icing. The sections are … Read more
I really wanted to say that I did a Twilight cake. My birthday was coming up so I thought why not make a Edward Cullen from Twilight Birthday Cake for my own birthday. I first baked a 2 layer cake, iced it in buttercream icing, then rolled out the fondant to cover the cake. I … Read more
Our daughter wanted a “Wizard of Oz” party for her 4th birthday. Dorothy is one of my all time favorite characters, so I was happy to oblige! Creating this Homemade Wizard of Oz/Yellow Brick Road Cake was a lot of fun. I was inspired by several others on this site, and combined my favorite features … Read more