My son’s favorite movie is Willy Wonka, so it seemed fitting that he have a Willy Wonka party for his 2nd birthday. There aren’t many ideas on the internet for a Willy Wonka Birthday Cake, so we had to get a little creative! We used 3 boxes of funfetti cake mix to bake two layers. … Read more
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I used a 9″ round cake pan with chocolate cake for this Curious George Cake. I trimmed the sides slightly to straighten it out and trimmed diagonals at the bottom sides to form the jaw. I used the trimmed off pieces for ears and his piece of hair at the top. Mixed a bit of … Read more
I made this white layer cake for my daughter’s 3rd Curious George themed birthday party. I used boxed cake mix with frosting between the layers. I used canned frosting for the entire thing and colored it as needed. I started by frosting the entire cake in yellow. I had found the picture that I used … Read more
I am a born procrastinator, but occasionally, it works for me. I printed out a George mask and after frosting the cake yellow, I poked thumbtacks carefully through the printed out sheet following the lines like a connect the dots. I then carefully held the sheet over the frosted cake and laid it down to … Read more
There is not a cake pan for Curious George Cakes, so when my niece turned one they wanted Curious George – and I wanted her to have him! I had only had one cake decorating class so I had to think of something pretty simple. This was it – just stars.
This was a Dr.Seuss cake I made for a school cake decorating contest and I won first prize. To make the cat I prepared rice krispie treats following the directions on the box then I let it sit until I was able to mold him. After that I decorated him just like I would with … Read more
I made this Dr. Seuss Cake Birthday Cake for my son’s 7th birthday. For the first time, I made fondant from scratch, and it came out great – good texture and good taste. For decoration, I cut small pieces of white fondant, rolled it and the drew a Cat in the hat with food color. … Read more
This Dr Seuss birthday cake idea for the green eggs and ham cake came from Family Fun magazine. The cake (one mix) is baked in two bread loaf pans. Here are the variations I recommend: Tint your yellow cake mix green and add 4 tablespoons of green sprinkles to the batter before baking. This adds … Read more
I covered this Frankenstein cake with MMF over buttercream. It is made of three layers-bottom 8″ round, middle 6″ Angel food (filled with buttercream in center hole ), 8″ round top layer-leave leveled. Ears, eyes, and nose shape are fondant. For the nose I made a base out of fondant, but left a top ‘hinge’ … Read more
My three year old son absolutely loves Herbie the love bug – new and old. So I thought the ideal cake for his birthday party would be a Herbie car. I decided to make my own even though I have never done anything like this before. I took a look at this site first though … Read more
