This Silvermist (Tinkerbell) Cake was made for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. I couldn’t decide between which cakes I wanted so I made two. This cake is purple on the inside and covered with perwinkle colored fondant. The flowers are made out of fondant. I used blue dyed piping gel for the water (Silvermist is the … Read more
I made this Tinkerbell with Fairy Friends Cake for my daughter’s 5th birthday party. She wanted Tinkerbell, Tinks house and her fairy friends on her cake. After scouring the many photos of Tinkerbell and cakes, I found a photo of a Tinkerbell House Birdfeeder that my daughter fell in love with, therefore my inspiration for … Read more
I got this homemade Tinkerbell cake idea from the 2009 Wilton Year book. Instead of purchasing the expensive cake stand they suggest I had my father in law build it (at a total cost of $7 for some plywood, a 1-inch wooden dowel and about 30 minutes of time). The bottom of the stand is … Read more
I was inspired by cake photos from other creative people on this site – thanks to all of you and to the site creators for an excellent ‘grass roots’ effort. For this homemade Tinkerbell mushroom cake I used fondant for the covering – I bought it already in a ball from Michael’s crafts and hand … Read more
I had decided that this year I wasnt going to buy a cake for my daughters’ birthday this year. She wanted to have a “Barbie Fairy” party. I mentioned it a work and a friend suggested making a Barbie Doll Fairy cake. I had never seen one so I decided to go online and check … Read more
For this Fairy cake I took 3 glass bowls each one larger than the other. I filled them about half way with cake mix and baked them. After they cooled I stacked one on top of the other and cut a small circle in the middle of all three. I decorated the Barbie cake with … Read more
This Homemade Madd Hatter / Cheshire Cat Cake was created for sister in law’s fourteenth birthday. She told me she wanted a Madd Hatter birthday cake with a twist. She didn’t know what exactly she wanted until she came to me with a picture from the 2010 Tim Burton film of the Cheshire Cat wearing … Read more
For our daughter’s third birthday we baked a cake and my husband decorated Caillou on the cake. This was the fastest cake we have done, most of the time we do a two layer cake and cut out the object but this cake we didn’t have that kind of time. This Caillou Birthday Cake took … Read more
We celebrated Lucy’s 8th birthday with the ” Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” Theme. The cake was made ahead of time and then frozen until the big day. A sheet cake was frosted, making a chocolate river using chocolate frosting, and Polly Pockets were used as replicas for the characters. The boy inside the … Read more
My husband’s cousin asked me to make a cake for her son’s birthday. He loves the movie,”Cloudy with a chance of meatballs”, and so she wanted requested “Flint”, the main character and a can of “Spray on shoes”. I used malt ball candy for the meatballs. This Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Cake was … Read more
This Curious George Cake was made for my son’s third birthday. The base layer is a 9×13 chocolate cake with vanilla icing tinted yellow. I used the Wilton tints and they work great. For the monkey face, I used an 8″ round and cut a cupcake in half for the ears and used another part … Read more
This Curious George Birthday Cake was done for my godson for his second birthday. It is a 12×18 marble cake. I found a coloring page for George from the internet and cut it out, and outlined the picture into the background icing. I then filled in the various parts of the picture with the different … Read more