For this Dr. Seuss cake, used a full cake sheet and filled it with three cake boxes of batter. I made the cake red velvet so it would be a fun color when it was cut. The longest part was making all of the different colors of frosting – red, yellow, blue, purple, and black, … Read more
This Dr Seuss birthday cake was a lot of fun to create…and easy too! Trust me if I can do it so can you. The party theme was One Fish two fish so the cake had to reflect the whimsy and imagination of Dr. Seuss. I used three cake pans, 6″, 8″ and 10″ though … Read more
This bride of Frankenstein cake was made for my son’s DayCare Halloween Party. I used a full slab of cake, 17×23 (just removed the middle to show as if therr was 2 different characters). I’ve seen many a bride of Frankenstein but not too many Frankenstein himself done in a cake. So I improvised on … Read more
I baked three layers of dense cake in a 9×12 pan layered as a normal cake and free-carved the shape of Herbie the love bug. After that I added a crumb layer of buttercream, let it set and covered with rolled fondant. After carving I carefully moved the cake onto a cardboard cake board and … Read more
I made this Indiana Jones Pyramid Cake for my son’s 7th birthday party. We had an archaeological treasure hunt in the park! To make the cake I baked two square cakes and stacked them on top of one another. I then carved the cakes to form the pyramid (using the discarded pieces for the peak). … Read more
This Indiana Jones cake was made from one box of chocolate cake mix, baked in a 9″ circle, 1 mini loaf pan and 1 cupcake, according to package directions. After cooling, the mini loaf was cut through the center, making the “cave” sides. The cupcake was rounded into a ball for the stone. 1 can … Read more
I made this Homemade Little Miss Sunshine Cake for the birthday of one of my friend’s. I wanted to draw her face on the cake but I thought it will be to difficult. So I took The little Miss Sunshine cause she is a girl who gives happiness to everyone! The cake is an almond … Read more
My daughter was turning 2 and LOVED Max and Ruby so I decided to have her a Max and Ruby party. I was so disappointed when I couldn’t find anything of Max and Ruby, so I tackled the project of making a cake myself. I found a picture of Max and Ruby on the internet … Read more
A friend of mine saw a cake like this Miss Spider and the Sunny Patch Kids Cake online and asked me if I could make it for her daughter’s 2nd birthday. I used the 12″ inch and 8″ pans from the set of 3 Wilton square cake pans. The top was made in an 8″ … Read more
This Nightmare On Elm Street Cake was made for my 22 year old brother’s birthday. He’s a horror movie freak and he LOVED this cake, even though it took 10 hours in total. I was so proud, even though it kept falling backwards. I eventually got the arm to stand up. The arm is made … Read more
I made this Olivia cake for my daughter’s 6th birthday! I was inspired by one of the scenes in an Olivia book my daughter has! The cake was made from two 6″ pans and was covered in fondant! The decorations and Olivia character were made out of gum paste. The actual cake was red velvet … Read more
I made this Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Cake for my son’s 1st birthday last January when there was big publicity for the Hungry Caterpillar story, celebrating it’s (40th?) anniversary. I still had some ready-made, ready-to-roll icing left over from the Christmas cake season, and used this to make the caterpillar. The cake is a basic sponge … Read more