I made this Homemade Ghost Busters Cake with white cake mix, strawberries, whipped cream, rice crispies and a whole lot of rolled fondant. Before I made the cake I made my figures which I formed out of rice crispies. Cover them with icing so that when you cover them they are not all bumpy (which … Read more
My 7 year old son, who is really into “How to Train Your Dragon” wanted me to sculpt a Gronckle out of fondant and put it on a white cake with white icing. I said “I can’t sculpt a Gronckle, I’ll just make you a Gronckle cake. That will be easier.” And so I did. … Read more
Every year I make a special surprise birthday cake for my four granddaughters. I made this cake for my 13 year old granddaughter who loves The Hunger Games book series and movie. I got the idea from my granddaughter since I already knew that her favorite scene from the move was “the cave scene”. After … Read more
I wasn’t quite sure what I would do when my nephew asked for an 1ndiana Jones Birthday Cake. I generally use Wilton shaped pans for the kids birthday cakes, but they did not have one for Indiana Jones. After thinking over several possibilities I decided to hand paint the cake. (I used the same picture … Read more
I loved making this Kipper the Dog 1st Birthday Cake! I didn’t want to pay for it so I went online and printed off full page photos of the Kipper the Dog characters and placed wax paper over the image and outlined it with black decorating gel. I let it set over night so it … Read more
For this Lord of the Rings birthday cake, I baked one sheet cake and one dome (Pampered Chief Batter Bowl). I put a thick coat of dark chocolate icing. The Black Gate around the edge of the cake is made from Keebler Fudge shop cookies. I bought the Lord of the Ring figures from the … Read more
I made this cake a few weeks ago for my son’s 3rd birthday. I used Duncan Hines Classic Yellow Cake mix, and baked according to the instructions. My son wanted a homemade Max and Ruby cake, so I decided to do the frozen buttercream frosting technique. I found a picture online of Max, and traced … Read more
I made this Miss Spider cake for a friends daughter. I searched the web for ideas. I made Miss Spider and her friends with fondant, that I had made different colors. It turned out great and Ally loved it!s daughter. I searched the web for ideas. I made Miss Spider and her friends with fondant, … Read more
We had a rectangular sponge cake which I made from one of my cake mix recipes and cut out the shape of Noddy’s face and hat. I iced it with butter icing. Used milk chocolate buttons for the nose, chocolate bits for the hair and piped the rest of the detail on with icing sugar. … Read more
I made this Scream Mask Cake for a “40th Birthday SCREAM” party. I baked 2 9×13 cakes, put together and cut out the shape of the mask. The mask is covered in white and black fondant.
My daughter loves books, so when it came to making her 1st birthday cake, I looked to her book collection for ideas. The one book that seemed to have the easiest recognizable character to copy was ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle. I looked at the other Hungry Caterpillar cakes on this site for … Read more
I made The Very Hungry Caterpillar cake for my grandson’s 1st birthday. He has loved the book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle since he was an infant. I took a cake decorating class last year but wasn’t sure I could pull this off. It turned out great! I used 1-1/2 bundt cakes, and … Read more