My son wanted a Mr Bump cake for his 4th birthday. Mr Bump is a character from the Mr Men series (books and TV show). I decided to challenge myself and make him in 3D chocolate cake with milk chocolate ganache and covered with fondant. He ended up quite tall so I added a support … Read more
I made Nods for my sons second birthday. I baked an 8″ Victoria sponge from one of my cake mix recipes and covered it with pink sugar paste. With blue sugar paste I made the hat by gently laying it over the top of his face and letting it fold at an angle. I made … Read more
I made this Stargate cake for my brother’s birthday. He’s a big Stargate fan, as are we, and so I wanted to make him a special cake, as once you become an adult it seems the number of cool birthday cakes declines! He was absolutely wrapt with his cake and we spent a good 20 … Read more
I made this Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake for my son’s 1st birthday because he loves the books and can recognize the caterpillar. For the Base: I made a large sheet cake (13x9in) of Yellow Cake from scratch – the recipe can be found here www.mumsnet.com/Recipes/call=RecipePage&pid=2828 (yellow cake freezes really well, so can be made in … Read more
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Cake was made from a basic Victoria sponge recipe (300g Self Raising flour, 300g butter, 300g caster sugar & 6 large eggs). I creamed the sugar and the butter, and then added the eggs and the flour a little at a time. Once mixed, I divided the mixture between a … Read more
I made this Twilight cake for a friend’s daughter’s 12th birthday. I made a chocolate cake mix 12″ round cake for the base. I then made two vanilla and strawberry 8″ round cakes. After that, I made another 6″ strawberry cake just for her. I made buttercream icing and tinted it black and red, using … Read more
This year my niece was into Twilight and asked me for a Twilight Themed Cake Idea. I don’t like the Twilight movies/books but for my niece I’d do it. The bottom tier is a 10 inch vanilla cakes with cookies and cream pudding as filling, and the top tier is a 8×2 small cake also … Read more
My daughter was obsessed with the Wizard of Oz movie so, for her fourth birthday this year, she chose this as her theme. I wanted to make her cake really special so I came to this site looking for ideas. This is what I came up with. First of all, I used two boxes of … Read more
To compliment out Wizard Of Oz Party theme for my girl / boy twins who were turning 7, we made a Yellow Brick Road Ice Cream Cake. The idea was “less is more” to keep it relatively simple but effective using a few props. We used plain vanilla ice cream with a whipped creme frosting … Read more
I made this Wizard of Oz cake for a lady whose daughter just loved the Wizard of Oz. I put the rainbow around the sides of the 14″ round cake. The top was iced in a pale green. Near the middle is Munchkin Land . You can see small figures of Dorothy, the Lion, The … Read more
For my daughter’s 8th birthday she wanted to do a theme centered around Hogwart’s Witchcraft and Wizardry complete with “Mom” being Professor McGonagall. After deciding to turn our dining room into the Great Hall I wanted to end her day with a really unique cake and so I decided to make Monster Book of Monsters … Read more
I made this Homemade Harry Potter Birthday Cake Design for my wife’s birthday. She is a big fan of the books and movie. I started by making Devil food cake, she loves chocolate in the shape of a book. Tried something new. Made Cannoli filing, and butter-cream to cover cake before I put on Fondant … Read more