I made this Lego Indiana Jones Birthday Cake Design for my son for his fifth birthday. For the Indiana Jones figure, I used a Lego man silicone cake mold. I didn’t want him laying down, but I didn’t think I could make him stand up. So, I had him leaning against a boulder, which I … Read more
I made this Indiana Jones on the Run Cake for my son’s 6th birthday. He was really into Indiana Jones. I made two 9×13 cakes. One chocolate and one vanilla. Placed them side by side with icing in between long sides touching to make bigger cake. Iced with homemade crisco icing tinted brown except one … Read more
My daughter loves Kipper the Dog videos (it used to be a cartoon series on Nick Jr.) so I decided to make her a Kipper cake for her second birthday. But since Kipper is a British creation you cant really find much Kipper stuff here in the US–no cake pans or party favors. I got … Read more
Although you can buy Maisy Mouse cake transfers I made this Maisy myself by just enlarging a picture I had of Maisy and using it as a stencil on rolled out icing. This cake was very easy and only took me a couple of hours to complete. I layered the icing to give it a … Read more
I started with a rectangular cake. I printed the image off on the computer, and placed it on to the cake. I carved around the paper to shape the cake. Then, I iced the cake using butter cream icing.
My son wanted a Mr Men Birthday Cake for his 4th birthday, he wasn’t bothered which Mr Man so I thought Mr Bump might be the easiest to make. I made two 9 inch round cakes using a basic Victoria sponge recipe (4oz butter, 4oz sugar, 4oz flour, 2 eggs and a little hot water. … Read more
We decided to make a ‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’ birthday cake for my son’s first birthday, and it turned out wonderfully! I have no experience in making or icing cakes, but this wasn’t too difficult (time consuming yes – it took about 2 hours to ice!, but not difficult). We used two bundt tins to make … Read more
This Hungry Caterpillar birthday cake was really fun to make. I used a 10″ cake tin and this to was double up to be able to fill with homemade butter cream and strawberry jam. It was left in the fridge and straightened all the sides to look perfect (hopefully). The cake itself was quite difficult … Read more
I wanted to make a homemade twilight birthday cake for my daughter’s 17th birthday, it was her idea to make it in the shape of a book. I made two 9×13 red velvet cakes, and filled them with cookies and cream filling made with cream cheese, and golden Oreo’s, and then iced with buttercream icing. … Read more
My son loved Wheres Waldo books, and was thrilled when we found tablecloths and napkins. The first thing I did for the cake was to enlarge a picture of Waldo. I then put wax paper over the enlarged picture and traced it with piping gel (bought at grocery store), using a small dot icing tip. … Read more
I made this Wizard of Oz Rainbow Cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. She chose a Wizard of Oz theme for her birthday party, so I made a white cake but colored the batter six different colors of the rainbow and layered them before baking it. (I used Wilton’s icing colors because they’re more concentrated … Read more
I made this Homemade Dorothy from Wizard of Oz Red Slipper Birthday Cake for my daughter Ruby’s 3rd birthday. She loves the Wizard of Oz movie and has a complete Dorothy outfit (which she wore to her party). I made it from a homemade pound cake so that it would be dense enough to sculpt … Read more