I made this Kermit cake in a 9 x 13 pan and let it cool. After it cooled I iced it with chocolate icing. I printed a picture of Kermit that I found online. I used the picture as a guide to draw Kermit into the icing on the cake with a toothpick. Then I … Read more
The cake was a two-layer chocolate crazy cake’ baked from scratch with chocolate buttercream. All of the icing and decorations you can see are made from sugar paste (fondant). I covered the cake in pink sugar paste. The daisies were made with a daisy cutter and the centers were textured by pressing small balls of … Read more
My son loves the old Japanese Godzilla movies. So I wanted to make a Godzilla cake that was about the old Godzilla movies and this is what I came up with. It took 2 cake mixes and three frosting tins. I made a flat cake and a bunt cake. I put the bunt cake on … Read more
I did this Avatar Birthday Cake for my niece’s 15th birthday. I looked all over the internet for pictures of the Avatar movie and found one that I printed out, resized, and then printed again. Then I cut it out and set it on the buttercream-iced cake. (The cake was a 1/2 sheet made from … Read more
I made this Lola cake for a friend of a friend, who wanted a Lola cake for her daughter’s 2nd birthday. For her face, I made two 8″ cakes (using cake pans), and sandwiched the two together with chocolate buttercream. Next, I carved the shape of her face using, a picture as a guide, then … Read more
I used a Clifford the big red dog coloring page and traced it onto the cake. I piped paw prints on the side of the cake. It came out cute.
I made this Curious George cake for our niece Hayden’s first birthday party. I used a few of the ideas from this very website and designed my own version. The hat is made from two 6” round cakes stacked with one-half of a sports ball pan on top. The base of the hat is two … Read more
This Curios George Birthday Cake was for my nephew Yaacov. I read the story of Curious George and from that I made my design. I started in ” the forest” then went to the city where the zoo was and then up in the air with the balloons just like Curious George did in the … Read more
My niece Summer is obsessed with Curious George. Most of her imaginative play includes the man with the yellow hat and George gets blamed for things Summer does. I used a Curious George party plate for my design of this Curious George Cake. Cut 2 round cakes and some cupcakes into all the pieces. I … Read more
Roll out ready-made fondant icing that has been colored yellow. Cut a circle out of that using a large plate as a template. Place the carved “doll” cake in the center of the circle. Ice with buttercream icing first to create a smooth finish. After the buttercream icing add more rolled out fondant to the … Read more
I used a paint brush on the back of the parchment paper to help transfer the gel when I turned it over onto the cake. I used a small star tip and medium consistency icing to fill in all the features. I used the writing tip and thin consistency icing with a touch of piping … Read more
This Dr. Seuss Birthday Cake Design is an ice cream cake that I made for my son’s 1st birthday. I started a week before by making my toppers out of fondant. I let them dry for a day and then stuck lollipop sticks that I bought from the store into the bottom or each topper … Read more