My son Noah loves The Very Hungary Caterpillar by Eric Carle. For his second birthday I decided to have a Very Hungary Caterpillar Birthday Party. The Very Hungary Caterpillar Birthday Cake was surprisingly easy. I got the basic idea for the caterpillar from a friend of mine. First I baked a half-sheet cake for the … Read more
My daughter wanted a cake that looked like a caterpillar for her birthday, so I looked online for ideas and came across this site! I based my cake off of similar ideas, but of course put my own colors and decorating ideas on it to fit what I envisioned! I think this Very Hungry Caterpillar … Read more
I helped my 13 year old, Twilight obsessed niece make this Homemade Twilight Cake. It is a two layer 6″ cake, and we used the red icing between the layers also. We used a lemon cake mix and made lemon flavored icing. She piped the black border using a star tip, I wrote the word … Read more
My niece was turning 12 and asked if I could make her a birthday cake based and the twilight book series, so I thought why not and came up with this. I started by making (2) round cakes and (2) heart shaped pan cakes. I then filled the layers with cream, and covered them in … Read more
This Homemade Wizard of Oz Cake was for my daughter’s 6th birthday. She was really into The Wizard of Oz, and she wanted a theme cake. I started off by baking two 9×13 cakes (one confetti, and one strawberry). I filled both bakes with vanilla buttercream and placed them side by side on a cake … Read more
This Wizard of Oz cake is a rather large cake with a few different parts of cake on the base. My friends mother in-law loves the Wizard of Oz. I could not find a cake anywhere so after reviewing the movie a couple of times I choose a scene for her birthday cake. For the … Read more
My sons have their birthdays in the same month and we all share a love for Harry Potter, so we decided to have a joint birthday party with a Harry Potter theme. I asked my oldest what he wanted the cake to be, and when he told me Hogwart’s Castle I didn’t know if I … Read more
My daughter loves Harry Potter. I wanted to practice making a cake that looked like a book. This Harry Potter Birthday Cake Design was a perfect fit. The books were painted with a brush to look like old leather. I used blue and black on the bottom cake to try and make it look old. … Read more
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I made this Darth Vader Birthday Cake for my son, Brady’s, 7th birthday party. I got the idea and the inspiration from a cake I saw here on coolest birthday cakes from another posting. I made three batches of chocolate cake and used three 9″ pans, a loaf pan and a stainless steel bowl to … Read more
My friend wanted an R2D2 birthday cake for her nephew so I did some research and found nothing I liked. This cake was made by using a 3 inch R2D2 figurine as my model. He measures approximately 16 inches high. It was tough to figure out how to get him tilted so he looked authentic. … Read more
My son loves Star Wars, the Clone Wars, and wanted Captain Rex on his cake. I found a drawing of Captain Rex on the Clone Wars Website. I traced the drawing and then made a pattern out of card stock. I cut the card stock pattern so that I could lay it on the Clone … Read more