This Cars 2 birthday cake was done within a three day notice. The theme was Cars 2 and flavor was strawberry banana with strawberry filling. I wanted everything to be edible so I stared off with two 10X2 inch cakes which makes total 10×4 inch and two 6×2 inch cakes for total of 6×4 inch. The hardest … Read more
This was an amazing attempt of the famous Spiderman upper torso cake. It was a request for my friend’s son who turned 8 years old. I wanted to something creative rather than a decorative two tier cake and I thought this was much easier and fun! The body consisted of two 10×2 inch cakes and … Read more
I decided to copy the Hoot puppet my son has, he loved Hoot. I made Hoot’s head using the Wilton sports ball pan for his body and ended up using a large jam sponge roll, but if I was to do it again I would use a loaf tin and cut down to size and round. I … Read more
I made a Blue’s Clues birthday cake for my grandchild’s 2nd birthday. I used a white cake mix and baked it in two round pans. Cool the cakes on a cooling rack and freeze. Freezing the cake makes it easier to cut out the shape from the template. I made a template the shape of … Read more
I was all set to make my soon-to-be 9 year old a Spongebob cake when we went to pick out his balloons for the party. He told me “Spongebob is for babies”. Oh boy, better think of something else, and fast! Video games! Angry birds! Surprise! It was much easier to make than I thought. … Read more
Every year I ask my son, “What kind of birthday do you want?” and almost instantly regret it. I love making cakes, but I am no expert; I have no training of any kind and some of the designs I come up with are quite difficult, though I’m not experienced enough to know it. But … Read more
My four daughters and myself just love Adventure Time cartoon series. So, my eldest daughter requested an Adventure Time cake for her 9th birthday and I was more than happy to do it for her. I started making most of the character figurines a couple of days before her birthday. BMO, Peppermint Butler, Gunter, apple pie, apples and little flowers (with my assistance) were made by the … Read more
Our “Audrey II” cake was made for an actor in the lead role of “Seymour” in a stage production of “Little Shop Of Horrors”. This cake was so much fun to make! The cake board is a wooden disk covered in food grade gold foil. I used a center post attached to the cake base … Read more
For my twins birthday cakes I made an Elmo birthday cake and a cookie monster cake. I used the Wilton 3D teddy bear cake tin which took about 3 packet mixes of butter cake. Once cooked and cooled I cut the ears and arms off the bear so I could put arms and longer legs on. I used sponge fingers … Read more
For my twins birthday cakes I made a Cookie Monster and an Elmo cake. I used the Wilton 3D teddy bear cake tin which took about 3 packet mixes of butter cake. Once cooked and cooled I cut the ears and arms off the bear so I could put arms and longer legs on. I used sponge fingers for the … Read more
Here’s a 10-layer 3D Finding Nemo Cake made with chocolate and vanilla with bananna cream pudding made by myself and my fiance Ed for my 3 year old stepdaughter Ariannas 3rd birthday My step daughter Arianna loves Nemo so I told her “Mommy Sam n Papi ” will make you a Nemo cake and so we … Read more
My now 6 year old daughter is obsessed with Harry Potter, so she was dying for a Harry Potter party. We (well OK I) tend to go a little nuts with the theme, but this was such fun! As I’m not confident enough in my cake making abilities to create Hogwarts, I decided that Hagrid’s Hut would be … Read more