For my son’s 8th birthday I decided to make his favorite Angry-Birds! He loves to play the game with his great-grandfather on the iPad. I made two sheet cakes, yellow and devils food. After icing, I used a store bought aerosol icing spray to tint the top green like grass. I then started constructing the main … Read more
My grandson wanted a CARS 2 birthday cake for his 4th Birthday. I started with the grandstand made out of rice cereal treats and covered with melted chocolate. The “car fans” are fondant, time consuming but not difficult. I used brownies covered in melted chocolate for the race track and the checkered flag design across … Read more
My son wanted an Angry Bird cake for his birthday last year. I thought, “piece of cake! I’ll go to the store and ORDER one!” Boy, was I surprised to find out that our supermarket had absolutely nothing in their cake design book for Angry Birds! But they were SOOOO popular, how can that be??? … Read more
I was asked by a family member who works for Oxford Publishers to make her daughter a Winnie the Witch cake, in line with Halloween. She and her daughter loves the Winnie books! Alison turned 6 on Halloween this year and so her mom swayed her to go with something a little different to the … Read more
I made this mermaid birthday cake for my niece Oroni who turned three in November 2012. The cake is a chocolate chiffon cake (recipe from joyofbaking.com) which is a cross between butter cake and sponge cake. Mermaid Birthday Cake Instructions I crumb coated all sides of the cake, apart from the sandy part, with light blue buttercream … Read more
I made a three tier cake using, each tier layered with chocolate cherry cake and butter vanilla cake with peanut butter icing for this Elmo Birthday Cake Idea. I covered them with fondant then used cookie cutters to put shapes on them. Since it was my son’s second birthday, I put a two on the … Read more
This Elmo cake was make out of 2 banana cakes and sugar paste. Baby Elmo was also made out of sugar paste. This cake was made for my son’s 1st birthday, he loves Elmo but i didn’t want to make an Elmo face cake. So I found a cute picture of baby Elmo and copied … Read more
My son wanted an Incredible birthday party and I decided to make one Incredible cake for him. I used the Wilton stand up teddy bear as a start and carved out the shape for Jack Jack. I also used two rounds for the other layers, one for the logo and one for the candles and … Read more
This Cinderella carriage cake was made for a Charity fete last year which supports children with terminal or degenerative illnesses. It’s called “The Rainbow Children’s Trust”. I was approached by the organizer of the event, who asked if I would donate one of my “party cakes”. These are simply Victoria Sponges or coffee cakes – … Read more
I made this Cookie Monster cake for our two year old son. A friend of mind suggested using the head/hands sets sold during Halloween for pumpkins as a way to create a Cookie Monster inspired cake. I own a Betty Crocker bake and fill set which is used for making ice cream cakes. I chose … Read more
This Belle Birthday Cake was a cake I made for my 4yr old niece’s birthday, she loves Belle! Bottom layer was a simple 12″ round, and I used the Wilton doll pan for the doll’s skirt. Everything is covered in MMF. I purchased a Disney doll, and ended up removing the legs to make it … Read more
My daughter wanted and Incredibles themed birthday. I thought the red was a little much, but she loved the Incredibles cake and could not figure out how I got the logo on the cake. I made a white box cake mix in a 9 X 13 pan. I used buttercream icing and iced the cake … Read more