I’m Rasika, a hobby baker, and here’s my story behind this Monsters Inc cake. I moved to Canada from India during Halloween. My daughter was so excited and happy to see Halloween monsters and skeletons that she fell in love with little monsters. She didn’t want to leave her monster toy for a second. That’s when I decided to make a Monsters … Read more
I made this Batman birthday cake – Arkham City Asylum for my son’s friend’s 21st birthday. He loves Batman, Joker & Riddler! I quizzed my son and he suggested basing the Batman birthday cake on the game version rather than film versions. The game is darker and a bit more unhinged than the films!! Arkham Asylum being … Read more
My youngest son’s girlfriend’s daughter (5) asked me to make her a Little Mermaid birthday cake for her birthday. She had seen the Elsa and Anna doll cakes I made for the first time for my granddaughter’s birthday party a couple weeks earlier and wanted an Ariel version for her birthday. So, I told her … Read more
I was asked by a friend to make this Minnie Mouse 2nd birthday cake. She gave me a picture of how she wanted the cake to look. The cake she showed me was round, so I did the decorations similar but with a few extra finishing touches. Making Minnie Mouse To start off this 2nd birthday cake, … Read more
This 1st birthday Mickey Mouse birthday cake (a smash cake) was made for a close friend. I am a wife and mom of 5 teenagers and 2 dogs. My everyday life is hectic enough. But, add into that the business of doing specialty cakes and my days are full, crazy and joyful… in the hair … Read more
This Peppa Pig birthday cake was a very special cake. I made this for my granddaughter and the characters on it are her favorite. I made Millie and Molly and Peppa Pig. For her party she had Peppa Pig, Raa Raa and Spiderman. I made the characters in advance, also made a hedgehog, some trees, … Read more
News flash, this Spiderman birthday cake was quite the experience! I am not a professional baker but I really enjoy trying to create things. My first objective was to find something that I could bake the Spiderman birthday cake in that would eliminate a lot of the carving. For instance if I would have used … Read more
I had a friend come to me and ask if I could do her daughter’s Dora birthday cake. The cake shop she had gone to told her the day before the party they could not fill her order. This came about as she had seen a cake that I made my son and was sure … Read more
Here’s a homemade Incredibles birthday cake I made for my 5-year old son. He announced that he wanted an Incredibles birthday party, I searched high and low for Incredibles party supplies. They were hard to come by. I soon realized that the cake was going to have to be the focal point to tie the theme … Read more
My almost 4 years old son had one cake idea in mind, a James the train cake! Not Thomas, not another train, it had to be James. It was difficult to find inspiration on the web, as most kids want a Thomas (I already did a Thomas for my oldest) and he wanted it “standing … Read more
As with all the birthday cakes that I have to make, I need to make cakes for 20-30 people. Usually I can’t use a mold. On this birthday, we had 2 parties, one with the family, and one with friends (and he insisted on having different cakes). So I made a Millenium Falcon with fondant (my … Read more
Who doesn’t love the movie Frozen? From the incredible songs and voices to the amazingly funny quirky Olaf, what’s not to love? I made this cake for the granddaughter of one of my dear friends. Her granddaughter has autism so I knew it was going to be a situation where this cake needed to be … Read more