My son loves Minecraft, especially Stampycat. So a homemade Minecraft birthday cake was the only way to go for his birthday. We bought two store-made half sheet cakes and then cut off one end of both to turn it into a perfect square (because everything in Minecraft is square.) We also bought a ton of … Read more
I made this Minecraft Creeper cake for my son’s 10th birthday. I think you can use this method for any type of Minecraft face. I hope you find this useful… How to Make the Minecraft Creeper Cake Bake a 20x20cm (8″x8″) square cake. Then cool, cut off the top, turn it upside down onto a … Read more
This cake was a labor of love since I was not able to find many cakes that had mobile trains on them. We started with a full sheet cake. We found that a chocolate with extra sour cream was the best density to support the cake. We had to build a slight support structure that … Read more
My nephews asked for a Power Rangers Samurai birthday cake for their joint birthday party. Most examples I found showed all the Power Rangers or just one… the boys each requested their favorite Ranger (Red and Gold) so I had to get creative. I Made two 11 x 18 sheet cakes with 2 cake mixes in … Read more
Everyone lights up when they see Mickey Mouse! My two-year-old nephew is a big fan so he got a Happy Mickey Mouse cake for his birthday! It was fast and easy to make! I used an 8 in. round for the head and two 6 in. pans for his ears. Mickey’s face was vanilla with … Read more
My son William wanted a Spiderman cake. I thought it would be cool if I did a Spiderman Birthday cake in the shape of #8. The entire cake is frost with buttercream. Although it is a time-consuming cake, at the end it was well worth it. For this particular cake, I only used two main colors: black … Read more
My niece asked for a Pokémon cake for her 6th birthday, so I sat down with her and looked at several pictures of cakes to get an idea for what she wanted on it. Two things stood out, Pikachu, and Pokeballs. I decided to try making Pokeball cake pops, which didn’t turn out very pretty, but … Read more
I love to bake and look forward to making my girls’s birthday cakes every year. This year Abbi requested a mermaid theme party. I should’ve taken a picture of the inside, but one layer was a blue velvet, the other pink velvet and the “rock” was funfetti. I made buttercream icing and used gel food … Read more
My daughter-in-law is an exceptional woman, who enjoys supporting people, often sacrificially. She asked me to make a birthday cake for a friend of hers, who was hospitalized at the time. Her favorite collectible character was Betty Boop. It’s a small topsy turvy cake being viewed from above. Betty Boop is made from fondant. Her … Read more
My Son wanted BB-8 from Star Wars for his birthday cake this year. It did not turn out how I wanted, but at a 10 inch diameter, it weighed a good 3 1/2 kilos. It is iced with rolled fondant. I used orange butter cream to smooth between the cake and fondant. It was unfortunate as I spent … Read more
Here is my son’s 6th birthday Scooby Doo Triple Layer cake. The bottom layer, with the mystery machine on it, is a tye dye cake. The middle Scooby print layer is chocolate and the top paw print layer is a combination on both cake flavors. On the Scooby Doo collar layer I put my son’s initials … Read more
My grandson got all excited when it was his “big boy” birthday #5. He chose his top three Super heroes for his cake. For the Hulk hand my daughter, Nikki, placed a mixture of 3/4 gum paste and 1/3 fondant and sat for 20 mins while it set up with a fist. After it dried we sprayed … Read more