At first my son wanted a Ninjago party for his 7th birthday. I wanted him to pick something less violent. So we agreed on a Magic Tree House party because he loves the books. He just finished reading Night of the New Magicians – my favorite so far. The school librarian where I work helped … Read more
My 4 year old son thought it was the coolest Optimus Prime cake ever! This cake was born out of pure frustration of having to always pay a fortune for pretty but tasteless cakes that need a year supply of coffee to flush it past the gag reflex to try and swallow and eventually after … Read more
This Disney Frozen birthday cake is an 8-inch and 6-inch chocolate sponge cake put together with chocolate butter cream. I then crumb coat with blue butter cream, then cut the white fondant for the top. piped the butter cream around with flower nozzle. I sprayed the whole thing with silver edible spray to get the … Read more
My niece really wanted a Hobbit House cake for her birthday. So, I started by looking at good ol’ Pinterest for inspiration. Then, I got started my design. I worked on making fondant and buttercream about five days before I was going to decorate. I needed several colors of fondant to make my figures and … Read more
I have made all of my children’s cakes for the past 9 years! To me, it makes it more personal and the expression on their faces when they see their cake for the first time is priceless! I think this super-hero themed cake for my son’s 4th birthday received the best reaction by far! This … Read more
I started off this Minecraft block cake by making a dense chocolate cake in a rectangle cake pan. Once cooled, I cut out 2 by 2 inch squares and placed them in a random order on a cardboard cake plate. Some were stacked on top of each other and stabilized with wooden skewers. I then … Read more
I made this creepy 8th birthday cake for my stepson, Gavin (who I adore). He loves the hit T.V. series, “The Walking Dead”. For his birthday, he wanted a zombie party. We had a blast (and spent hours) looking at different cakes online, for ideas. He finally decided on a cake with a zombie rising … Read more
I made this cute Kermit on a waterfall cake for a little girl’s birthday. After about a month of going back and forth about what kind of cake she wanted we were scrolling through Pinterest and saw a Kermit the Frog cake and that was it. Her mind was made up. So, about a week … Read more
For my husband’s 40th birthday, I surprised him with this Necronomicon cake inspired by one of his all time favorite movies, “Army of Darkness”. (You could also say it’s from the “Evil Dead.”) The Necronomicon is also known as The Book of the Dead. I frosted the cake with pudding. I wanted to make it as ugly … Read more
Here’s my buttercream Minnie Mouse cake. Minnie Mouse is made with a butter cream transfer. I baked a normal vanilla cake, seperated it and filled it with a vanilla buttercream. I then crumb coated it, let it sit, put the final covering of frosting on and put it aside to set. For Minnie mouse, I printed … Read more
I created this adorable undercover Superman cake for my husband of 11 years for his 38th birthday. He really is a superman to our family and he was so deserving of the cake. I usually let him pick his own cake theme, but this year I wanted it to be a surprise. This particular design … Read more
I had fun making this Incredible Hulk 3rd birthday cake. It was a 3-layer chocolate and vanilla cake with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream covered in purple fondant. I piped a black edge around the bottom and top of the cake. I made a bunch of fondant “bricks” and painted red gel paste on yellow cut-out … Read more