This Hello Kitty cake was as simple to make as it looks. To build it, I placed a 9″ round cake on top of 16 inch round cake. The bottom cake was chocolate with strawberry-banana cream filling. The sides were covered with a mixture of crushed cereal and brown sugar to look like sand. The … Read more
Hello World! I made this Hello Kitty 5th birthday cake for the sweet little daughter of one of my co-workers. This cake took on a whole unique look. I couldn’t decide which Hello Kitty she might like, so I took ideas from several different pictures online and combined them to come up with the cutest … Read more
My 8 year old son wanted a Minecraft cake, so I put this together. The water has a black licorice octopus under the blue jello “water” and colored M&M’s represent the lapiz lazul, coal, redstone, and gold stuck into the “mined” layers. Steve did made sure to put some “torches” along the mine shaft, and … Read more
I am very new to cake decorating. I have not taken any classes. This was my first tiered cake for pay. I was asked to make this cake by a lady at my church for her daughter who was turning 6. She sent me a beautiful picture of a blue 3 tiered cake covered in … Read more
Made This cake for a friend of mines Granddaughter…As I have 4 Grandsons, it was a lot of fun to do a girly cake for a little girl for a change ! This cake is a 10x10x2 inch double layer square cake. It is frosted in Homemade Buttercream frosting and filled with buttercream frosting. Minnie … Read more
Couldn’t find a regular Elsa “Barbie”, so an ice skating Elsa was purchased instead. Of course, her feet were huge because of the skates (which are permanent), so not only did I have to cut a HUGE hole in the middle for her to fit, I also had to make an extra cake to accommodate … Read more
For those that haven’t seen my other cakes, I’m an Australian Dad who makes his children their birthday cakes. I have no training at all and am just self-taught. We have 2 boys and last year we had our beautiful baby girl enter our family and she recently celebrated her first birthday. Normally the kids … Read more
After making a Mickey Mouse cake for my son’s second birthday, he requested Donald Duck, for his third. I have uploaded pics of Mickey Mouse on this site if anyone wishes to look it up. From an engineering point of view, my biggest fear about my son requesting Donald Duck, was “How do I cantilever … Read more
It’s been a while since I have submitted some cakes to this site. I thought I’d add a few for inspiration as I often rely on this site for ideas when my kids place their orders for their birthday cakes. I’m an Australian Dad who makes cakes for his kids. Last time I posted here, … Read more
I had a friend ask me to make a birthday cake for her grandaughter’s birthday party to match her birthday party decorations. I baked an 11″ x 15″ cake and frosted it in a home made light pink buttercream frosting on the top of the cake and a darker pink frosting around the sides. I … Read more
My son loves Giggle and Hoot (ABC4Kids) so I decided to make a Hoot cake for his second birthday. Ahead of time I made the fondant details (feet, wings (which I dried over shaped cling wrap to give curves/character), stars brushed with edible glitter, beak and eyes – which were wrapped over/around chocolate mint biscuits). … Read more
As with almost every little girl on this planet, my soon to be six year old daughter is “Frozen” smitten, and so for her birthday she requested a “Frozen” party. As usual, I let her choose what type of cake she wanted. Looking through my copy of Women’s Weekly birthday cakes, she pointed out the … Read more