For his seventh birthday, my son asked for a Star Wars Logo cake. This is what I came up with. It is an 8-in round cake, iced in black butter cream. The storm trooper is made from white fondant, and cut out using the William Sonoma Star Wars Cookie cutter. I then filled in the … Read more
I have no real cake training and have been self teaching for a few years by trial and error (making cakes for family and friends). I love a challenge and this certainly challenged me on such a short notice. I get lost in cakes. I started doing them for the therapy type movements in my hands. My … Read more
I have been creating cakes for family and friends for about seven years. I get excited every time I am asked to create a cake for someone. This cake was fun to make. I baked three eight inch cakes and I used the large ssoccer pan for the dome. I covered a twelve inch cake … Read more
Right now, before I start, I just want to say that I have very little experience in cake making (especially a Doctor Who Tardis cake!). But in general I just have a flair for design. It’s amazing that with a little bit of effort you can achieve wonders. I was asked by a close friend … Read more
This cake is the result if my 5 yr old’s obsession with minions and his LOVE for fondant. I wanted to decorate it in buttercream, but my son begged for a cake with fondant. At first I didn’t want to do the fondant because I make my own and my kitchen floor is usually a … Read more
I had never made a scene cake before and the idea was intriguing. After looking at many photos of scene cakes, I decided that I wanted Dora to have an adventure. I baked 2 sheet cakes and 2 very small round cakes (all chocolate). As luck would have it, the larger of the two rounds … Read more
I made this Minnie Mouse cake for a friend’s little girl’s 2nd birthday. She loves Minnie Mouse. First I made a round Madeira cake and sandwiched it and covered it in butter cream. I then covered the cake in pink icing. I made some ears by cutting small circles and the faces with slightly larger circles and placed … Read more
We went with a Disney Planes theme for my son’s 2nd birthday. It was a blast. This 10” round cake was the yummiest vanilla cake I had ever made! Recipe in comments section below. It was dense but very moist and I received lots of complements. To go with the color scheme of Planes I … Read more
A friend of mine asked me to make a cake for her grandson who loves Thomas the tank engine. This is how I started to make it. I made the engine out of blue icing, 1/2 flower paste, 1/2 fondant, this is so it is easy to model and it hardens too. I did some of … Read more
This was a fun cake to make. Everyone who is a Duck Dynasty fan would love this cake. It is a two tier stack construction cake. This cake is an eight inch layered on a ten inch layered. Top layer vanilla, bottom layer chocolate. All figures are made from fondant, so is the water in … Read more
I have been making and decorating cakes for about 7 years for family and friends. If you give me a picture I can most likely make it. This cake was for my Grandsons 7th birthday. He loves anything Minecraft. This cake was a little challenging. It is an 8 inch four squared layered chocolate cake … Read more
I was asked to make a cake with Minnie mouse on it for a friend of mine’s granddaughter. I had to look on YouTube to find out to make the Minnie mouse. I first shaped the dress and then attached the arms and legs. Then I shaped the hands in white and then shaped the … Read more