This Bubble Guppie cake is made from a double layer 10inch chocolate cake. Cakes sliced and filled with blue vanilla buttercream, covered with blue vanilla buttercream dusted with edible glitter. I iped green butter cream ‘seaweed’, yellow and orange sugar ‘starfish’ and hand modeled gum paste ‘Gil the Bubble Guppie’ and bubbles. Made fondant shells … Read more
My sister asked me to make a cake for her sons 2nd birthday party. He is not really into many things yet, but his favorite cuddly toy is a large Sweep from Sooty & Sweep make that’s what she wanted. I felt a bit daunted as not made anything quite like it but I was … Read more
My grandson wanted a themed celebration for his third birthday and was obsessed with Thomas the Tank. As a recently retired teacher who took the Wilton cake decorating course at our local craft store, I volunteered to make the cake (before I knew the theme) and when I found out about Thomas I racked my … Read more
Two eight inch round chocolate cakes torted with chocolate buttercream covered in midnight blue vanilla buttercream. Red and orange vanilla buttercream ruffle border, white and black fondant Darth Vader mask. To make the mask, find a picture, blow it up on the computer to size you need, print it out, cut out outline for white … Read more
My son’s birthdays are 3 1/2 weeks apart. My youngest was first and he wanted an Angry Bird cake. I made cupcakes for him to take to school and made the cake for his family party. I used the left over cupcakes to add to the cake display. I just used 2- 9 inch round … Read more
I have always loved the Wizard of Oz and my kids do as well. Soo, when my daughter said she wanted a Wizard of Oz cake I was excited to give it a go. I purchased the figurines on line on eBay. Aside from the figures I wanted the cake to be completely edible. I … Read more
I made 6 white wedding cakes. I made butter cream icing and marshmallow fondant for the roses. After melting the marshmallows with a few tsp. of water I added 6-8 cups of powdered sugar and mixed until it started forming a solid ball. I covered my fondant sheet with butter so it wouldn’t stick then … Read more
I started baking almost 14 years ago trying my hand for my son’s first birthday cake. And I fell in love. Over the years I tried to get better and better, while refusing to use fondant for any other purpose that small details. With that said, I have had to realize that my cakes would … Read more
This cake was an 8 inch strawberry cake, covered in pink fondant with white fondant polka dots, trimmed in pink and white polka dot ribbon, with a bow. The ears on the cake were made out of black fondant circles sandwiching lollipop sticks (dried for two days for sturdiness). The cupcakes were chocolate, piped with … Read more
I was thrilled when my nephew requested I made him a Mario kart cake. I myself am a super Mario fanatic. He loves everything Mario. I started making the characters first; there is a number of ways and materials you can use to make them. I made the karts out of rice crispies and molded … Read more
These “leaning” cakes are all the rage right now! I was a little scared and nervous when a friend showed me a picture and asked me if I could make this cake for her son’s birthday. I knew I had to make the cake perfect because I couldn’t let the little boy down. So, I … Read more
Once my son was able to hold a game controller in his little toddler hands, he was obsessed with Super Mario Brothers. So, for his 5th birthday, there was no question about what his cake should be. I wanted to accomplish 3 goals: Create a cake that my son would love Create a cake that … Read more