I made this Mack truck cake for my son’s 3rd birthday, he is Cars mad and desperately wanted a Mack Truck cake. I baked 2 large chocolate rectangle cakes. The first cake I cut in half length ways and stacked to make the trailer. The second cake I cut in quarters, then one quarter cut … Read more
My client asked me to match the Lion King decorations for her baby shower including Baby Simba and a green giraffe print. She also loved the look of the baby tushy so I added that to the top and to carry the animal theme, I painted on the cheetah print to the baby’s blanket. The … Read more
My grandson requested a “Minecraft” cake for his 7th birthday. When I told him I didn’t know what that was or if I could do it, he said all you have to do is make some square and put grass on them!! Did a little research, looking for ideas. Cake was chocolate with chocolate icing, … Read more
My grandson was adamant on his request for an “Iron Man” for his 4th birthday cake. He has watched the movie dozens of times, even though it’s an old movie, no longer in publication. He even wants to walk up the street to the transformer station which is a likeness to the one in the … Read more
I was asked to make a surprise birthday cake for a guy turning 40. All I knew was that it had to be 4 tiers and also had to be superhero themed. I decided the easiest way to incorporate a large number of characters would be to just make the logos for each of them … Read more
My sister-in-law was having a Mario Bros themed baby shower and wanted a red velvet Mario cake. This is what I came up with. I did all the fondant pieces the day before, and the tube on top is made from rice crispy treats covered in green fondant. I made the mistake of using a … Read more
This Sponge Bob birthday cake was made for a little boy who was living temporarily at a domestic violence center. I volunteered to make cakes for any of the kids birthdays. It was a 9×13 cake with fondant covering the whole thing and all accents in fondant. I found an image online and then made … Read more
For his 7th birthday, my nephew requested that I make a Lego Star Wars cake for his big party with all of his friends. There were two things he wanted most. First, he wanted the Star Wars logo on it and second “lots and lots and lots of Storm Troopers”. I created a cake that is … Read more
Each year, 14-36 hours before each of my nephews’ birthday parties, I fly from San Francisco to Boston to bake their themed birthday cakes. This time, the little one wanted Angry Birds. They saw a popular video on YouTube where someone made an almost life-sized, working Angry Birds cake game. There was no way I … Read more
I made this cake for my daughter’s 5th birthday. She loved Fancy Nancy and was having a fancy dress-up party with all her little girl friends, so I knew I couldn’t just make any normal 9×13 cake. I needed to make something splendiferous! I looked all over the internet looking at other Fancy Nancy cakes … Read more
This is one of my favorite cakes. It was for a first birthday – all gumpaste figures. The example cake that the client gave me had plastic figures. We changed everything up a bit and we ended up with gum paste baby Elmo and Cookie Monster. I included a jumbo crayon for the number one … Read more
After a few years of making cakes for friends and family, I finally decided I should probably do a great one for my own kid too! I’m totally self taught and just have fun experimenting. My son usually gets plain cakes with simple icing or store bought ones because I’m always too busy planning the … Read more