My name is Amy and I am an in-home baker that makes/sells cakes in my spare time. I have a full-time job and 2 kids; plus I commute 160 miles round trip 5 days a week to work. Needless to say I am very busy already, but I do find time for my cakes. They … Read more
My son asked me to make two superhero cakes for his 4th birthday this month. Well, that seemed easy until he said ” I want Sponge Bob and Patrick as Batman and Robin”. So, I research images of cakes of Sponge Bob and Patrick (but none were superheros). So I looked at pictures of them … Read more
I had gotten an email from a customer to do a Dr. Seuss cake. They wanted it to look like he was coming up through the cake. I studied and studied other ideas and how I could make this happen. I am no expert on fondant. I rolled up my sleeves and went for the … Read more
I made this Thomas the Train Railroad cake for my nephew’s 3rd birthday since no one else in my family bakes and no one could afford a large enough Thomas the Train cake either. I am still new to making cakes (only made about 30 so far) but this was not difficult. All I did was bake and … Read more
The idea is simple. My sweet five year old daughter is a big fan of chocolate and also Hello Kitty. But on the other hand I love simplicity. My Hello Kitty cake presents the mixture of those two. It is made of two ordinary sponge cakes. It had an extra tablespoon of sugar and cocoa. … Read more
I made this Minion birthday cake for my daughter’s 8th birthday. It was simple and very cute. I made it using a rectangle pyrex glass plate. I cut the edges to make them a little round then I used food coloring for the frosting. For the eyes I used round cookies. I actually frosted them and … Read more
Like a lot of girls, my daughter loves Hello Kitty, so I found this web site for my inspiration to make her 5th birthday cake. The look on her face made it so worth the time in making it! I made a basic Victoria sponge, sandwiched with strawberry jam, for the base, using a 7” … Read more
I made this TMNT cake for a customers son’s birthday. I used a half sheet cake pan. I made a chocolate butter cream icing and for the decorating I made regular butter cream icing. In the corners of the cake, I made 4 turtle heads out of fondant. I then drew a TMNT on the … Read more
This Spongebob cake was my first customer order cake so I was super excited! I used a full sheet pan and crumb coated the cake before decorating it. I used a toothpick to draw in the areas of the face and areas to outline. I then outlined those areas in black icing. I then tinted … Read more
Hi my name is Gloria Pacheco and I live in Las Vegas, Nevada where heat temperatures rise up to 118!! Well, let me begin by telling you that my son’s birthday party was going to take place at the park at the end of August!! It’s hot, hot, hot! My son had wanted an Evil … Read more
This was my son’s 4th birthday party theme, Bob and his gang! The cake was two tiers, the bottom was vanilla with butter cream and strawberries and the top was chocolate. The people figurines were bought but I decided to try making the trucks with modelling chocolate which was a very good idea as I discovered that … Read more
For my daughter’s 4th birthday she was very clear that she wanted ‘a Ben and Holly cake’. Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom is a cartoon from the makers of Peppa Pig, Ben is an elf and Holly is a fairy princess. It is very popular in our house! My daughter’s party was at a play … Read more