I made this Dr. Seuss Giraffe birthday cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. Her favorite stuffed animal “Papaya” is the giraffe from the Dr. Seuss story “And to think I saw it on Mulberry Street”. When I asked her what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, she told me she wanted a “Paya” cake….and … Read more
This last minute Nemo Birthday cake was my first ever attempt at a big cake. I never stray from what I know which are cupcakes, but my friend couldn’t afford to pay at the time so I offered free of charge to attempt one. So glad I did. It was a plain vanilla sponge cake filled … Read more
This Peppa Pig Fairy cake was a 3 layer chocolate cake filled with chocolate fudge frosting. Iced in white chocolate butter cream. I first put the blue for the sky icing on and let it set a bit in the fridge, then I used a grass tip to create the grass for Peppa to sit on. … Read more
I started this Halo Warthog cake by baking a square base for the ground then covered it with chocolate frosting and Giradelli chocolate that I blended into “dirt” pieces in the blender. (That was DELICIOUS!!) Then I baked the next cake in a race car mold because it was the closest shape to the Halo jeep. … Read more
I made 4 sheet cakes and layered it with frosting in between. Then carved the body shape and frosted it. I then made a lot of rice crispy cereal treats and shaped them into the fins of the fish. I had to shape them around bowls and cups and let them harden for a while … Read more
This Moshi Monsters birthday cake is a round chocolate sponge covered in green fondant. I made the figures from fondant also mixed with a little tylose powder to harden. I then tried to create the person’s name using the same font as the Moshi Monster sign. Then just added some butterflies and flowers for decoration and multi-colored pieces … Read more
This was a Power Ranger cake that I made. When looking for images on the net of Power Rangers they all seemed to be different so I just went with an image that I found on a few sites, and here it is. Just a simple round sponge, I cut the 2 edges slightly to … Read more
Bertha?!?! I had never heard of Bertha the toy making machine and had been asked to do a birthday cake with a Bertha theme. I trawled through Google and found few pictures that showed the full image. I had an idea of what this toy making machine was like, so I let my imagination run … Read more
I made this Cookie Monster cake for my daughter’s 12th birthday. Everyone loved it! I used a Wilton ten inch round pan for the cake, and just did one layer. I made butter cream for the frosting, and used Wilton royal blue to get the Cookie Monster color. For the outline, eyes and mouth I … Read more
This lady came to me one day with a picture of a Smurf House cake that she had found on Google, and she asked me if I could make it for her daughter’s birthday. I had never made any 3D cakes before, but I couldn’t loose this client, so I didn’t even think, I just … Read more
This was a request for a Minnie Mouse inspired cake. They didn’t want the silhouette on the cake just the feel of Minnie. It was going great, had the ears drying, the bows formed and fondant made. The ears and bows are gum paste, the rest of the decorations are fondant. I stacked the lower … Read more
For my daughter’s fourth birthday, she wanted a Hello Kitty party. That seemed like a good opportunity to try making a tiered cake! I used marshmallow fondant with tylose powder to form the Hello Kitty topper and the flat Kitty’s on the sides of the bottom tier. I used fondant without tylose for the polka dots and tiny flowers. The letters … Read more