Just as we said last year, my husband and I decided to make a Fertility Idol birthday cake for Bruno´s 5th birthday, his love and admiration for Indiana Jones has not diminished one bit over this year, so we started to work in a fondant Fertility Idol actual size figure, so he could recreate the … Read more
I wanted to try an idea that I had about sculpting butter cream. Most people I know, don’t like the taste/texture of fondant. So, I wondered if I could try something I never heard of before…..sculpting butter cream. I only use a crusting butter cream on my cakes because it tastes great and is easy … Read more
I started making the Teletubbies and the Nunu cake toppers 2 weeks before the party. I colored my fondant in the different colors and made the body part individually, and let them dry properly before I assembled them. I made the Teletubbies favorite things and the Nunu. I’d say my Nunu came out the best … Read more
I searched for some Transformer pieces and found a set that was Bumblebee and his sidekick-Bumble Bee stands about 5 inches high, so it was a perfect size. I also found Tranformer plates at the local party supply store that featured Bumblebee. I wound up making a box “funfetti” cake in the 9×13 size (it … Read more
I made this pretty dolly for my colleagues grand daughter who turned 5 years this weekend past. My colleague brought me one of her dolls and I wrapped the dolly’s legs in cling wrap as she had “tricky” legs and I didn’t want to damage them. I made 5 vanilla flavored round cakes and sandwiched … Read more
I made this Dora the Explorer birthday cake for my 3 year old Dora mad son. I tried to make it not too girly. The map was hand painted onto the fondant covered cake board and the number 3 was carved from 2 9 inch round cakes. He was thrilled with it and the look … Read more
I started making cakes around five years ago. When my niece found out she was having a boy and wanted a Winnie the Pooh on the cake, I couldn’t help myself. The idea came to add both the basket cake idea with the characters for his room. At the last minute I added in the bib … Read more
I made this Super Mario birthday cake for my son’s 5th birthday. To save time I used 4 premixed chocolate mud cake. One for the top tier and three for the bottom tier. I should have used four for the bottom tier. I used dowel to hold upon the top tier. I always use pre … Read more
This Thomas train birthday cake was made for my nephew who turns 2 today, 8th July 2013. He is a big fan of Thomas and friends. I used a Thomas face picture to bring that feeling. It is not edible though. The cake was a half chocolate and half vanilla one. The bottom layer being … Read more
I made this Princess and the Frog birthday cake for my friend’s daughter…she loves the Princess and the Frog and her mom asked if I could possibly try to make something. I looked for ideas on the internet. There’s so many sites with so many techniques I was so overwhelmed but I decided to just … Read more
For my youngest grandson’s third birthday, at his request, we made Lightening McQueen for his Cars themed party. It was definitely a family affair with artistic contributions from his grandpa, as master scuplter, his uncle, as master decorator and me, grandma, as master baker and icer. We used two 9 x13″ cakes for the base: … Read more
This Minecraft Diamond Ore cake was ordered for an eight year old girl, she drew me a picture using MS paint and my son who is a Minecraft fan showed me Diamond Ore in Minecraft on the iPad. I baked two 20cm square vanilla cakes colored blue using a triple butter cake recipe, putting 1.5 batter … Read more