A friend of mine wanted a cake for her granddaughter’s birthday, and she asked me for a cake incorporating Noddy. I looked on the web for ideas and asked her if a Noddy car would be ok, she was thrilled so I set out and started to make the Noddy car. I colored some fondant … Read more
As soon as we knew that Monsters University was opening the weekend of my daughter’s 8th birthday, we knew we would be having a MU party at the theater. Once that was decided, the next order of business was the cake! We went through a few ideas before we settled on a two tier cake … Read more
My son turned one this week. I decided to have a Winnie the Pooh theme. I baked the chocolate cake from scratch cause that is how I like it. I was scared that the cake would get stuck in the pan or that it would break but it turned out awesome. Decorating time was very … Read more
My niece is very into Star Wars right now. She came to me and asked if I could make her a cake for her 6th birthday. With those big begging eyes looking at me how could I say no. She wanted Lightsabers on it, because that is her favorite part of the movie. Well the … Read more
Nine months BEFORE her birthday, my daughter was set on wanting a Rapunzel cake. I kept telling her to wait until closer to her birthday to decide but she kept insisting she wanted a Rapunzel cake. She never wavered. So I decided to make one for her. I am certainly not a professional but here’s how … Read more
My daughter recently turned 6 years old. She is the cutest and most sweet little 6 year old a momma could ask for! She also has a life threatening peanut/tree nut allergy. She’s never had a bakery cake, cupcake, donut, bagel…well, you get the picture! I’ve always enjoyed baking, but I’ve never really decorated or … Read more
My 2-year-old daughter is recently obsessed with Minnie Mouse, so I whipped this one up for her. I baked two separate cakes — one cherry chip and one yellow — in an 14.5x11x2-inch pan. I layered the cakes with icing in the middle. Then I placed a 5-inch circle in the top corners and used a … Read more
I made this Minnie Mouse cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday party. This is my 5th cake to make. I Googled Minnie Mouse images and used one for a template. Since it was a small template, and I couldn’t get it to print out any bigger, I just used the picture as a guide. I … Read more
Here is my small world story ( the condensed version). The neighbor who lived 100 yards from me when I was growing up lives 100 yards from me now. Mind you I left NY and moved to Detroit for many years, he went to the military and traveled the world for years. We both returned to New York, … Read more
I just finished this Toy Story birthday cake, tonight actually, for my best friend’s 3 year old son, Irah. I have never had any formal training with any of this. Over the last few years I have amassed several gizmos and gadgets that make the decorating much easier, but for the most part I just dig … Read more
This Hello Kitty cake took me awhile to complete and was extremely tedious ! I used the “star fill” technique which is to use your star tip to fill in a large space. They actually make a tip which is a “star fill” tip which kind of looks like 3 star tips in one which … Read more
My neighbor Cindi called me and told me that I had made her daughter’s graduation cake a few weeks ago (ordered by someone else) and she was wondering if I knew what Bubble Guppies were. I did not but told her I would investigate. I went online and watched the cartoon and fell in love … Read more