I was asked to make a Superman birthday cake for a friend’s 30th birthday. As it was a special day I decided to mold the Superman in fondant and then sit him onto a motorized globe! I purchased a low cost solar powered turntable but modified it for battery, only then mounted this all into … Read more
This was my first outside order that wasn’t a family member. She asked for a Minnie Mouse birthday cake so this is what I came up with. It’s a chocolate cake with a strawberry preserve filling and then filled and covered with a simple butter cream frosting. Then it’s all covered with home made marshmallow … Read more
I love doing doll cakes, so when my friend asked me to make his daughter’s birthday cake I was so excited! The body was baked in a 5 quart Kitchenaid mixer bowl, and an additional 9 inch round. I marbled white MMF with blue food coloring for the ocean. The mermaid tail was MMf molded … Read more
The Darth Vader helmet cake was made from a chocolate cake with peanut butter cream filling and butter cream surrounded, with fondant covering. Started with an 8″ cake on the bottom, 6″ in the middle, and round/ball cake for the top. Crumb coated whole thing then, carved out the general shapes for the face, then … Read more
I was asked to make this Snow White cake for someones Dad for fathers day! He happens to be a huge Snow White fan and collector. The cake is a 4×6 inch round cake. The top tier is iced in butter cream with fondant stripes, dots and bow. The bottom tier is covered in yellow … Read more
This Alice in Wonderland cake took some creativity, which I don’t always have a lot of. I started working on the fondant pieces about month a head of time and ended up not liking the results so I had to change my ideas around and make new pieces. This cake was a three layers and I … Read more
My daughter wanted a Magic School Bus party and thankfully, the Magic House, in St. Louis was having that as one of it’s traveling exhibits. My daughter was turning 5 and also likes volcanoes so it was obvious that we would use that volcano episode for it’s theme. The volcano cake was simpler by surfing … Read more
My 2 year old son loves Shaun the sheep, so I decided to try my first attempt at cake decorating. I made a two layer Hershey’s chocolate cake, a simple buttercream frosting, and cooked chocolate frosting similar to ganache (all from scratch with the exception of the eyes and legs–and all recipes found online with all … Read more
I baked 7 layers in an 8-9 inch cake pan. I also baked one layer in a metal bowl for the top. I froze all the layers overnight for better shaping the next day. As I stacked the layers I spread buttercream frosting between all the layers to help hold everything together. I shaped everything … Read more
My friend who I used to go to school with many years ago, asks me to make lots of cakes for her and I’m always up for the challenge. Well, it was due to be her grandson’s birthday and he loves Dr Who, and this is the theme of the cake he asked for. I … Read more
I made this Jake and the Neverland Pirates birthday cake for a friend’s little 5 year old boy. Ran all over town trying to find the characters. The main part of the cake is chocolate flavored, double layered 10″. The cupcakes, white cake so as to have a choice for the kids. I made a … Read more
I made a 12in Cars birthday cake for my nephew! He turned 4 and I wanted to make it something he would love! I iced the cake completely red, and made a race track on top in the shape of a number 4. I drew the track out and filled in with icing then used … Read more