My 5-year old son wanted a “Gary” cake this year so I set about creating this one using a simple Mary Berry sponge recipe (from her most recent book). Hers was in the shape of a bunny but it was easily adapted to a snail! With the 2x 7″ cakes from the recipe, I made … Read more
I made this Doraemon birthday cake for a friend’s son’s birthday. He is a 5 year old Doraemon fan and his mother wanted me to do a Doraemon themed cake, since they had arranged a Doraemon themed birthday party. So it was a 3 lb and a two tier cake. The lower tier was a … Read more
I started these Jack and Sally cakes early in the day, I just made two round cakes, it took about an hour. I then got out two cans of white icing, then a few special tipped icing packets to create the hair, eyes, mouths, noses, eye lashes, and scars. My then boyfriend, Tyler, created the … Read more
I made this cake for my grandson’s fifth birthday. He wanted a Power Ranger cake. A few weeks before baking the cake I started to make the figures out of fondant in colors that he requested. The day I baked the cakes I made one 10 inch, one 8 inch and one 6 inch chocolate cake. I … Read more
I made this awesome 3 tier Batman cake for the son of a friend. She asked if I could make a Batman cake and she wanted it to be super special since Batman is his FAVORITE! I was beyond nervous because I had never made a tier cake before. I watched about a million videos online … Read more
The cake came in two parts, a Humpty Dumpty made out of rice krispies treats and a bright red vanilla Madeira sponge brick wall. I made Humpty first to allow plenty of time for the sugar paste to set nice and firm to minimize the risk of limbs breaking off when assembling the cake. I wanted Humpty’s arm to stick out … Read more
For my daughter’s 1st birthday party, I made a 3D Winnie the Pooh cake. I searched high and low on Ebay for a 3D cake pan for months before her party. The pans were so expensive that I almost decided to change her cake design. However, I finally found a retired Wilton 3D Pooh cake … Read more
For my daughter’s 4th birthday party, our theme was Strawberry Shortcake. I wanted a cake that was different from anything I had seen and that she would love! My daughter absolutely loves fresh strawberries, so I decided to use fresh strawberries to make a strawberry patch cake and give it a 3D appearance. She was so … Read more
A week in advance, I sculpted the figures and trash cans from gum paste so they would have time to dry. The details of Joker and Batman were hand painted. Each building was made from six 8″ square cakes. One was strawberry, the other white. For each building, I first leveled and stacked 3 cakes, placed plastic … Read more
I made this Minnie Mouse cake for my daughter’s 7th birthday. About 5 days in advance, I made the black gum paste ears so they would be dry in time. The bottom tier is two 10″ yellow cakes, and the top is two 6″ strawberry cakes. The yellow cakes were layered with white butter cream filling and the strawberry … Read more
I used a Wilton Sponge Bob cake pan and a 2′ square pan as the base. Baking time for the Sponge Bob was about 20 mins, while the square pan took about 45 mins to bake. I used pound fruit cakes. The square base was coated with butter cream icing and covered with blue (sugar flair navy blue) fondant. I … Read more
My son wanted Lightning McQueen on his birthday cake this year. And of course I can’t say no. I first found this Wilton’s Cars’ pan to use, but with the size of family we have, I knew I’d need more cake. So I thought I could put Lightning McQueen on top of a sheet cake. … Read more