I made a Tinkerbell dress cake for my daughter Ella’s 4th birthday. She loved it! It was a lot of work but totally worth it. I used the Barbie dress cake idea and just decorated the dress for Tinkerbell and put a Tinkerbell doll inside. I used a bunch of different tips from a bunch … Read more
My fiance is obsessed with Monster’s Inc. to the point he had to borrow a friend’s child to go to the cinema to watch it in 3D because he thought he’d look at bit odd watching it on his own surrounded by families. For his 30th I surprised him with a Sulley birthday cake. It was red-velvet … Read more
My son Apollo is currently infatuated with Go Diego Go so that was the theme for his birthday. I love to put in effort for my kids cakes so I made it myself. Chose to make an easy caramel cake for two reasons: the cake itself isn’t like boxed cakes that boast super moist (not sturdy), it … Read more
My 5 year old daughter wanted a Hello Kitty cake for her big birthday party. My sister-in-law, her sister and I took ideas from images online and decided to make our own design from that. We started with a large round base. Then we made a rectangular cake that we cut out for her face. … Read more
I baked a Lightning McQueen cake and cupcakes for a 4 year old toddlers birthday party. I made a spongecake which I carved and covered in a red fondant with all the trimmings. I also made cupcakes with the racing number on for each child that came to the party. I did it overnight. I … Read more
My boyfriend and I are both complete nerds. He however, had several nerdy loves yet undiscovered by me when we first started dating. You see, he had a love for Minecraft – an online game made of blocky looking characters where you can mine for minerals, harvest food and build an entire world. Basically, it’s … Read more
This Cars cake was made for my 2 year old so which I did from home. The hardest part not so much the piping but it was the time consuming of cutting out each of the black squares by hand using a knife and sugar sheets. My son and his friends absolutely loved the cake. All they … Read more
The Map tells Dora and Boots to follow the path, thru the forest (Swiper hiding), over the bridge (past the grumpy ole troll), and finally arrive at Ansley’s birthday party. This is a large cake – 1/2 a sheet cake. WASC cake with butter cream icing. The tree’s were pretzel rods and used a # … Read more
Some friends asked my wife to do a birthday cake for a girl of eight years. With her age she is crazy about princesses. Well, what came to mind was that despite having done many projects with ArduinoI had never applied electronics in a cake. So we decided to join forces and add some light … Read more
I love making theme cakes but as my son has reached his teenage years it’s become difficult to find an idea that he will like. So for his 16th birthday I decided on the Eye of Sauron from The Lord of the Rings. He was completely surprised and loved it! I baked two 8″ round … Read more
I made this Strawberry Shortcake in 3 steps: First I made the figurines – Strawberry Shortcake, the cat and dog, strawberries, the #6 and name sign with gum paste a week ahead of time. I baked the cakes 2 days before the cake event. And finally decorated the cake the day before the event. My customer was very … Read more
After having 3 boys, I was so surprised to find out I was pregnant with my 4th child. Even more to find out it was a girl! We were so excited, and I’d finally get to indulge my love for Fairies and Tinkerbell. This first birthday cake for my baby girl was a lot of … Read more