I made this Sweet Strawberry Shortcake birthday cake for my daughter’s 1st birthday party. I used a vanilla cake with a blend of Strawberry sundae topping, cream cheese, Marshmallow fluff, and Cool whip for the filling. It was completely yummy! I am pleased to say that this cake required NO FONDANT and I far preferred working … Read more
When my daughter first asked me to put Angry Birds on my phone, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Not only did I lose my phone for long periods of time to my daughter, but my husband quickly became a fan, too! So much for ‘my’ phone! For this angry birds … Read more
This Star Wars cake was relatively simple to create. The brief was to give a ‘geeky surprise’ to an adult Star Wars fan. The cake itself is a simple vanilla sponge with vanilla butter cream. There are two layers, each layer made up from a three egg mix. The covering is fondant. I used soft silver pearls … Read more
I just made 4 cake rounds, 2 boxes of Betty Crocker cake mix. I chose chocolate and rainbow chip. Two cakes each covered in fondant. I buy the Wilton White tubs (2) and make my own colors. I did my sons favorite color purple as the background and base. Frost the cake individually with frosting … Read more
I believe the younger generations may not know that this “I’m smarter than your average bear!” is one of Yogi’s favorite quote! And so, bright readers, you probably have guessed it. Yep the next cake project which my dear did after the 2 tier birthday cake was a 3D Yogi bear (features boo too!) The theme of … Read more
I made this Lightening McQueen birthday cake with 3 cakes total. Two regular long cakes for base wrapped in red fondant. The third cake I cut and used for top of car. I always buy my own Wilton Fondant from Michaels and make my own colors. I have the Wilton color box, and it has everything I need! … Read more
When my 4 year old wanted a Gordon cake for his birthday I freaked! For anyone who doesn’t have a Thomas the Tank Engine fan, Gordon is one of the train characters. I NEVER wanted to do a character cake. I have made a train, plane and fire engine cake in the past but they never were expected to … Read more
I doubt that I could ever duplicate this Mario cake again, but it sure was a fun one to do! My boys all decided that the upcoming 4 year old wanted a Mario Cake for his birthday….and since all my cake ideas come from them, I said “sure thing”! The Mario upper body portion was … Read more
Jenna wanted a fun birthday cake for her husband’s big 3-0! She sent me her birthday invites which were 80’s themed and so cool! The bottom tier was Pac-Man, the middle tier was a Rubik’s cube and the top was a throw back to Mario, except it was Brian coming out of the pipe. The … Read more
My friend’s 6-year-old loves all things Disney, so when the movie “Tangled” came out she wanted a very special cake. She supplied two crenelation circles made out of plastic, the Rapunzel and prince figures, plus the crown/flag for the top of the tower. I made 2 8-inch rounds, 4 6-inch rounds, and the extra batter went into … Read more
Max and Ruby are bunny rabbits. I made these for a friends little girl birthday. I had no idea what Max and Ruby was. I was told it was a cartoon on Nick Jr. So I tuned in to watch Max and Ruby to get some ideas on how to make these cakes. I ended up cutting … Read more
Well, it took me about three hours to do all together. First I made a round cake for the head then a full cake for the body. Then another full cake for the arms and legs then another full cake to make the boots. My husband came in and said what are you doing putting a puzzle together! … Read more