Coolest Blue Toad Cake

Homemade Blue Toad Cake

One of my grandson’s was getting ready to celebrate his 6th birthday. He requested I make him Blue Toad for his cake. This was great fun. My grandchildren love to see if I can meet their requests, yet have to make sure they are tasty too. I made two Dora Explorer cakes, one layer chocolate … Read more

Coolest Mario Birthday Cake

Homemade Mario Birthday Cake

My 12 year old son wanted a homemade Mario birthday cake. I didn’t want to spend $80 for a retired pan on eBay. After looking at pictures on-line I decided a cake of just his face would be pretty simple as it’s basically just a round shape. I bought a 12″x2″ round pan and just … Read more

Coolest Super Mario Cake

Homemade Super Mario Cake

I know fondant is popular but I still love making the cakes form pure buttercream. This Super Mario Cake is simply a big 10″ round cake pan for the base, frosted red, the bottom of the giant cupcake pan for the mushroom base, and half a ball pan for the top of the mushroom. I … Read more

Coolest Super Mario Brothers Birthday Cake

Homemade  Super Mario Brothers Birthday Cake

I made this Super Mario Brothers Birthday Cake for my nephew who requested a Mario cake for his 7th birthday. The party was on a Friday afternoon so I needed a simple design that didn’t require sculpting and baking a lot of different cakes, etc. so I decided to just make a sheetcake and keep … Read more

Cool Super Mario Brothers Birthday Cake Design

Homemade Super Mario Brothers Birthday Cake Design

I began this Super Mario Brothers Birthday Cake Design by finding an image of Mario that was clear and easy to trace. I printed it IN MIRROR IMAGE on my computer and taped it to my kitchen counter. I placed a sheet of wax paper on top and taped it to the counter too (between … Read more

Awesome Homemade Super Mario Bros Cake

Homemade  Super Mario Bros Cake

This Super Mario Bros Cake is the birthday cake we made for our Super Mario besotted son Rory for his 6th Birthday, he loved it so much he didn’t want anyone to eat it!. It was a lot of work but actually not as difficult as it appears at first glance. The idea was to … Read more

Coolest Mario Brothers Birthday Cake

Homemade Mario Brothers Birthday Cake

I let my kids tell me what kind of birthday cakes they wanted this year and my 23 year old told me she wanted a Mario Bros. cake since they are all into the “retro” video games at college now! I used regular boxed cake mixes for the 8″ rounds for the base of the … Read more

Coolest Goomba Cake

Homemade  Goomba Cake

This is a Homemade Goomba Cake. My son and nephews love Mario characters, so I made this cake for them. All I did was draw a picture of the Goomba and placed it on a 9″x13″ cake. Then I just used chocolate frosting and some buttercream frosting to decorate it with.

Coolest Mario Brothers Birthday Cake

Homemade Mario Brothers Birthday Cake

My son is a huge Super Mario Bros fan so I HAD to give him a Mario Brothers Birthday Cake for his 5th birthday! I used regular tinted green buttercream for the base icing, then made Mario, the mushrooms, stars out of fondant. The Mario I made was pretty thick fondant so it took 1 … Read more

Cool Homemade Mario Face Cake

Homemade Mario Cake

After getting inspiration from this website I felt able to make my own Mario cake for a friend’s son. I made an 8 inch chocolate marble Madeira sponge for the face and then a small cake in a loaf tin to cut out the ears. When making a circular Madeira it is really important to … Read more

Coolest Super Mario Birthday Cake

Homemade Super Mario Birthday Cake

I have just finished this Super Mario Birthday Cake for a friend of my grandson whose 9th birthday is later this week. It was a very easy cake to make and I copied most of my ideas from this website. The cake is an 8inch butter Madeira sponge, split and filled with jam and buttercream, … Read more