I decided to surprise my 8-year-old son with a cake based on Minecraft, a popular online multiplayer computer game. After consulting with his two older brothers about which scene or character would be best, we decided to go with a Creeper. Minecraft is all about world-building with blocks, so everything is made of squares. Creeper … Read more
My son really loves playing Super Mario games and his favorite character is Toad. To make this cake I baked a couple of rectangle chocolate cakes and placed them side by side on a board. I hand drew a large picture of Toad to use as the stencil, and cut the cake out from that. I used butter … Read more
We planned a last minute birthday party for my step son. He loves Angry Birds! So it was the perfect theme. I am a very creative person or at least I like to think I am, lol. I looked online for ideas and help to get me started on this easy Angry Birds birthday cake! … Read more
I was making a birthday cake for my son and was lost for ideas. He recently started playing DJ Hero so thought I would try making a cake themed on the game. I made a basic sponge recipe. When cooled I put jam and vanilla butter icing in the middle. I coated the top with normal icing sugar and covered the … Read more
I made this Angry Birds birthday cake for my son’s 5th birthday, he loves Angry Birds (and so do I). This took a while to plan how to make it, then I ended up free-styling after all. I have to say the icing was expensive to buy but worth it seeing my son’s face.
I promised this Homemade Angry Birds Cake months ahead of time, and ultimately had to throw a dinner party to show it off. I used chocolate cake, and chocolate frosting, cut into random wedge shapes and frosted in a messy fashion on purpose. For the base I just frosted the cake board with white, and … Read more
I made this Angry Birds cake for my husband’s birthday because he loves the game. I made the birds and pigs out of rice Krispy treats I rolled into a ball and triangle shapes. I dyed white chocolate different colors and dipped the rice krispy balls into them. I purchased the eyes and pieces I … Read more
The birds on this Homemade Angry Birds Cake are made out of fondant (the Wilton primary color pack). Just modeled them after some others I saw on the web. Hint: For the white, or for other smaller details, use AIRHEADS candy! You can nuke them for 10 seconds to soften and they are so easy … Read more
My five year old grandson requested a Donkey Kong Cake with Diddy Kong for his 5th birthday. I pondered over it a bit. Saw some neat ideas, yet my family is not crazy over fondant. So whatever I was going to do could have a hint of fondant, but not covered in it. Cake Prep: … Read more
As a present for one of my son’s friend’s 7th birthday (Nintendo themed) I created a 2 layer 9×9 round cake with Mario’s face and two dozen “extra life” toad stool cupcakes. I used Pillsbury funfetti cake mixes, my own homemade buttercream frosting recipe for the white, blue, and green, store bought red and black … Read more
After seeing the cakes I had put together for my daughters, my sis-in-law jokingly said I should forgo getting her sons presents, in lieu of agreeing to do their birthday cakes. Well, I love to bake & decorate cakes so much, I told her Done! (though we still ended up getting a present as well, … Read more
This is a Mario and Luigi Cupcake Cake made with 2 1/2 dozen marble cupcakes. The top is iced smooth to look like a sheet cake. Some people call this a pull-apart cake. They are great for children’s birthday parties. The characters are hand-drawn using a home made “stamp”. To make a stamp, simply print … Read more