This Sonic the Hedgehog Cake is my second attempt at making a birthday cake and it was really quite easy. I learned a lot about carving cakes from making this. I made 3 cakes the night before and put them in the fridge overnight, this made them less crumby for carving. I searched the internet … Read more
This was my grandson’s dream cake. A 4′ tall Sonic the Hedgehog birthday cake. I built the frame out of PVC pipe to hold the weight. The hair is made of Rice Krispie Treats. I made the original recipe leaving out the butter. This helped make them stiffer but not changing the taste. The head … Read more
This Angry Birds Cake was for the birthday party of a seven year old girl. When she said she wanted an Angry Birds cake, I had to do some research and start playing. The bottom layer is two 10” cakes stacked, and the top layer is two 6” cakes stacked. Both are covered in blue … Read more
My first made Angry Bird Cake for my customer Mdm Rohana Zabidi. The cake was for her little son’s birthday celebration in the school. A chocolate cake covered with fondant and decorated with Angry Bird motto. She said her son smiled ear to ear when he looked at the cake. Mdm Rohana Zabidi was very … Read more
I made this for my Homemade Club Penguin Cake for my “crazy” daughter’s 9th Birthday party. She loved it! I made the snowy scene with layers of icing in different colors. The “puffles” are sideways turned frosted cupcakes. Their eyes are small marshmallows cut almost in half with dots of frosting. Each “puffle” has a … Read more
I made this 8-bit Legend of Zelda cake for my husband (a life-long Zelda fanatic) for his birthday. The cake (a half-sheet cake) is dark chocolate-bacon flavored with maple-bacon frosting, and the fondant has a touch of bacon flavoring (from a bottle of liquid bacon flavoring) as well (he likes bacon…). It turned out amazingly … Read more
This birthday Princess Peach Cake was made for our neighbor, Sami’s, 11th birthday. Apparently Princess Peach, who is a character of Super Mario Brothers, is quite popular, especially amongst girls, yet there is very little out there in the way of figurines and other paraphernalia that could be used to build a cake design. After … Read more
My daughter Serena is a real Princess Peach fan, so for her 7th birthday, I gave her a Princess Peach Birthday Cake! I started by baking a regular 8 in round cake followed by baking a smaller Pyrex glass bowl to sit on top of the round. I iced the cake in light pink buttercream, … Read more
This was my first real success with fondant – it’s so fun when it comes out well! I originally was going to make a Mario cake for my son, but he was sold on King Boo. I found a picture of King Boo online to help me with the face (I also referenced the other … Read more
I made this Yoshi Cake for my son’s 6th birthday. He is addicted to video games and loves to play Mario Kart, so my husband and I thought that would be a perfect theme for his party. There are a plethora of ideas on the internet with ideas for that theme. For this cake I … Read more
My son is turning eight today and LOVES Super Mario Brothers and LOVES the color green. So I thought what better to do than a green one up mushroom! I first baked a cake in a 13″ round pan. After the cake cooled, I cut the circle into a mushroom by cutting the bottom half … Read more
My son is obsessed with Super Mario at the moment, and wished for nothing else but a Super Mario Birthday Cake for his 4th birthday! The finished product is a mix of ideas I got off this web site, it was my 1st ever try at baking and modeling with marzipan and sugarpaste. It took … Read more