Our whole family plays that game and so I decided to make a cake for my husband’s 38th birthday: As my husband works at home, I had to start weeks in advance. I used every minute when he left the house and sculpted all the little fondant figures: wallnut, tallnut, sunflower, peashooter, zombies and even … Read more
I have been making and decorating cakes for about 7 years for family and friends. If you give me a picture I can most likely make it. This cake was for my Grandsons 7th birthday. He loves anything Minecraft. This cake was a little challenging. It is an 8 inch four squared layered chocolate cake … Read more
My son’s birthdays are 3 1/2 weeks apart. My youngest was first and he wanted an Angry Bird cake. I made cupcakes for him to take to school and made the cake for his family party. I used the left over cupcakes to add to the cake display. I just used 2- 9 inch round … Read more
I was thrilled when my nephew requested I made him a Mario kart cake. I myself am a super Mario fanatic. He loves everything Mario. I started making the characters first; there is a number of ways and materials you can use to make them. I made the karts out of rice crispies and molded … Read more
Once my son was able to hold a game controller in his little toddler hands, he was obsessed with Super Mario Brothers. So, for his 5th birthday, there was no question about what his cake should be. I wanted to accomplish 3 goals: Create a cake that my son would love Create a cake that … Read more
This cake is made of 3 8 x8″ chocolate layers. Before baking the cake I worked on the figurines. I combined fondant and gum paste together, not too much fondant, just enough to keep the gum paste from getting too hard, to quickly. I used gels to colour the fondant. Then I made the characters … Read more
I used to be a cake decorating show addict (Food Network Challenge, Ace of Cakes, Cake Boss, etc.). My husband used to make fun of me because I don’t cook and I don’t bake, but I would watch these shows incessantly. Those who can’t do, watch others do on TV! Then I had kids and … Read more
I made this Super Mario cake for my son’s 7th birthday. It was a 12 inch round vanilla cake with butter cream frosting. I made all the Super Mario decorations from fondant ahead of time and kept them soft in zip lock bags. The Mario face was also made of fondant. After researching many YouTube … Read more
For his 7th birthday my grandson wanted an Angry Birds Cake. My daughter said, “Mom, don’t get to elaborate.” To whom does she think she is talking??? My middle name is Elaborate when it comes to anything I do for my grandchildren! Now one reason she said that is because she has both of her … Read more
This was my first “fancy” cake. My son was turning 13 and he loves video games so I thought I would surprise him with a Super Mario cake. Since it was a surprise, most of the fondant work was done at night after he went to bed. My husband thought this would never end, and … Read more
My son is turning 10. I hardly know how tall he is because 90% of the time, he sits at his computer playing Minecraft. When he stood up the last time, I discovered he looked a lot more like a teenager than a little kid. So I panicked because his first double-digit birthday was almost here, and I … Read more
I am a mother of 5 (ages 7, 6, 5, 4 and 5 months) so combining birthday parties is financially a must for us!! My two boys decided on a Super Mario Kart Birthday Theme, so with that, I came up with a cake that is actually two separate cakes, so they both have their … Read more