Well where do I start? I am currently living in a small town called Yumbel, in Chile. I am Canadian and my hubby is Chilean, we have two boys and have been serving in a local church as pastors for the past five years. I don’t know if you needed to know that, just thought … Read more
It started with tablet… with free Minecraft demo version. Than with tablet Minecraft Pocket edition, and than grand ma asked my son Nitzan: ” what do you want for birthday?” And the answer was:”Minecraft for PC!!!! So 1.7.5 version arrived in our home and in our lives. As many will understand, it is simply Minecraft. … Read more
My grandson requested a “Minecraft” cake for his 7th birthday. When I told him I didn’t know what that was or if I could do it, he said all you have to do is make some square and put grass on them!! Did a little research, looking for ideas. Cake was chocolate with chocolate icing, … Read more
My sister-in-law was having a Mario Bros themed baby shower and wanted a red velvet Mario cake. This is what I came up with. I did all the fondant pieces the day before, and the tube on top is made from rice crispy treats covered in green fondant. I made the mistake of using a … Read more
Each year, 14-36 hours before each of my nephews’ birthday parties, I fly from San Francisco to Boston to bake their themed birthday cakes. This time, the little one wanted Angry Birds. They saw a popular video on YouTube where someone made an almost life-sized, working Angry Birds cake game. There was no way I … Read more
After a few years of making cakes for friends and family, I finally decided I should probably do a great one for my own kid too! I’m totally self taught and just have fun experimenting. My son usually gets plain cakes with simple icing or store bought ones because I’m always too busy planning the … Read more
So my son, Isaiah who just turned 5, has been into the whole Sonic the Hedgehog series lately so for his birthday, he requested that I make a Sonic themed cake. I asked him which were his favorite characters and he picked out Sonic, Silver and Shadow. I decided on the 2 tier cake. The … Read more
I loved this grumpy old bird cake. I have done it so often for friends and family…and they all loved it. It’s very rich and seemed to keep the kids up all night after eating it! I wonder why??but the feedback and the happy faces on seeing it made it all worth while doing for … Read more
My name is Amy and I am an in-home baker that makes/sells cakes in my spare time. I have a full-time job and 2 kids; plus I commute 160 miles round trip 5 days a week to work. Needless to say I am very busy already, but I do find time for my cakes. They … Read more
I was asked to make this cake for my nephew’s son who was 3 years old. I started by making the topper a super Mario in his car. I also made some gold coins and the mushrooms and some of the grass and also made a few bananas. I then mad a few stars and attached a … Read more
This Pacman birthday cake was a surprise birthday cake for my nephew. He loves Pacman so I made one. My daughter helped to design it. The hardest part was smoothing out the ghost and Pacman. It took about an hour to mix icing and decorate. We made it with chocolate icing and white to mix … Read more
This cake was for my son’s 12th birthday. He and his friends love the game Minecraft and so I make a “Creeper” cake. It was pretty easy. I just baked two rectangular cakes. One I turned into a square for the head and cut two smaller squares from it to form the feet. The other … Read more