I made a cake previously a big top cake. They were so pleased with it that they asked me to make a Christening cake too. I was sent an email with the ideas she had for the cake. I started by making a train out of two different color blues and some white icing. I … Read more
This Tie dyed birthday cake was actually tie dyed inside and out! (sorry, the lighting wasn’t very good where I took the picture!). I baked two 12″ round vanilla cakes. I tinted portions of the vanilla batter violet, rose, leaf green and lemon yellow, leaving some white as well. Then I randomly spooned them into the … Read more
I made this Xbox Controller birthday cake for my son’s friend, who (like my son) is addicted to playing Xbox! I covered a 14″x19″ cake board with green cake foil. I then started the cake by baking two 11″x15″ strawberry cakes and then layered them with strawberry butter cream. Using one of my son’s wireless controllers, … Read more
This Cheerleading birthday cake was made to duplicate a little girl’s cheerleading top. I made two 12″x18″ cakes that were half chocolate, half vanilla. I layered them with butter cream filling (chocolate on chocolate, vanilla on vanilla). I then cut out one of the shoulders. I coated the cake in vanilla butter cream and covered … Read more
I was asked to make a birthday cake for a little girl who simply loves Barbie. One day while I was driving, a beautiful white convertible car passed in front of me and that was the inspiration for my cake. I said, how about a nice modern convertible sports car for the most fashionable doll … Read more
This Over the Hill cake was two 11″x15″ chocolate cakes filled with cherry pie filling. It was iced with chocolate butter cream and covered with fondant. The fondant on the sides was tinted with a small amount of brown, and the top was tinted with moss green. The casket was made using 4 cakes made … Read more
This Llama birthday cake was made for a lady that owns her own llama farm! I started by baking two 11″x15″ vanilla cakes. I then layered them with vanilla butter cream filling. Using a sharp knife, I cut out the llama. I covered the whole thing with a coat of vanilla butter cream. I made … Read more
My poor husband was away on business for 2 weeks over his birthday. I’m not sure who had it worse, him alone on his birthday, or me alone with the waking-in-the-night 6 year old! Anyway, I made him a cake on return to make up for it. It was quite quick and easy. I made … Read more
I have wanted to try something like this for a long time, but getting edible ink rice paper in the right designs is impossible in this country. Thankfully Jo from Sweet Whimsey in Wellington (shop on “Felt”) came to my rescue and printed out some beautiful designs for me to use.. It’s easy to cut … Read more
“My dream would be to work from home full time cake baking…” Over the past years, Linda from Walsall England has shared with us many of her amazing cakes, photos and very often detailed writeups of how she made the cakes and the part we love most – the story behind the cake. Every cake … Read more
My nephew and his fiance asked me to make this cake for there baby’s christening. I made a grey bear with a white muzzle and a blue nose and I made his pads blue too. I used some pearls and strung a few of them together before adding a fondant cross and attaching to the bear … Read more
A friend of mine wanted a cake for her granddaughter’s birthday, and she asked me for a cake incorporating Noddy. I looked on the web for ideas and asked her if a Noddy car would be ok, she was thrilled so I set out and started to make the Noddy car. I colored some fondant … Read more