My favourite hobby is baking cakes. It was to be my son’s friends 30th birthday he works for my son at his electrical business, well I decided to make him a cake that looks like a drum of cable as last time I made him a football cake and wanted to do something different and … Read more
I made this metal detector cake for my son. Yes, my son’s birthday was approaching again. He was to be 32 years old. To me this means a cake and I’m always sure of a challenge. I love surprising him and at the moment he’s into metal detecting. So, I decided to base the cake on … Read more
My lovely granddaughter Brooke was 4 years old on bonfire night. Brooke is my little cake maker in training. She loves baking and I’ve mentioned her before in my featured cake baker profile. Well, she loves the Doc McStuffins programs and asked me to make her a Doc Stuffins cake for her birthday. I told … Read more
This engagement cake was made for an engagement party held in May. Steps for Making the Engagement Cake I started off by baking two 11″ x 15″ vanilla cakes and then layering them with vanilla buttercream. I tinted some vanilla buttercream with sky blue and gave the cake a crumb coat. Once that set, I … Read more
This is my 1st wedding cake and I was asked by my daughter to make this one for her special day. She gave me a picture of the design she had chosen. The cake had 4 tiers: The bottom was an 11” vanilla sponge cake The next tier was a 9” cake dummy covered in … Read more
Made this baby shower cake today for a friend, She is hosting a baby shower for her nephew and his wife who are expecting a baby girl. All my friend said was to make something for a girl. She sent me a picture of a purplish pink table cloth and zebra print ribbon that they … Read more
This is an anti-gravity Halloween cake I made for my grandson to donate for the Cake Walk at his school’s Halloween party. The bottom cake is a 10 inch white cake with buttercream frosting and fondant decorations. The M&M witch is completely edible and made out of fondant. The witch’s pot is chocolate cake, baked … Read more
This month’s featured cake decorator is Beth from Seneca, IL and the inspiration for her hobby is her four handsome grandsons. In fact, the 3 tier superhero cake she made for her grandson’s 4th birthday is what started it all. You may have seen the cake. It’s quite popular with visitors at Coolest-Birthday-Cakes.com Beth remembers … Read more
Our featured cake decorator, Hope Crocker, describes herself as a perfectionist and judging from the impeccable detail of the cakes she has shared on our site, we’d have to agree that’s true. Hope was a young mother when she was introduced to the art, or should I say “obligation,” of cake decorating. Every mother makes … Read more
The theme of the party is quotes so I created this birthday cake with quotes and words of wisdom. This is a 12 inch round cake, frosted in homemade buttercream frosting. All decorations are edible and homemade out of marshmallow fondant. I made this cake for a friend’s daughter’s 10th birthday party. I guess the … Read more
This pumpkin wedding cake was definitely my most challenging, yet rewarding cake. Everything went perfect through the decorating process. I was so incredibly proud of this massive, amazing cake. It was literally so large that the pan used to bake the layers for the bottom pumpkin wouldn’t even allow my oven to close. That was … Read more
My son was obsessed with all things space. Rockets, planets, moons….space aliens. When his birthday rolled around I knew just what to create… a rocket cake. It couldn’t be just any rocket cake. It had to be amazing! He has seen so many cute kid’s cakes and had developed a bit of an attitude about … Read more