I created this evil confection for my husband’s birthday. He is an animator/illustrator that works on Disney’s newest webseries Doof’s Daily Dirt. (Check it out on YouTube!) Dr. Doof, the evil scientist, is made entirely out of rolled fondant. I resized an image my husband sent me and printed it. Then, I traced the outlines … Read more
I was so excited when my daughter in law asked me to make a Christening cake for my grandson’s christening. She sent me a picture of how she wanted it to look so the next day I started to make the models for the top of the cake. I made an elephant, 3 small blocks in … Read more
This Rock Star KISS cake was made out of cupcakes. When my boss came to me and told me we needed a cake to promote the new Kiss album I thought alright! This ought to be fun. So I made a cake to do that but a customer wanted a Kiss cake also. They wanted cupcakes. … Read more
This awesome tennis cake was made for three boys, all brothers, whom all play tennis. They are all top of their tennis league and will be ones to watch out for when they get a bit older. How neat for them, to share their birthday together. The cake was my favorite .. chocolate mud cake. This one is made … Read more
After icing the cake I drew the eagle on the cake using the end of a rose nail. I used the grass tip for the feathers and raised it off the cake a bit to give it texture. I airbrushed the shadows with black. The beak was airbrushed yellow, orange, and a little bit of … Read more
So St. Patrick’s Day is this weekend, and this is green, right? (Can I just mention that I have a hard time liking a holiday whose only purpose I’ve seen is to have an excuse to pinch people?! So I read more about it this year, and concluded that the symbol should be a THREE … Read more
This piano cake is one of the easiest cakes I have ever made. I make cakes for music recitals that my daughters attend. Nothing better than a giant keyboard! All I did was make 3 slab cakes and lay them in a row. Ice the entire thing white. Nothing better than giant Kit Kat’s for black … Read more
This Kit Kat piglets playing in the mud birthday cake was made for a lady’s 79th birthday. I made two round chocolate cakes, and put strawberry filling in the center. I frosted the cake with chocolate frosting, then I covered the sides with two rows of Kit Kat candy bars. I cut the Kit Kats to the correct … Read more
I made this creepy hospital doors cake from the Walking Dead for my friend’s husband. She was throwing him a surprise 34th birthday party and the theme was The Walking Dead (from the TV show). I got out my husband’s DVDs from the first season and watched and paused and watched and paused for the minute or so … Read more
I made this headphones birthday cake for my friend’s birthday. He is a DJ and I wanted to do something small but cool for him. I came up with this cake idea and thought it would be perfect for him. I started off by making homemade marshmallow fondant . I tinted half black, and left the rest white. For the ear … Read more
My daughter’s 21st birthday party was on Saturday 9th March. The idea for a cake was hatched mid-week of that week! So dived into Google and YouTube as had never decorated a cake with fondant icing before!!!! Eek. I am used to dress-making and knitting complicated patterns, so how much more difficult could it be? … Read more
As a kid, one of my favorite memories with my middle brother was playing Super Mario Brothers with him, so when his birthday came around this year, I decided to decorate it from those memories. I got a head start on this a couple of days before I made the cake. The controllers are made … Read more