Hi, making Mater was a big job because i had no idea what mater looked like so i got a cloouring book with a the biggest picture i could find and full colour so that i could get the detail as best as i could. Then i made 3 loaf tin cakes and started cutting the … Read more
I made this Titanic cake for my friend’s 9-year-old son for his birthday. He has a fascination with the Titanic. The bottom is just a 9″X13″ yellow cake covered in blue butter cream frosting. For the ship, I made 2 batches of crispy rice treats and formed them into a pile to let them cool a little … Read more
I really enjoyed making this Dr. Seuss Hodge-Podge cake with Cat in the Hat smash cake for my nephew’s first birthday party. I have always loved Dr. Seuss books and this is the first cake I’ve made dedicated to his works. There are so many whimsical and fun characters and objects in Dr. Seuss books, so … Read more
This Baseball Cap cake is the cake I ended up with after a crazy, collapsing disaster of a cake to start with. At the last minute, one of my good friends needed a cake for her father’s surprise 74th birthday party. She had lots of people coming and forgot to place an order for a cake. … Read more
I was about to tackle my granddaughters second birthday cake, an Itsy Bitsy Spider birthday cake. I started by making flowers, lots and lots of flowers. Next was the task of making 2 small black spiders and one large one for the cake top. The legs on these little critters just kept falling off, toothpicks, … Read more
I was asked to make a cake for a cat charity event at work and thought this Tom cat cake would be appropriate. I saw lots of these types of cakes when looking on the internet for ideas. I downloaded a picture and off I went. I started by making the cake using a large … Read more
I made this Teddy Bears Picnic cake after seeing a picture similar and liked it. The grass is piped icing using nozzle number 233. The bears and creatures are made using a mix of 50/50 sugar paste and flower paste. I created a blanket for them to sit on and food. To make the bear heads, … Read more
The vase is a 6″ white almond sour cream cake. I cut a half moon in the top and squared off the bottom. I used a #12 tip to make the lip of the vase and a #3 for the dots. I had a total of 18 cupcakes in all. Using the 1M tip I made … Read more
I made this awesome wine and souvlaki cake using a sponge cake: 10 eggs beaten in a stand mixer with sugar for about 5~6 minutes. I used a spatula and very softly put 250gr of flour and 50 gr of cacao. I put it in a warm oven at 180 for about an hour. I let it … Read more
I made this Scout the Leapfrog Dog cake for my friend’s son’s 4th birthday. What was really difficult is that Google only had two examples of scout cakes and they were massive fondant and sculpted cakes way outside my skill level and our price range! So I used a flat image of Scout from Google as my inspiration. This is a chocolate … Read more
When asked to make a 3D Thomas The Train cake, I was a bit worried as I had never sculpted a cake before. I started with a 2-6″ round cakes and a 2-quarter sheet cakes. I had to cut and sculpt for the body and head of the train. I really enjoyed molding Thomas’ face. … Read more
At this age they wait for the last minute. Oh yea, can I have a M&M cake and make it green. This was my first attempt at working with fondant, it’s a real workout to kneed in the color. It cracked a little but looked good enough for the boys to want to cut the … Read more