I made this breakie birthday cake for my best friend, who I’ve been friends with for 20 years. She loves breakfast and comes to my house for breakfast almost every Sunday. I used a 10X2 round cake pan and made a delicious old fashioned sour cream fudge cake (filled with chocolate whipped butter cream and then carved the … Read more
Nice cake for a summer BBQ! I didn’t get a picture of it cut but I used white cake that I dyed red and I threw in some chocolate chips to make it look like the inside of a watermelon. The rest is all colored buttercream! The black you could buy I a tube or … Read more
Well once again inspired by Debbie Brown I was inspired by this frog prince cake. I had never tackled anything like this before and as illustrations were included I gave it my best go. The original design of this cake was covered in one piece of fondant although when I attempted this I dismally failed … Read more
This was a Rapunzel cupcake tower I made for a little girl and her friends. They were having a party where the girls would participate in a fashion show and get make up and nails done. They went all out. The Dad had an idea in his mind of a cupcake tower that resembled Rapunzel’s tower. So I … Read more
I was asked to do a cake for a lady having a little girl and after seeing and getting inspirational ideas from here, this baby bump cake is what I came up with. Using a Pyrex bowl for the belly, heart shaped tin for the boobs, although after thought on this one would have used the off cuts … Read more
This cool Cinderella Castle cake was done for my daughter’s theater group to enjoy after there opening night in which they did Cinderella. It is made with chocolate and cream with fondant for decorations except for the ice cream cones. Cobblestones were fiddly but gave it some character. Flowers were added around various spots for gardens. Lollipops were used at the … Read more
My daughter was hugely into “In The Night Garden” so for her 2nd birthday my husband and I decided to make an Iggle Piggle Cake. This was our first attempt at a character cake and I must say I was pleased with the result. I baked a Madeira cake and then my husband carefully carved out the shape of … Read more
Well, this tier cake was a challenge. The lady receiving the cake loved Tigers. So how and what would I do for her. I decided on featuring the face. This was modeled with fondant. The cake was caramel mud and cream. So matching the cream to the colors on the fondant was a challenge. I put the cake for the head … Read more
I was asked to do a cake for a young women turning 21 who was not very girly. Her favorite drink was Tequila and the cake was to be very sweet as the family all have a tendency for sweet food. So they decided on a Tequila Bar cake made from a caramel mud cake with caramel frosting and then … Read more
I got a one day notice for my Sons’s birthday cake for school. Firstly I thought I would start by making some of the figures. All going ok. Now for the cake. 1. Spray and line pan check. 2. Get ingredients cocoa check, self raising flour. Check, butter check, coffee check, eggs None. Dash to … Read more
This Batman cake was one of the easiest cakes I have made so far. My greatest tips are to buy cake mix for the cake and precoloured fondant. It takes the edge off! This cake is a chocolate mudcake underneath. I used dowel and an additional round silver cake base under the top tier. I used a … Read more
I created this cake for my friends daughters 23rd birhtday. It is a leopard and zebra cake with the inside zebra and leopard print as well. I covered the cake in fondant and hand painted the leopard print onto the first tier after dying the fondant a light tan color. I used brown, gold and … Read more