For the last few years I’ve made my nieces their birthday cakes, every year I ask them what they want their cake to look like. One year my younger niece said she would like a butterfly birthday cake, so I dug out my seldom used butterfly shaped cake pan, and after looking at it for a good … Read more
I was all set to make my soon-to-be 9 year old a Spongebob cake when we went to pick out his balloons for the party. He told me “Spongebob is for babies”. Oh boy, better think of something else, and fast! Video games! Angry birds! Surprise! It was much easier to make than I thought. … Read more
Every year I ask my son, “What kind of birthday do you want?” and almost instantly regret it. I love making cakes, but I am no expert; I have no training of any kind and some of the designs I come up with are quite difficult, though I’m not experienced enough to know it. But … Read more
This book and tea pot cake is by far my favorite cake that I have ever done and I hope you guys enjoy my entry! This cake was made for a good family friend who just loves a great pot of tea and a good book. The inspiration was there I just had to get … Read more
My mother loved Dooney and Bourke purses so I decided to make this purse birthday cake in her honor. The cake is 2 13x9x2″ yellow cakes filled with Swiss meringue butter cream. I then cut the cake in thirds and filled and stacked the layers. I carved the cake using a picture of a Dooney and Bourke purse … Read more
My four daughters and myself just love Adventure Time cartoon series. So, my eldest daughter requested an Adventure Time cake for her 9th birthday and I was more than happy to do it for her. I started making most of the character figurines a couple of days before her birthday. BMO, Peppermint Butler, Gunter, apple pie, apples and little flowers (with my assistance) were made by the … Read more
Our “Audrey II” cake was made for an actor in the lead role of “Seymour” in a stage production of “Little Shop Of Horrors”. This cake was so much fun to make! The cake board is a wooden disk covered in food grade gold foil. I used a center post attached to the cake base … Read more
I wanted to do something special for my father’s 70th Birthday, he has overcome a lot over the past 5 years losing my mother and oldest brother to pancreatic cancer, his mother to heart disease and his second wife to a sudden illness. Our family is very close so we wanted to give him a special party for … Read more
My daughter Stephanie and I decided to make a Monster Truck cake for my grandson’s third birthday party. He just loves them so we thought we would team -up and make him the coolest cake ever. First we baked two sheet cakes (11×16), two mini loaf pans formed by hand in the shape of a … Read more
My son was talking a lot about something strange, as most four year old’s do, a dinosaur eating a unicorn. While my son (4) and daughter (6) were visiting my sister, they shocked them during prayer time, “..and I want to see a unicorn.”, my daughter says. Then it was my son’s turn. “I want … Read more
My son wanted a pirate party for his 6 year old birthday party. It was such a fun theme to work with! I wanted a pirate ship birthday cake but was scared to death to tackle something like this! I baked two 9×13 pan cakes. I started out with one of the cakes and before … Read more
I baked a red velvet cake and covered it in yellow and green fondant. I had envisioned a beautiful diaper bag. I cut it to where it would look realistic and ended up on night 1 disappointed at the fact that it looked like a horrific glob of ugly yellow and green-ness. I had worked … Read more