I made this Baby Blocks cake for my Godson’s Christening. I baked a large sheet cake of yellow cake from scratch and also a 13×9 sheet cake to cut up and use for the blocks. Once the cakes had cooled I cut the 13×9 into squares and then froze them both. When it came to … Read more
I made this Fire Truck Cake for my littlest boy who just turned three!! 1x white chocolate mud cake into an 18cm square tin (7cm deep). 1x vanilla cake into a 20x30cm rectangle tin. The recipes I used were both Donna Hay ones – Melt & Mix White Chocolate Mud Cake and Melt & Mix … Read more
My Mom’s 60th birthday was coming up and I wanted to make her a special wine bottle cake. My sister thought I should make something funny (a roll of toilet paper that read “You’re old as crap! Here’s to wiping another year away”). Besides the fact that my very conservative grandmother thought it was inappropriate … Read more
I had a VERY last minute order for a 3D sculpted Venom cake and matching cupcakes. I was more than happy to do it because my husband is a huge comic book fan. He was very excited throughout the entire process as he watched the sculpture come together. In fact when I was done he … Read more
I made this Chinese takeout box cake for an Asian Moon Festival event at work. (Where I work, we have potlucks with themes throughout the year. Basically, we like to snack at work, so we’ll find any reason to celebrate and eat.) This cake is very simple to make. Making the Chinese Takeout Box Cake … Read more
I made this cake for my daughter’s best friend’s Little Angel. I used yellow fondant to cover the cake and used airbrushed to make it more realistic. I used airbrush colors red, green and orange. Then I rolled thin strips of brown fondant to make it look like twigs and pasted them to the side … Read more
Making the Birthday Burger Cake Here’s a burger cake I made for my daughter and her boyfriend’s birthdays (5 days apart). We were invited to their birthday/camping party at his parent’s house in the desert. I said I’d bring the cake. I worked on it over several days. First, I baked two 8 inch white … Read more
This was made with love since this cake was my first time to make with an edible cake topper made from gumpaste. Making The Little Mermaid cake topper was really hard work. It took a lot of patience to be able to make this kind of cake since I am not a professional baker. Making the … Read more
Deciding on a Tinkerbell Birthday Cake Idea There has only been two times total for both kids that I didn’t make my kids birthday cake myself. It’s so much fun yet can be a bit stressful. This year, the youngest decided she wanted a Tinkerbell birthday cake. After looking all over Coolest Birthday Cakes and Pinterest … Read more
Going through a 3 year divorce is exhausting mentally and physically but you learn how to push yourself and it helps if you have a good sense of humor through it. I wanted to celebrate my own divorce but you realize that you can’t after all the bills come. So I wanted to celebrate with … Read more
First of all, you need to know that I am a beginner when it comes to cake decorating. I’ve just started making birthday cakes since my sweet children came into my life. I really wanted to try a castle cake for my little girl. For me the most daunting part of the whole thing was … Read more
I made this Wailing Wall cake to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem Day for my daughter’s kindergarten. Background for Jerusalem Day Jerusalem Day is an Israeli national holiday commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War. Jerusalem is a beautiful and ancient holy city in Israel. The Old City of Jerusalem has significant importance … Read more