I made this little animals birthday cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday. It is a copy of a cake I saw online. However the cake I saw online had 4 little animals with a special meaning behind each animal, it was very thoughtful. For me, I simply loved the look of the cake as did … Read more
This Smiggle birthday cake is a simple but effective cake. The cake is a butter cake and the birthday girl asked for the inside to be colored aqua for more impact when the cake was cut. This is great idea as it is a surprise to the guests ! I used orange colored butter cream between … Read more
This motorcycle cake was a surprise for my husband for his 50th birthday. He knew I was working on a cake for him because he was not allowed in the kitchen most evenings leading up to his birthday! The cake was chocolate with chocolate frosting. I colored some fondant black, brown and grey and then … Read more
I made this Monster Book of Monsters cake for my 9 year old nephew. He loves reading and as most boys that age, the Harry Potter books are a favorite. So, I looked online for some inspiration and I saw a few similar type cakes and decided to give it a go. The cake was … Read more
My wife loves to run and got a new pair of shoes for an upcoming half marathon. I wanted to make her a cake for her birthday of the shoes, but she was always wearing them at work when I had time to work on the cake, so I found some images online. It was … Read more
I wanted to do a big skull cake, but didn’t want to pay $35 for the cake mold, so instead I paid $3 for a chocolate skull mold and made a treasure chest cake instead. The cake had half chocolate layers and half white cake. All details were made with homemade marshmallow fondant. The skull … Read more
What a week, I decided that making a farm themed cake for my grandson’s 2nd birthday would not only be fun but easy. Needless to say, farming is not to be taken lightly! I started with what I thought was the beginning, the design. I researched, YouTubed, and made drawings til I was pleased with … Read more
My kids found a baby turtle on the beach two summers in a row. Their uncle raised each turtle for a year for them and then released it. What better way to celebrate this uncle’s birthday than give him another turtle we found on the beach but in cake form? I felt badly cutting into … Read more
My son’s 5th birthday was coming up and I hadn’t organised his cake because he was changing his mind everyday on what shape he wanted. It got to about 2 weeks before his birthday and he announced he would like a warthog cake! I laughed thinking he couldn’t be serious, what child would ever want … Read more
It was due to be a friend of our’s birthday and my husband told me she had never had a birthday cake, so I just had to make it a good one and one that I’d never made before so on the web I went on a search for ideas. I found some great ideas of … Read more
I was asked to make a big top cake. Well, I was sooo excited to get started, I started with a cake dummy size 7″ round and I made a dome out of cardboard and then covered the whole cake dummy in white icing, and this was left overnight to dry out. Then the next … Read more
This Skylander Tree Rex cake was a cake I did for a six year old boy whose favorite character in Skylanders is Tree Rex. Having never heard of Skylanders, I started out by going to the store and taking pictures of the portal as well as the character of Tree Rex and searching online for as … Read more