I make all the birthday cakes for my co-workers and I always ask them what their favorite flavor is so that they are as happy as possible with the result of my creative cakes. One co-worker would only say “I like peaches”. This is what I came up with. It was a classic white cake … Read more
Kindergarten hosts an Applebration each September to celebrate Johnny Appleseed’s birthday. Also is a great back to school function. All food must either be apple-themed so I came up with this cupcake idea. Great for all back to school events or school bake sales. And this one is easy enough that your grade school child … Read more
I made this strawberry cake for my mom’s birthday this year. I used a spherical baking pan and made two half spheres. I waited for them to cool and cut into the middle so that I could insert some strawberry slices into the middle. I covered them with a strawberry glaze and then pushed the … Read more
I made this for my granddaughters first birthday. They had a strawberry shortcake party. These are made out of cupcakes. I arranged them to look like a strawberry and icing them red, put dots on and then used a leaf tip to do the top. You will notice in the picture there is a small … Read more
My first attempt at apple cake pops. I found candy melts quite tricky and watched a lot of YouTube guides! The red melts worked better than the green which is why there are more red! I did this as a leaving gift for my sons teachers and it’s a no cook as I used a … Read more
I made this strawberry cake for my daughter’s first birthday party. We were doing a strawberry shortcake theme. Since being right before Valentines day, I found a heart shaped pan that I thought would go great. I prepared the cake mix as said on the box then poured it in the pan. I used pink … Read more
For my daughters first birthday, we had a luau!! To go with the tropical theme, I made a pineapple shaped cake that was not only shaped like a pineapple; it was pineapple cake as well! I used a pineapple shaped pan I found on eBay and a recipe for pineapple cake off of allrecipes.com. I … Read more
My uncle’s nickname is pickle so I made him a pickle cake for his birthday. I made two 13×9 size cakes ( I used one vanilla and one chocolate.) after cooking I let them cool on the counter. After cooling I took a cookie sheet covered it in foil and placed the vanilla cake on … Read more
This Watermelon Cake was made early in my cake decorating endeavors, so covered in star tips! Sheesh! I used the Wilton round ball cake pan for the wedges; I baked a whole ball (two halves) but only ended up using one half (two quarters.) I used and one 10″ cake cut in half and stacked … Read more
This is one of my more creative cakes – Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Cake. One 10×15 sheet layer of yellow cake, cut free handed into a strawberry with leaves, then split and filled with a whipped white chocolate/strawberry ganache. Berry frosted with a red tinted Italian meringue buttercream, flavored with strawberry puree. Leaves frosted with green … Read more
I made this Berry Basket Cake for a summer cook out. I alternated layers of white and strawberry cake, each 8-inch squares. I then used strawberry buttercream for the basket weaving and rope border (used tip #18). I topped it off with fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. My husband didn’t even want to cut … Read more
I made this Watermelon Birthday Cake for my niece’s 3rd birthday party. I used a 1/2 moon shaped pan for the big piece of watermelon, and then made another 1/2 moon piece to cut up. You can cut any shapes like a watermelon slice and crumb coat them before decorating. For the seeds I used … Read more