This turkey cake was my third attempt at using fondant. I found a recipe for fondant on Pintrest and started working with it and got hooked. For Thanksgiving I wanted to make special deserts for two parties. I decided to see if I could make a turkey cake for each party. They turned out better … Read more
I made this beer bucket cake for Easter 2013. This is a chocolate cake coated with chocolate butter cream frosting. I used chocolate and tiramisu wafers around the cake to make it look like a bucket. On top of the cake I placed some liquor chocolate bottles. To make the ice I used clear candies … Read more
Every year my nephew tries to come up with ideas for the craziest birthday cakes for me to try to make for him. This year he decided he wanted an ear of corn. It was like he was challenging me. I Googled corn cake and saw that you can use candy corn for the kernels … Read more
I made 2 round cakes and covered them with a thin layer of butter icing for this hamburger cake. For the bottom bun I placed one cake butter icing side down onto the brown fondant icing which I wrapped partially over the top of the cake. I then spread some butter icing on it. The … Read more
I had a blast making this strawberry cake. My cousin wanted a strawberry cake so I decided to give her one inside and out. I started with a strawberry flavored cake mix and a large heart shaped pan. I used one cake mix. I also used strawberry flavored icing then I used Wilton’s ready to use fondant. … Read more
This bowl full of chili cake was created for a Chili Cookoff. The hardest part was figuring out how to make the cheese! We tried Starbursts- they don’t grate well at all, and fondant- too fake looking. The final result was from circus peanut candies! Since the cake was baked in my Kitchen Aid Mixer bowl, the … Read more
The wine bottle was made out of rice kripies covered in fondant painted in a dark cobalt blue, with ny step-father’s wine label made out of an edible image. The cap was also fondant and had an actual wine stamp in the end,the dark straw was made out of fondant as was the wooden crate. … Read more
My latest homemade cake is a hamburger and fries with cheese and gravy! The hamburger cakes always looked hard to me then I gave this cake a try. My son had a mountain burger for his birthday and he asked me to do a cake to replicate it. Here is what you need to make the cake: … Read more
These are cookie cakes which you can purchase at any grocery store i.e. Giant Eagle, Shop N Save, Kuhn’s market. Or you can go old fashioned and bake one yourself. Anyways, start off with the sauce, red icing or strawberry preserves or fresh strawberries and strawberry gel, or just strawberry gel you get the point something red … Read more
I made this cake for 4th of July. I made cupcake sliders and a half watermelon cake. The sliders are the top of a white cupcake and the bottom of a cupcake. Add a piece of chocolate cupcake to look like the meat. With icing add some lettuce, ketchup and mustard. Put together to look like a … Read more
I made this hot dog cake for a picnic we were going to. This is made from a pound cake. I bought a plain pound cake, cut it in half the long way, scooped some cake from the middle out. I then star tipped the sides witha bun color. I used red icing for the … Read more
This beer cooler cake was a fun cake to make. I needed to take something to a party and I thought this was a cool idea. I made 3 – 8″ cakes, layered and iced them. I made the sides out of fondant and sprayed it to look like an old ice cooler. I added … Read more