I was asked to make a cake for a young lady turning 12 years old on 12/12/12. Her color theme for the party was pink and red, and she wanted rock candy somehow incorporated into the cake. I didn’t have a clue what I was going to do with this idea! After much thought, I … Read more
My cousin called wanting a stroller cake. So I started it and the next day walked in and found the hood I made out of royal icing collapsed. I called her and told her so we came up with this idea. A baby in a pumpkin. I used a soccer ball 2 piece pall pan … Read more
I found the recipe for this Candy Corn cake on a website that emails me recipes. I thought I would give it a shot and it actually turned out pretty good. I used 2 9 inch round cake pans with 1 box white cake mix. I iced both layers of the cake with chocolate icing and … Read more
I was asked to make a barrel cake for my friend’s son who is to become 30 years old. She decided to have a cake the shape of a barrel with two pints of larger on the top. I made a four layer 8″ vanilla sponge cake and filled the layers with jam and butter cream then … Read more
I was asked by a friend of mine to make her daughter a giant cupcake made with chocolate sponge. I started by making the butterflies out of pink flower paste using a butterfly cutter, these were placed on a piece of foil shaped in a v shape so they dried with there wings up. I … Read more
I used a chocolate cake with homemade peanut butter frosting for icing. Then I made my own fondant from marshmallows and icing sugar. I then colored it with yellow and red food coloring and rolled it out. I also made yellow fondant for the letters. I made this cake for my sister. We didn’t have the chance to grow up together … Read more
Nacho Cake (like saying “Not your cake”), It’s Sean’s! We like to have fun and birthdays give us more of an opportunity. Sean LOVES nachos, so I decided to make him a Nacho birthday cake, that’s what he loves. I made the “chips” first, from store bought pie crust, using a pizza cutter to shape the … Read more
This cool Basket of Daisies and Apples cake took a lot of work, but I love how it turned out. First I colored half a batch of fondant light brown, and made 4 ‘ropes’ with it. Then made 4 white ropes and twisted them together. Then I rolled them with a rolling pin until they were … Read more
Well, here is a cake you can make if you want to give someone an ice cream cake without spending a fortune on one, HA HA ! It was fun to make and decorate. I used a chocolate cake mix and baked it in a square pan (you could use a rectangular one too) according … Read more
I created this pumpkin cake for a girl’s 5th birthday party. I baked a half sheet cake then made rice crispy treats and cut out the cake where the pumpkin was going to sit and inserted a section of the rice crispy to hold the weight of the pumpkin. I baked cake in two bundt … Read more
This Cheetos birthday cake was easy to create. I made a scratch vanilla butter cake, half a sheet. I then carved the cake following the shape of the chip bag. I did a crumb coat in vanilla butter cream. I colored some fondant same color as chip bag and laid on following the edible sheet. The chips … Read more
I had a women e-mail me and asked me to make a Mac and Cheese cake. She told me her sister was going overseas and her favorite thing to eat is mac and cheese. I wanted to make a cake that looked just like a big bowl of homemade mac and cheese. To get the … Read more