I made this homemade beer bucket cake using two 8” round cakes (it could have been made larger). This is a chocolate cake with Oreo cream filling between the 3 layers. This cake required only one box of cake mix and about 5 cups of filling/frosting (I iced the cake thick on the outer edges … Read more
For this cheese cake I used an eight inch round cake and cut a “slice” out. I frosted it with tinted buttercream icing using Wiltons golden yellow icing color. I made the holes by making “dents” with the bottom of measuring spoons and painted them a darker golden yellow with icing color mixed with some … Read more
When I was thinking of a cake to make my mum for her birthday this year, the first thing that came to mind was this. Rum is her drink of choice and only ever Black Heart rum. The cake I rushed together on the day so its a very simple version of the bottle of … Read more
For my aunt’s birthday I wanted to make her a wine birthday cake because she is partial to some on a night out! I looked on here for inspiration but everyone had made shaped cakes and I did not want to do that. So, I designed my own picture using cliparts of a wine bottle … Read more
I made this Wine Bottle Cake for my sister’s 30th birthday! We all love our glass of wine so I decided to do a wine themed cake! I looked of course on this website but all cakes were a little too small for what I needed as we had a lot of people to feed … Read more
I used 2 two square cake and cut them in half and put them together at an angle to make the top of the martini glass. I used small loaf pans to make the stem and pieced them together.
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
I made this giant cupcake cake for my daughter’s 1st Birthday that had a Champagne and Cupcakes Theme (obviously the champers wasn’t for the 1 year old!). The cake was a simple golden buttercake. I made two large round cakes and then I simply stacked the 2 round cakes on top of each other. I … Read more
I made this Giant Pink Cupcake Cake when my daughter asked for a party based on her favorite book, “Pinkalicious.” Pink Cupcakes are the theme of this book so I baked four 9 inch round cakes. I stacked three on top of each other with pink frosting in between and then froze the stack. Once … Read more
The cheese and tomato on the burger cake are fondant. The lettuce is white chocolate that I melted, colored and formed on wrinkled tin foil. The burger is brownie, Rice Krispie sesame seeds. I had made some icing for the outside, but it looked fine without it. There was PLENTY of icing inside!