This Pez cake was for my nephew who collects PEZ dispensers. I knew I wanted to make a PEZ cake so I looked on the internet for ideas and this is a cross between 2 cakes that I liked. I baked a half sheet cake and then cut a piece 6″ x about 16″ long. … Read more
This is my NFL Chocolate Marble Cake. Four layers of marble cake with chocolate icing, cookie sticks attached with icing around the cake, and a bag of M&M’s on top. On top of M&M’s are mini Snickers bites with NFL team logos! Black satin ribbon on the bottom with a Fleur de Lis representing the … Read more
Every year since my daughter was born 8 years ago now I have been making her birthday cake. Now I have two kids and love searching for the perfect party theme and then planning a birthday cake to go with it. The kids watch the construction which takes some time! This year I tried something … Read more
My son’s 11th birthday was on Thanksgiving and he requested a turkey cake, one that looked like it was cooked and we could put it on the table and fool everyone into thinking it was real! I used 2 boxed banana cake mixes and baked them one at a time in an 8 cup glass … Read more
I made this drinks cake for my husband’s 50th birthday. I decided against an “over the hill” theme because I turn 50 next year. It’s two 8″ round cakes stacked then carved to create the bowl. The cakes are frosted with butter cream icing. The beer bottles and the ice are made from sugar and … Read more
For this cake I baked 3 x 4″ round sponge cakes. These were stacked on top of one another I then used butter icing and jam in between them. I then coated the cakes with spreadable icing leaving to dry over night. I used Teddy bear brown fondant icing for the sides of the glass … Read more
I struggled to find an idea for my son’s 19th birthday cake. Then it hit me – he loves curry so why not make a Curry and Rice cake version? I made a normal sponge cake in a rectangular shallow tin, then cut it into chunks. I coloured some butter icing that strange orangey colour … Read more
I made this Espresso Cup cake for a friend. He loves espresso so I thought this would be fitting. The cake took 1 box of funfetti cake mix. I made it in a glass pan that I use for mixing the batter (bought from Pampered Chef). It took much longer to bake because of the … Read more
This rum bottle cake was great. I had a really great time making this one. This was baked for my brother n law’s 30th birthday and this was his favorite kind of drink. I used a regular 13 x 9 pan and used 1 1/2 boxes of cake mix to it. I then put the … Read more
I made this Monster Energy Cake baking 3 different chocolate sheet cakes first. I stacked them on top of one and other and used a bread knife to cut the edges away making them longer and narrow . I then cut each of the corners off the cake (while stacked). I then froze the cakes … Read more
We made fun cake designs for my diet Pepsi-aholic father in law (very easy to tease a kind of guy who loves the New England patriots). I tiered this cake and put support rods all through out but for some reason perhaps fate it would still not hold, perhaps the cake was just to soft … Read more
I constantly tried to perfect my baking, this Strawberry cake is another result of that. The filling is buttercream and the cake itself is chocolate. The icing is made using egg whites and icing sugar. I decorated the strawberry seeds with sliced almonds. Those who saw my cake said I should use mini M&M’s (well … Read more