My step-daughter and I wanted to make a cool cake for Labor Day and after searching the internet for hamburger cakes we came up with this one. We made two 8″ cakes for the buns and one 8″ cake for the burger. My step-daughter had a great idea and used store-bought sugar cookie dough for … Read more
This Ice Cream Cone Cake was created for my seven year old! We swirled boxed chocolate and strawberry cake mix together and baked in a large pan and cut the shape out. We then frosted adding food coloring to frosting to give more character. We piped on stripes for the waffle cone, added jelly beans … Read more
My sister is a “fan” of Kraft dinner! It was very to see the expressions on guest’s faces when they thought the macaroni were real! It was done with tip 4 or 6, can’t remember every time until I try it. I carved a bit in the middle so it can look more realistic as … Read more
My hubby has been wanting a new BBQ pit for several years. Money is tight so I decided to make him a BBQ Pit Father’s Day Cake. I baked two 9 x 11 chocolate cakes and put a layer of chocolate ganache between the layers. For the “pit” I just cut out a square from … Read more
I used the Wilton filling pans to create the Father’s Day Grill Barbecue cake to give the space for the charcoal (marshmallows tossed with black icing). It worked great as the black icing doesn’t completely coat the marshmallows giving it that ash look. I loosely mixed yellow and red icing to make the flames in … Read more
This Pancake cake is truly my favorite. This is a 4 inch round cake crumb coated with butter cream icing. The pancakes are made out of fondant rolled around the cake and colored with icing color as I go layer to layer. The butter is fondant and the syrup is piping gel warmed so it … Read more
The Pizza Birthday Cake is a box cake I made in a pizza pan, (I extended the sides with tinfoil.) I cut off the domed part of the cake and left the edges a bit higher. I covered the crust with marshmallow fondant tinted with a little yellow, and wrapped it around the sides of … Read more
I made this Pizza Birthday Cake for my son’s birthday. I ordered pizza for dinner and bought an empty box for $1.00 when I picked up the cake. After dinner I put the cake in and told my son there was a special pizza just for him. The look on his face was priceless! (and … Read more
I made these Homemade Popcorn Box Cupcakes for a friend’s son who was turning 7 and having a big carnival themed birthday party. I used the white jumbo cupcake papers and a boxed yellow cake mix for the cupcakes. I piped white icing on top of the cupcake then topped with a random single layer … Read more
I made this popcorn cake for four of my grandchildren. I thought maybe a Friday night Movie Entertainment night would be fun and delicious. This was made very simply with a 9 X 13 oblong cake pan. Iced with white buttercream frosting and using tip # 3, colored up some red icing. I made straight … Read more
We live in Texas on the Louisiana border where everyone loves crawfish boils. We had a birthday party and had a crawfish boil so the Crawfish Boil Birthday Cake was the perfect one for a theme for a crawfish boil. My step daughter is brilliantly creative and made her own cake.
This Spaghetti & Meatballs Cake is a cake I baked for my brother’s birthday. I got the idea from something I saw in a Food Network magazine article. The meatballs are made from a chocolate cake that I crumbled up, then squeezed into balls and then rolled in loose crumbs to give them texture. The … Read more