This pumpkin wedding cake was definitely my most challenging, yet rewarding cake. Everything went perfect through the decorating process. I was so incredibly proud of this massive, amazing cake. It was literally so large that the pan used to bake the layers for the bottom pumpkin wouldn’t even allow my oven to close. That was … Read more
I made this sushi cake for my daughter who loves sushi. Thought it would be a great idea. It was fun and very easy to make. I used mini cupcakes to make round sushi. I used white icing and white sprinkles for the rice effect. I used fondant to make salmon and shrimp pieces. It … Read more
My daughter’s friend asked me to make her a birthday cake for her 18th birthday. I asked her what she wanted and she said to make something random so I looked online and saw a cheeseburger cake and thought it would be funny because she is very fussy and doesn’t eat anything. She really doesn’t … Read more
The actual cake was made using an all in one lemon sponge recipe (12oz SR flour, 12oz caste sugar, 12oz margarine, 6 eggs and lemon concentrate flavouring) baked in a 12inch cake tin. Once the cake was fully cooled it was cut in half through the middle and steps cut into the top half, the … Read more
This cake was inspired by a die hard Green Bay loving fan. Coming up with it was simple. Creating it? Well that’s another story…. My boyfriend suggested using a melon scooper to ensure the holes for the Swiss cheese. Humoring him like I do most of the time, I decided to try it. Like I … Read more
My fiancé and I had a great time making this homemade bubblegum machine cake for my niece’s 4th birthday! We carried the theme throughout the whole party; with homemade decorations, homemade games (pin the gum ball in the machine) crafts, bubblegum photo board (we made it look the kids were trapped in the gum machine) … Read more
I am a home/hobby baker. My son’s preschool teacher asked me to create a hamburger cake for a birthday in her family. I was a little timid about the request so I scoured the internet for videos and how too articles on making cake look realistic as other food. I dove in with my new … Read more
The base of this Twix anti-gravity cake is a basic cake with chocolate icing. The top of the cake is a chocolate ganache that is very simple to make. SIMPLE GANACHE Scald 1/2 cup of heavy cream and remove from heat. Pour over a 12 oz bag of your choice of chocolate chips. Mix with … Read more
I made this anti-gravity M&Ms cake for my granddaughter’s 11th birthday, so it had to be a little more “grown up” than most of the cakes I have made for her. The cake is red velvet, a flavour I hadn’t used before, but was so popular that I shall make it again (already had a … Read more
I wanted to do something fun for my husband’s birthday cake, and when my kids saw this cake on a blog (alanabread.com), we had to give it a try. This ice cream sundae cake is 4 layers, 2 each of vanilla and chocolate. I iced it in vanilla buttercream tinted yellow. Then, I made the … Read more
My son asked for a cheeseburger cake for his 10th birthday. I got all my ideas here on this site. I started by baking 2 yellow cakes, one in a regular 10 in cake pan (bottom bun) and the other in a rounded casserole dish (top bun). I highly recommend Wilton’s Cake Release product for … Read more
My son asked for a ‘pizza’ cake for his 11th birthday party. He was having friends sleep over and wanted to have pizza for dinner and trick them with a pizza cake. I took ideas from this site and it couldn’t have been any easier and it turned out great. I baked a yellow cake … Read more