My daughter was turning 21 and of all things, she wanted a Barbie Cake. So I dug out my grandmother’s midnite chocolate cake recipe and started baking. I doubled the recipe and used a batter bowl to bake it in. It took 1 hour and ten minutes at 325 to get done. I let it … Read more
My husband spotted this site when we were looking for ideas on what kind of cake to make for our four year old after browsing for a while I decided to give a go to a pink Barbie cake. Took a big bowl that seemed OK size wise and put plastic wrap on the inside. … Read more
My niece asked me to make a cake with a woman sitting on a green chair as a cake topper. She must be playing Bingo on a laptop. I started by making the chair with the woman on it and then made the laptop and when it had hardened I attached it to the woman’s lap … Read more
My daughter kept changing her mind about what type of cake she wanted for her 3rd birthday party. It kept changing between Peppa Pig, Minnie Mouse, Disney princess and Barbie! So I didn’t start planning her Princess Barbie birthday cake until a few days before. I have only sculpted a few cakes before so wasn’t quite sure … Read more
I used 2 x 13″ sheet butter cakes and layered with chocolate icing. I carved the cake and used a template. I then crumb coated the cake with chocolate icing and covered with fondant. I made the buttons with fondant as well and colored them with food coloring. It was easy using the template as … Read more
Every year I challenge myself with my kid’s birthday cakes. This year, my oldest son turned 9 and I didn’t make up my mind until 10 days before. I don’t know why I love torturing myself with making everything myself but in the end I truly enjoy it! My son absolutely loves Legos, so it was perfect! … Read more
My daughter (like many other girls these days) is glamoured with Monster High. So for her birthday, she requested a Draculaura cake (her face with her ponytails). So, I made her a red velvet cake (my 1st attempt at that!) and had at it. I used 2 layers of a 10″ square pan. Because I … Read more
This Optimus Prime cake was my first ever attempt at baking. I originally saw this cake on coolest cakes.com and thought “that’s amazing, my son would love it”. I knew it would be a challenge, but totally underestimated how big a challenge it would be. Being a total novice I didn’t have any real baking … Read more
My 6-year-old son loves Beyblades, so we had a Beyblade Battle birthday party. We went through all his Beyblades to find his favorite one, as we had a few battles in the Beyblade stadium. Finally, he chose Orion as his favorite and I did my very best to emulate his favorite Beyblade Orion. I baked … Read more
I used two 8 inch round German chocolate cakes (froze the cakes for 1/2 hour for easier cutting) for this Sock Monkey cake and frosted with coconut pecan and vanilla frosting. I used red frosting from a tube for the mouth, black gel icing for the eyes, nose, and mouth, and Twizzlers Pull ‘n’ Peel … Read more
This was my very first fondant cake!! My twin nieces love anything that has to do with princesses. For their 4th birthday they got a regular Barbie doll cake (the one with a plastic doll on top), they were on cloud nine, they thought it was the best cake ever!! I, on the other hand, thought … Read more
LaLaLoopsy is a sort of rag doll which is very famous here in Malta. A lady phoned me and wanted a Lalaloopsy cake for her daughter. She saw a plastic topper on a website which could be laid on top of a rectangular cake but when she tried to purchase it, she realized that the … Read more