I made two different cakes for my sons 4th birthday. One cake in each mode of Transformers Optimus Prime cake. The first is just a large sheet cake. My son picked a picture of his favorite character and I drew the figure on the cake with a tooth pick and then filled the colors in … Read more
Here is the homemade Optimus Prime tuck cake I made for my son’s 5th birthday. I used store bought pound cake mix (9 boxes worth!). The bottom is a 12×18 sheet cake, then a 9×13, and on top of that, two 8×8’s. The rest was done with the spare parts I had cut off. For … Read more
If your son is as crazy about Transformers as mine he will love this Transfromers cake too! I think homemade cakes are so much more special than store-bought character cakes if you have the time and patience! So after thinking about how to make the coolest Transormers cake I could, this is what I came … Read more
I used the small Wilton ball pan. One cake mix was enough for this Baby Einstein Caterpillar cake. I frosted each half together to make a 3D shape. The face I used black decorator gel and frosting for the cheeks. The antenna were pipe cleaners, I only had white so I just rubbed them in … Read more
This Baby Einstein Caterpillar Cake took about eight hours in which I felt like my arm and hand were going to fall off towards the end but I was so pleased with the outcome. I would also recommend making the frosting ahead of time and store them in disposable plastic containers so you can throw … Read more
My son was into Baby Einstein and I wanted to have something different for his first Birthday. I couldn’t at the time find anything online that was more than a flat cake with a drawing on top. So I made this Baby Einstein 1st birthday cake. I could have used the Wilton mini ball pan, … Read more
I found this Wilton lion cake pan that came with a lion picture and thought I might be able to turn it into Goliath. I bought the cake mix and Chocolate Fudge Icing, Milk Chocolate Icing and White that I colored brown with the Wilton gel colors. I also colored some white icing red for … Read more
Heres another Baby Einstein Caterpillar cake to add to the wonderful cake gallery. We used the Wilton’s half dome cake pans. We actually used 3 simple (Duncan Hines moist deluxe) white-boxed cake mixes— 1 per every 2 domes (you end up with an extra dome). Everyone asked for the recipe for the white cake. Then … Read more
My mother and I made my son’s smash Baby Einstein caterpillar cake for his 1st birthday party. Everyone loved it, including my son. The 6-inch cake was the perfect size for him, especially since it was going to be destroyed. To keep your cake from sliding around while frosting it, spread a little frosting on … Read more
I was inspired by other Baby Einstein caterpillar cakes on this site especially cake #7 by Crystal. We also used Wiltons sports ball pans. The whole cake was made with four boxes of cake mix. Box 1: Chocolate-split in half by pouring mix into two 9×13 pans. Box 2: yellow cake- for yellow and blue … Read more
Our son who was/is Lego mad asked for a LEGO MAN cake for his 8th birthday so this Minifig Lego Cake is the result! I cut the cake to the ratio of the smaller Lego Man to make it more clear it was a MINI FIG. I used buttercream icing to cover, and fondant to … Read more
I used a 2 box cake mixes baked in a half a sheet pan. After cake had baked and cooled I turned cake upside down on board and cut the cake into the shape I wanted, Xbox 360 Controller Cake. The cake was decorated with white icing and I used color gels to color cake … Read more