My brother is an avid gamer and, for his birthday cake this year, he asked for a replica of his Nintendo NES. I baked a sheet cake and then cut and built it to resemble the NES. I used a scrap piece of cake to make the controller and then I made mini cupcakes to … Read more
This Xbox Controller birthday cake was my first attempt at a sculpted cake and it was a lot easier than I had feared. Took two pan cakes and stacked them on top of each other and then I had printed a picture of an Xbox controller out on my printer and used it as a … Read more
My son requested a Lego cake well before the big day and later added that it had to be a Star Wars Lego cake! I was very apprehensive about doing one until I saw a Lego Landspeeder one on the internet, so thanks to Val from Val’s Custom Cakes for the inspiration for this Star … Read more
I made this Princess Tiana Doll Cake for my daughter’s fourth birthday. We had a princess tea party. We had elements from all the Disney princesses at the party. We also had iced tea (Texas in the summer requires cold beverages) and lemonade in plastic coffee/tea cups. This was my very first doll cake and … Read more
I love baking but had never tried anything adventurous until I found this site and decided to attempt a Princess Belle Cake Design for my princess-mad daughter’s 4th birthday, taking loads of inspiration from the cakes already on this site. I used 6 boxes of chocolate cake mix and made my base cake, two 7ins … Read more
I made this Belle Birthday Cake for my niece’s 5th birthday. She is a big fan of Belle & I love making these type of cakes. The doll is inside a white cake baked in the Pampered Chef mixing bowl that I inserted the Wilton heating core into to help cook the cake all the … Read more
My daughter was turning four and wanted to have a Little Mermaid cake and party. Then she decided that she wanted it to be a combined pirate/mermaid party since it was going to be a coed party. As I took her to shop for party supplies she then requested that we also have Nemo characters. … Read more
My niece was having a pool partly for her 3rd birthday and was way into Ariel so I offered to make a Little Mermaid Pool Party Birthday Cake. I used a box cake recipe but replaced the oil with applesauce as it makes a denser cake and better for carving. Used a marshmallow fondant recipe … Read more
I made this 2-Tier Ariel Cake for a friend’s daughter who was turning 7! It’s a chocolate cake with homemade buttercream icing. I got the recipe for the buttercream from Wilton.com. The bottom tier was baked in a 10 inch pan and the top in a 6 inch pan. Each tier is 2 layers. I … Read more
I used a Wilton Doll Cake Pan on top of a rectangle cake. I inserted a Snow White Barbie doll (she is a little too tall for the cake mold, so that is why I placed it on top of another cake). I gave Snow White icing clothes made from fondant icing and buttercream icing. … Read more
I used a round cake and a small glass bowl for the cake. I froze the cake after it was baked to carve to shape. A small hole was cut through the middle of the cake to fit the seran wrapped Barbie doll. The Barbie doll was put in the cake (fit up to right … Read more
I love this website and come here for inspiration every time I make one of my kids cakes. This one was for my daughter’s 5th Birthday. She said that she wanted an Ariel cake. I looked on the site for ideas and then headed out to get the supplies. We didn’t have an Ariel doll … Read more