I have boy/girl twins and for their first birthday I picked the Raggedy Ann/Andy theme as it was boy/girl, and ‘retro’. I could have easily done Dora, etc, but wanted a challenge. It was very important that each child had their own cake. Using the vintage Raggedy Ann cake pan (found on Ebay), it comes … Read more
My daughter wanted a Candyland Birthday and this Candyland Cake was the essence of sweetness. I wanted the cake to stay true the game and yet wanted to simplify the process as much as possible. So I gave a detailed sketch of my idea to my mother, who turned it into an almost identical translation. … Read more
I was having a hard time deciding what to do for my daughter’s 7th birthday party when a friend of mine suggested we do a Candyland Theme. I found all of the birthday plates, cups, etc on BirthdayExpress.com really cute by the way. Anyways I usually buy her cake from like Walmart or the local … Read more
For this Fisher Price Little People cake I made a 1/2-sheet and a 1/4-sheet cake. I cut them both down and stacked them to form the tiers. I iced the entire cake green and then used a light brown to make the stone walkway leading up to the “Night at the Ball”. I purchased three … Read more
My son ended up with THREE birthday cakes this year, all in the Lego theme. I used this Lego Blocks Birthday Cake for his class party. It was easy to serve and the kids were VERY impressed! I was just grateful that I came up with something recognizable:) I started with a box mix of … Read more
Our boy wanted a Lego Cake for his birthday. Only problem, parent’s can’t bake. Solved by buying five ready made basic, un-iced, long-life sponge cakes from the local supermarket that were roughly cubed in shape (approx 4x5x15 cm). The basic idea below could be adapted to whatever shape cake you can find to buy, or … Read more
I made 2 10 inch round cakes and frosted them and set them aside. I had purchased several Lego molds of the bricks, mini figures and the large mini figure. All the small Lego’s and mini figures are chocolate with food coloring to get the color of Lego’s that I wanted. The large mini figure … Read more
I made this Lego cake for my son’s 9th birthday. He loves Lego building and I thought this would be fun to try. I got the initial idea from the Better Homes and Garden website for the basic Lego shapes and expanded upon that idea by adding the peg base board and then layering the … Read more
I made all the figures on this Homemade Lego Star Wars Cake Design out of gumpaste (my first experience with it). The colors weren’t as bright as I wanted them to be so after they dried a day I painted them with a mixture of gel food coloring and clear vanilla extract…worked like a charm. … Read more
My little girl wanted a Littlest Pet Shop Cake for her 3rd birthday, of course mom obliged. Tootsie rolls used for paw prints in cupcakes, sour apple straws and wafer cookies for the palm trees. We had a blast making it together.
I made this Homemade Littlest Pet Shop Birthday Cake Idea for my daughter’s 6th birthday. I found some ideas online and then made it my own. She loved it! I had strangers at the skating rink asking how I made it and very interested in this cake.
I made this Mr. Potato Head Cake for my dad’s 50th birthday. He works in the potato industry in the potato capital of the US, Idaho! So it was very fitting. The body is made from 6 round cakes that have been stacked upon each other and then carved into the classic potato head shape. … Read more