I made this cake using the Wilton sports ball pans. I used six different cake mixes. Five for the body and the sixth was for cupcake legs-all made the night before. I wanted to do icing stars to cover the cake but I didnt have the patience. I used tip number eighteen to cover him. … Read more
I made this baby Einstein cake for my daughters 1st birthday. I made six 9″ round cakes and about 2 dozen cupcakes. I took a diaper box and covered it with waxed paper so that it wouldn’t stick and that would be big enough to hold the caterpillar. I took the cakes and alternated them … Read more
I used the ideas for Baby Einstein caterpillar cakes from this site. I used the Wilton ball pan to make the caterpillars body and a very large sheet pan to make the grass part. I used the green icing to ice the sheet cake first then I arranged the caterpillar. I iced the entire caterpillar … Read more
My wife and I found that we were both good at making creative cakes. We now sell custom cakes out of our house. It’s just me and her and our home oven with materials we buy at everyday cake supply stores. For my nephew’s 4th birthday he decided he wanted a Garbage Pail Kids cake … Read more
This Xbox Birthday Cake is Devils food cake baked in 13×9 pans. Once cooled I placed both in the freezer then I took the box of ice cream out of the freezer (Cookies and Cream) and cut it into slices, box included, so that it would cut evenly instead of scooping and placed it in … Read more
My son, for his 11th birthday, wanted an Xbox birthday cake that looked just like his Xbox, complete with a controller. His friend, being ever so helpful, asked where the game was, so I had to add that too! I used a typical rectangular baking pan (two layers) and then carved it the shape of … Read more
This is a Nintendo DS Birthday Cake that I made for my friend’s son. I simply made a 13×9 chocolate cake and removed a small portion of the bottom to make it more size appropriate. I used regular vanilla frosting from the store because I have found that it is the best consistency to decorate … Read more
Just follow the Duncan Hines/Betty Crocker cake mix. I used a loaf pan as well as a 9×9 square cake pan and only poured a small amount of batter in each (approx 1/2″). When they were done I removed them from the pans. the 9×9 cake was cut into three (remotes) and the loaf pan … Read more
When my granddaughter was born and named Isabelle I already knew what cake I would make. I used the Wonder cake pan by Wilton for the skirt of the Belle cake and placed her on a 12″ heart shaped pan. I used golden yellow and lemon yellow to color the frosting and I used yellow … Read more
I used a Dolly Vardin tin for this Belle (Beauty and the Beast) Cake and covered the cake in butter cream icing. I then used fondant to make the bodice and also the skirt. I then did a smaller skirt to go over the top to neaten it all up. I had made the yellow … Read more
This is a picture of the Belle cake I made for my daughter’s 4th birthday party. She loves the Disney princesses and the colour yellow so Belle was the perfect choice. The cake is a Madeira sponge that I made. I baked it in an oven proof mixing bowl, which I covered with baking parchment … Read more
I shaped the body on this Little Mermaid Birthday Cake from cake I shaped out of aluminum then fondant over it. I used fondant in sea shell candy molds. Then butter cream frosting. I would leave the rock behind out or make it lighter.