This year my son Ronan decided on Lego Movie for his 7th Birthday Party. The important task of settling on a character for the cake was a topic of great debate in our household. It went something like this…… Ronan: How about President Business…. Me: No black icing, parents will never allow their child to … Read more
For my husband’s 30th birthday, I wanted to do something extra special! He is a video game fanatic and grew up playing the original Nintendo Entertainment System. For his birthday, I threw a “Back in Time” party and decided to make the game system he spent so much of his childhood playing…The NES! I wish … Read more
My 4 year old son thought it was the coolest Optimus Prime cake ever! This cake was born out of pure frustration of having to always pay a fortune for pretty but tasteless cakes that need a year supply of coffee to flush it past the gag reflex to try and swallow and eventually after … Read more
To deliver this witch doll cake I had to travel by bus for around ten hours with my five year old daughter, which was definitely an interesting experience. My niece (the recipient of the cake) lives in the northern part of our state and we live in the southern part. Being her mother’s daughter she … Read more
When I first heard of Unikitty I had no clue who she was. I actually had to watch the LEGO movie with my boys to see her… lol. Then, I heard that Unikitty has two sides, her nice side and her angry side, which I saw in movie. :) I had to find out which Unikitty my friend … Read more
I baked the Hula girl cake in a dolly varden cake tin, then when it was cool I pushed the doll into the centre. The skirt is piped rows of green butter icing and the flowers are made from coloured fondant icing. I added some brown fondant to the bodice of the doll so they … Read more
This cake was made for my son 8 birthday. He loves Ninjago Lego. The cake is vanilla cake with chocolate pudding. The design on the cake had some details. The first Nina I made was the green one I cover it in green fondant smooth it out then I made the yellow part where the … Read more
Again I was tempted to do a cake for a family member this time it was a Monster High theme cake. And I wanted it to be different. so I made a three tiered cake which the 6′ was white the 8′ strawberry’ and the 10′ was chocolate all was filled with buttercream icing. I … Read more
For this cake I made the torso and the head ahead of time and let it dry. To support the torso and to be able to stand straight, I used a skewer to hold it up to the head, and just left about 3″ of the skewer at the bottom torso to stick it on … Read more
For my granddaughter’s 7th birthday I made a Littlest Pet Shop cake at her request. I love making fondant figures! For this cake I made 7 pets: a dog, a cat, a mouse, a whale, a tropical fish, a pig and a bird. (I used homemade fondant except for black.) I used homemade decorator icing, … Read more
I made this sweet baby doll cake using the Wilton doll cake tin. I sliced the cake and filled it with buttercream icing and coated the outside too. I then left to chill. I pre-prepared the cake drum with a quilt pattern. I then covered a baby doll body with fondant and gave her a … Read more
The creation of this Little Mermaid doll cake all began on a work day that started at 9 am and lasted until 11 pm… LOL! I’ve never been so tired before starting a cake in my life, but the thought of a smile on my 3 year old granddaughter’s face was a real driving force … Read more