I made a three layer checkerboard cake from a box mix to start. After cooling I trimmed the rounded tops off of each layer and iced each layer. I piled all the rounded pieces on top of the cake for a domed roof effect and then applied a thin layer of buttercream on the outside … Read more
For my son’s 7th birthday he asked for a homemade Lego Power Miners birthday cake. I selected the Power Miner Rock Monster as the main feature of the cake. For the base of the cake I made two 9×13 chocolate cakes with a strawberry jam filling. I used the bottom half of a cupcake (muffin … Read more
This Scrabble birthday cake was made for my friend’s mum for her 70th Birthday. As her mum (Maureen or Mo for short) loves playing Scrabble, I tried to copy the board game as much as possible. It took me a few weeks of worrying to try to design it and how I would go about … Read more
I printed a picture on a transformer on line and cut it out for this Transformers Birthday Cake. I placed it on the buttercream once it crusted and traced it with a tooth pick. Then I just filled in the inside according to the picture. The mask was very easy to trace and fill in. … Read more
This Transforner Cake is my 3rd fondant cake. My first 2 were a pink, brown and white dog cake and a Cars 2 cake. I have no formal cake training and love creating cakes! The more I work with fondant the easier it gets and it is fun! I got many of my ideas from … Read more
My son had a Transformers theme for his 9th birthday, so I made him this Optimus Prime Birthday Cake. I started out with 3- 9 x 12 inch cakes, 2 for the bottom to make a large sheet, and one to form the semi. First I iced the sheet, half red, half blue (with buttercream … Read more
I printed a picture from the Transformers cartoon. I then traced it onto a transparency page with a sharpie pen, flipped it over and used piping gel to trace out the image (on the side I didnt mark on). Then I used it as a stencil on the sheet cake to make the Transformers cake. … Read more
I used a Wilton 6 inch round pan for this caterpillar cake. After baking I cut the top off to make it level and let it cool. Once the cake was cool, I coated it with chocolate buttercream and placed in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. I smoothed chocolate marshmallow fondant over the cake and … Read more
I made this for my friend for her sons 1st birthday (Linkin loves Baby Einstein). I used 1 liter Pyrex glass bowls (which you can buy from any super market) lined with baking paper to bake the balls. I had 3 different types of cake – 1 ball caramel mud, 2 chocolate mud and 2 … Read more
This Baby Einstein Lizard Cake was the first cake I ever decorated! I couldn’t find a cake topper of Bard that I liked, so decided to try to do it myself! I enlarged an image of Bard from a paper cake plate using my scanner and put wax paper over it. Then I traced the … Read more
For this Baby Einstein Caterpillar cake — each cake was a different flavor, chocolate, lemon, strawberry, orange and vanilla. I used Betty Crocker frosting with food coloring. I used 9-inched Wilton baking pans. I set the cake on a piece of 3/8″ plywood that was 2X 4′.X 4..
My son loved watching Baby Einstein movies; in fact its the only thing he’d watch! His favorite by far was the caterpillar. So for his first birthday I decided to have the Baby Einstein theme, but like others, I had a really hard time finding anything with the caterpillar, especially when it came to the … Read more