I baked two 9″ round cakes (chocolate! Yum! ). Then stacked them and iced with homemade buttercream( again, chocolate! ). I colored some with blue gel color for the water. Using kitkat bars, I lined the cake to look like a wood barrel. I used a ribbon to help good out all together. Then … Read more
This is a Sofia the first birthday cake that I made for my granddaughter’s 3rd birthday party. Needless to say she is a huge Princess Sophia fan. I wanted to make the figures myself out of gum paste, however I knew I could never pull that off. I decided that a doll sitting on top … Read more
I made this Monster High Draculaura cake for my niece’s 7th birthday. I used two strawberry cake mixes and homemade butter cream frosting. The dress was made using a pampered chef mixing bowl. The bottom was made using a 9 inch cake pan. The top of her dress was the hardest because I had to … Read more
I made this Cinderella and her Fairy God Mother cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday. She really wanted a doll cake which I wasn’t keen on but I decided to do it for her with a twist by adding the Fairy God Mother. Fairy God Mother face was modeled out of fondant and hand painted. Her … Read more
My daughter was never really into Barbies or Disney princesses. When she came to me and asked for a Belle Barbie cake for her birthday, I was a bit surprised, but I figured I could do it. I did however know I did not want to spend $40 on a doll cake. I got lucky … Read more
I made the round cakes and covered them in fondant. The lettera are fondant cutouts with edible glitter in them. I created the Pinkie Pie pony and Spike the dragon as well as the number 7 and balloons out of gumpaste. The characters, balloons and number 7 were made several days in advance. I just used … Read more
This Trashies Cake is a double layer 6 inch chocolate cake, sliced and filled with chocolate butter cream, covered in grey vanilla butter cream, green slime piping gel (home made), gum paste grey trash can lid, fondant name, fish skeleton and eyes, fondant flies on spiral wire, black icing ants. Printable image of Logo, crushed Oreo’s … Read more
This Barbie birthday cake is the confidence my 3 year old daughter showed in me. How a little thing can also make you realize “nothing is impossible”. All kids love their special day- birthday period. When growing up they have these phases where they start liking a character (cartoon) and then their liking keeps changing. … Read more
For my daughter’s 8th birthday she was torn between having an America Girl doll party or a Monster High Party, two very different parties with two very different types of cakes. While I, personally, like the American Girl dolls more than the Monster High dolls, I knew ultimately a Monster High Cake would be more … Read more
For his 7th birthday, my nephew requested that I make a Lego Star Wars cake for his big party with all of his friends. There were two things he wanted most. First, he wanted the Star Wars logo on it and second “lots and lots and lots of Storm Troopers”. I created a cake that is … Read more
Months before my niece’s seventh birthday party she decided she wanted a regal princess birthday party. Would Aunt Amanda make her a special Cinderella birthday cake? Of course! We spent hours looking at examples and pictures of Cinderella various cakes, and she finally formed in her mind her vision for the perfect birthday cake. So … Read more
It was fun to make this doll cake, although it took me a lot of time. I’m a first-timer and it didn’t come out the way I wanted but I’m still proud of it and people said it was nice. The decorations I made were far from what I planned so I just went with … Read more