I made these Christmas Cupcakes for work because I had to work Christmas day so I thought we needed some cheer. They are gingerbread cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. I divided the frosting into thirds and coloured 1/3 green and 1/3 red (and a touch of black) with gel colouring and frosted the cupcakes. The … Read more
I made this from a Wilton pan and one of my mothers Christmas cake recipes she had used back in the 80’s. The biggest challenge was that I had to recreate the face because when I dumped the cake out the face remained. I do not recommend using Wilton’s Cake Release. It never worked for … Read more
I used a metal bowl for the base and two sphere pans for the middle and top ‘snow ball’ of this Giants Snowman Fondant Cake. I used Marshmallow fondant over buttercream frosting. The hat is a cupcake covered in fondant. I made stick arms from fondant and let them dry till hard, inserted them through … Read more
For his seventh birthday my son wanted a snow-man theme and a snowman cake. It was perfect because we had major snow day the day of the party. It was a hit! So for this snowman cake I baked two 9′ cakes, one vanilla and one chocolate. This way the guests were able to pick … Read more
Supplies needed: buttercream icing tinted green and creamy light brown, but leave the majority white. Chocolate buttercream icing, tint some black, leave the rest as is, cake mix of choice, Wilton piping gel, a disposable decorating bag and waxed paper. Bake a round cake and ice white. In Microsoft Word I found a deer picture … Read more
Every year I make a cake for the Christmas centerpiece. Since I love dragons I combined the theme and made a Christmas dragon. Much of the structure is gingerbread cookies. It was really hard to get frosting into all of the nooks and crannies once the cookies were glued into place with royal icing though. … Read more
I made this Christmas birthday cake for the son of a friend of mine. It was his 1st birthday the second day of Christmas so I chose a Christmas scene. It was a chocolate cake with chocolate cream inside and whipped cream icing. All the decoration is made with sugar paste and the trees are … Read more
I made this Towering Christmas Tree Cake for a friend’s Christmas party. The base is two 9″ square pans filled with butter cream and the tree is one 9″, two 6″ (one of which carved down to be slightly smaller, a jumbo cupcake and finally a standard cupcake all torted with chocolate ganache. I cut … Read more
I love this cake! I made the Christmas ornament balls from rice krispie squares. I made all of the pine needles from gum paste, rolling it out very thinly and then chopping it with a knife, then spreading them out to dry. I then piped the branches with royal icing and stuck the needles in, … Read more
I used cupcakes for this. I found a picture of a cupcake online and I decided to do a bunch of them like that. I iced the cupcakes smooth with buttercream first then I used a #21 tip. The eyes and cheeks are candy.
I made this snowman cake for my son’s first birthday. I took the idea from Betty Crocker website and with few changes I prepared it. I frosted two sponge cakes, one was a little smaller than the other for the head. Then sprinkled shredded coconut on it to look like snow. And finally, with the … Read more
