I made two of these holiday cakes for Christmas. They were one for each family. It took quite a while to make these cakes. I started by buying Wilton gingerbread houses, they come with everything you need and are easy to assemble. I made these hours in advance for them to dry. I then made … Read more
I made this Gingerbread house cake for the Cub Scouts. It is not gingerbread at all. It is all cake that I carved out in the shape of house then put graham crackers on it. The trees are ice cream cones with butter cream frosting on top. I sprinkled powdered sugar over everything when I … Read more
I started this Christmas tree cake by making a rectangle chocolate sponge cake. For the tree I used a sharp knife to cut out the shape. For the tree’s tub I used some of the excess cake and using jam to stick it to the bottom of the tree. Using pre rolled icing I coloured … Read more
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