12 pounds of fondant! This is Hannah’s 2nd birthday cake. Even though her birthday is in November we decided on a Halloween theme because she has no choice yet and it sounded fun to come up with a cool Halloween cake idea. The cake portion is the four small houses and the pumpkin patch. Hannah’s … Read more
My grandchildren love gingerbread houses, and I love making them. This haunted house cake one was super easy, because I started with one of the Wilton pre-assembled houses. I did however make my own icing (the standard royal icing recipe), because it has been my experience in the past that the premade ones don’t harden … Read more
For this haunted house cake, I used two cake mixes in a square-roasting pan. I used candycorn for the walkway with jimmies on the inside, Milano cookies cut in half for the gravestones with gummy skeletons in front of the graves. I used a pre-boxed house kit in the corner with pumpkin patch next to … Read more
My son was born on Halloween so for his 1st birthday I made a Pumpkin Cake. I used 2 bundt pans, one on the bottom with the rounded side down and the other on top with the rounded side up. I used icing in the center and the outside. I used food coloring to make … Read more
We were celebrating our son’s 1st birthday in October as part of my parents’ fall party complete with hayrides and pumpkin decorating for a bunch of our friends and family, so I wanted a cake with a fall theme. Our son picked up the nickname “Cheeks” shortly after he was born because of his chubby … Read more
I was making a cake for a Halloween party, and after looking on this website I decided to make a pumpkin cake. However, I couldn’t find a ball pan to make a stand-up pumpkin, so I decided to do the frozen buttercream transfer method with a cartoon pumpkin instead. I browsed for pumpkins and found … Read more
My sons elementary school was having a Harvest Cake Decorating contest. We didn’t want to make anything gross or too spooky, so we decided on a pumpkin cake. Using a bundt pan, make two cakes using any recipe. Invert one cake on top of the other to make a fuller, taller pumpkin. Once cake cools, … Read more
I made this Skull and Crossbones Cake out of rice crispy treats. It was for my friend’s birthday and she loves rice crispy treats. It is covered with white icing and topped with edible beads.
For my brother’s 40th birthday, the theme was Skull & Cross-Bones. It was difficult to make the cake not look “cartoon-ish” but I succeeded! The cake is yellow cake with homemade buttercream frosting, tinted a cool silvery-purple (Wilton purple with a drop of Wilton black makes a really cool silver color – test it with … Read more
This Witches Brew Cake was a Halloween cake I created for a cake decorating basics class I was in. I had a whole other cake planned and then got this idea one night as I lay in bed. I actually got out of bed and drew it out that night. I used three layers of … Read more
My son’s birthday is on the 28th and he always has a Halloween themed party. I Googled Halloween cakes and found a Zombie Cake and came up with my own rendition. There is a PVC frame holding the arms up (covered in rice krispie treats and fondant)and down the center of the chest (all cake). … Read more
This Jack Skellington cake was easier than it looks. I baked two 9×13″ cakes and one 8″ round. I bought a huge strong piece of cardboard and covered it with Christmas paper to place the cake on. The round cake is the head. One of the 9×13″ cakes is for the torso. With a sharp … Read more