This is my second cake that I have made. I found this design on the web for holiday cakes and re-created it and modified it a bit in Corel Draw. Reversed it and traced it onto wax paper with black icing and rubbed it onto the iced cake. Some lines broke and did not transfer … Read more
I made this Valentine Cake Design from boxed cake mix and used canned frosting but have learned this cake would do much better if I had used butter cream. Canned frosting, while convenient, just did not seem to hold up as well as a homemade butter cream recipe would. Its very basic and it is … Read more
This was my first attempt at a Yule log and I combined several different recipes and Christmas cake ideas. I used a chocolate roll cake with whipped cream filling and cut one end at an angle to make the branch. I frosted with a butter cream chocolate frosting. I made meringue mushrooms and then harvested … Read more
I made this north pole cake for my husband’s work. He works for a fence rental company. The cake is a 9×13 butter cake iced in white buttercream and sprinkled with white cake sparkles. A few days in advance I piped the fence out of black royal icing using a fence pattern I found on … Read more
Upon some prodding, my father shared that for his December birthday his mother always made him a Christmas tree cake. For my version I made a chocolate cake with white chocolate and almond frosting colored green. I also dyed 2 cups of coconut flake green for the pine branch effect. The rest of the tree … Read more
Every year, our extended family gets together for a large Christmas celebration. This year, I decided to make a large, pretty cake for everyone including chocolate decorations. The kids are sure to love the chocolate! This Santa Fell in Chimney Cake is a 11×15 inch Neapolitan cake. The bottom layer is chocolate, middle layer is … Read more
I made this Frosty and Rudolph Christmas cake for my family’s Christmas. Frosty is made out of rice krispie treats, frosted and covered in fondant, and Rudolph was made out of chocolate crackles, covered in melted chocolate then fondant. Rudolph’s antlers were made from toffee but because we had a hot Aussie summers day they … Read more
These great Christmas Snowmen cupcakes are really easy to make but look impressive. I made these for my son’s Christmas party at school and they went down a treat! First make your cupcakes, any type will do. When the cupcakes have cooled down, ice them with white icing (icing sugar mixed with water). Use fondant … Read more
This was a special cake I made for my grandma before she died. She requested a cool light white cake. Seeing as it was Easter, I searched for ideas for Easter cakes. The cake was white and the icing was just cool whip powdered sugar and vanilla. I simulated grass with coconut I sprayed green, … Read more
I wanted to have an Easter cake for our dessert with our Easter dinner so I bought the bunny face shape cake pan. I then used my own creativity to decorate the Easter bunny cake, The cake mix was boxed strawberry flavor. I used all white store bought frosting and added a little red dye … Read more
This Easter Bunny cake is super easy to make and is a real crowd pleaser. Ingredients: One Box light colored Cake Mix 2-3 Tubs of White Frosting Shredded Coconut Jelly Beans Green food coloring Black, Blue, and Pink tubes of Gel Frosting Directions: Bake your cake mix (night before party) as directed in 3 well … Read more
I made this cake for my daughters first birthday. Her favorite toy is a stuffed bunny so her first birthday was a bunny party (this cake can also be used as an Easter bunny cake). It was a big hit. The base of the cake is a two layer full sheet pan sized cake the … Read more