This Easter Basket cake was so easy. I made 3 eight inch round cakes. I put a box of pudding in the box cake mix to make the cake a little bit denser. Then frosted the outside of the basket with the basket tip. Then I used the grass tip for the top of the … Read more
This Easter Bunny Cake was so easy to make and was a big hit at the dinner I took it to! Just bake 2 round cakes (I used white cake) and cut one of the cakes to make the ears and bow tie. To make the icing spread easier, I put it in the microwave … Read more
My good friends have a wonderful Easter party for friends and family. I wanted to make a cake that the kids ans adults would like. I started early with the trees and bunnies making them from fondant. I wish I would have used gum paste as it dries much faster. The colors on the bunnies … Read more
Every year we make Easter bunny cakes. It is a tradition in our family. We usually use coconut to decorate the surface but I tried something different this year and used fondant. Prepare a cake mix according to package directions and bake in two 8″ round cake pans. After cooled cut one of the circle … Read more
This Easter Cake was a fun cake to make, all the characters were made using fondant which I colored, then they were left to dry for a couple of days. The cake is a 10″ Victoria sponge and I used lemon butter cream which you make from standard butter cream then add lemon curd. This … Read more
My daughter’s birthday is 2 days before Halloween. She always wants a cake that has something to do with the holiday. Her party was basically a celebration of fall: scary stories, costumes, hayride, leaves to jump in, gorry foods and of course, a scary cake! This Haunted Halloween Ghost Cake is just a layered cake … Read more
This Cemetery Worker Birthday Cake I made for a co-worker’s birthday at the cemetery that I was working at. I used the butter cream icing recipe from the Wilton website. I also used the butter cake recipe from their website. I made all of the decorations on the cake out of fondant. The only thing … Read more
I made this graveyard cake from a box mix then used a marshmallow fondant for the blue background. I used home made buttercream & food colorings for the tree, grave, moon, pumpkin and grass. I used ghost “peeps” for the ghosts around the edges.
Monsters, Mummies and Frankenstein cupcakes. Monster and Mummy ideas were taken from the Wilton Website (although I used butter cream icing rather than fondant for mummies).
I used the Wilton Ball Cake for the mold of the face on this Homemade Mummy Cake. I used a chocolate frosting to cover the entire ball. I then used strips of white fondant and placed them in different areas and directions. The eyes were made using yellow and black fondant.
This Mad Hatter cake was made for my best friend who just turned 18. I was really excited to start this cake because it was my first time ever doing a cake this size and using fondant. However I think it turned out awsome and everyone loved it! I colored and flavored the fondant 3 … Read more
My son asked for a Scooby Doo Cake for his 3rd birthday. I searched this site and others to get ideas (thank you) and this Homemade Scooby Doo Haunted House Cake is what I came up with. I learned some lessons on this one! I started with a 13 in round pan (1 layer), then … Read more