This graduation cake was made in 2008 for a friend. Bottom of cap: I baked the bottom of the cap in one-half of the Wilton ball pan (if you don’t have that pan, you could also use an ovenproof bowl). Iced it, then covered it with fondant, making the fondant come to sort of a … Read more
We wanted the Graduation Open House Cake for our oldest daughter’s high school graduation to be different from all the others we had seen. So we decided to theme it toward where she would be attending college rather than where she went to high school. The IU cake was a four-layer red velvet cake with … Read more
I made this graduation cake for my boyfriend’s graduation. It was two 11″x15″ cakes (one white, one chocolate) placed side by side and glued together with a bit of icing. The top piece was cake baked in the top two pieces of a small tier set (5″ and 7″?). I decorated the top outside of … Read more
This was the second of two graduation cakes I made this year. For this cake, first bake and frost a cake (I used white butter cream icing and chocolate cake). For the mortarboard, I found a picture in clip art and enlarged it on the photocopier.
This Homemade Masquerade Ball Cake was a special cake for a birthday party that had a masquerade ball theme. It looks complicated but is very simple. The bottom cake is commer shaped and has a round cake on the top. I used dark blue paste on the bottom and sprayed it with blue metallic edible … Read more
I made this Christening cake for a baby girl’s Christening. The cake is “Darn Good Chocolate Cake” out of the Cake Mix Doctor Cook Book. It was excellent! I used the Wilton cross pan for the top layer and baked a 12×18 cake and cut that into pieces to make 2 additional layers, for a … Read more
I made this stained glass cross cake for my nieces and nephew’s (triplets) First Communion. I used a regular chocolate cake recipe and baked it in Wilton’s Cross Cake Pan. I dirty iced the cake with white frosting. Then went over a second time to make sure that the chocolate cake was totally covered and … Read more
I made this Retirement Garden Cake for Teacher for a long time staff member who was retiring from the daycare center where my children went. I chose a garden theme because she enjoys gardening and I felt that gardening was symbolic of how our children grow. I used 6, 8 and 10 inch pans for … Read more
This cake is a 9×13 cake iced in buttercream. The picture is from holiday cakes on an online site that has coloring books. I used buttercream to freehand it onto the cake and filled it in. Edible gold dust was painted onto the coins’ and green buttercream shamrocks were piped around the sides of the … Read more
I made this Valentine’s Day cake for my husband for Valentine’s Day. It is a cake shaped like an open box of Valentine’s candy. All of the ingredients were store bought. The cake mix and icing were sugar free (or no sugar added) as my husband is a diabetic. The fondant and rice krispy treats … Read more
My husband lived in France for two years and I thought it would be fun to try making this traditional Christmas cake. It is basically like making a jellyroll. I made a spongy chocolate cake with an almond mousse filling. I cut one end at an angle and put it on top to look like … Read more
I made this Christmas house cake using 2 cakes. I baked a 9×13 cake and the Wilton Stand-Up House pan. I trimmed out a rectangle to position the cake into. I went about 1.5″ into rectangular cake. I recommend making all accessories (such as the items listed below) prior to assembling based and house portion … Read more