A friend went to a store and bought a standing teddy bear cake pan and asked me to make this Christmas cake for her kids. I made one chocolate cake and one yellow cake and put them together with some icing (it works as “glue” to keep the two cakes together). I got some fondant, … Read more
My husbands sister and her husband share a birthday right before Christmas and I wanted to make them a cake that would fit with all the festivities but wasn’t “Christmas.” They both had requested lots of icing! So this is what I came up with. I started with a standard Christmas cake recipe and pan. … Read more
I made this Christmas Tree cake for our family Christmas day. I used the Wilton tree pan using Wilton’s basic yellow cake recipe but instead of using 1 1/2 tsp vanilla I used 1 tsp vanilla and 1/2 tsp almond extract. For the icing I used Wilton’s buttercream icing recipe adding a few tsp.’s of … Read more
I made these ornament Christmas cupcakes as samples for a coffee shop and to show people what holiday items they could buy from me. First I made a regular batch of red-velvet cupcakes. I didnt have the mini-ball pan to make the rounded tops so I made my own molds. I used a ball that … Read more
The actual Sunny the L.A. Snowman Cake is chocolate and vanilla with a buttercream filling. First I stacked the chocolate and vanilla cakes and covered them with frosting, the four tiers were covered separately. Then I let them cool in the refrigerator for approximately 30 minutes. Then I covered them with white fondant and decorated … Read more
This snowman cake was adapted from the ones on the Family Fun website. We live in England so not all the same candy is available over here however I think we made some improvements! Instead of the “Junior Mint” hats we used Rolos on top of a giant Cadburys chocolate button. Also the original recipe … Read more
I was anxious to try some new tips. I had seen a similar Easter basket cake advertised at a Big named ice cream store. I had a basic idea of what kinds of flower to use on the cakes. I did go through the internet and materials. I had to learn the Daffodil and Pansie. … Read more
This is a Bunny Cake Idea I made for my niece. All I used was 2 circle pans. A pan was used for the face and the other was used for the ears and bowtie. I covered it with buttercream frosting and then I layered it with a marshmallow fondant.
I was trying to come up with a cake idea for my son’s 2nd birthday and make it special and relevant like all cakes should be. I realized my son’s most prized belonging is his Bunnies by the Bay bunny blanket, which he calls “Bun-Bun”. So at the last minute I found the perfect cake … Read more
This Easter bunny cake was made from 2 round cakes (1 cut up to make 2 ears and a bow tie) and then placed on top of 1/2 sheet cake, covered in buttercream frosting and a layer of coconut.
This Easter Egg cake was very easy to make and turned out great! Perfect for Easter or in fact pretty much any occasion if you replace the eggs for any other sweet/chocolate. I used two round sandwich tins and used a Devils food cake mix as well as a chocolate fudge cake frosting. Once the … Read more
I made this ghost train cake for my son’s school Halloween party. I made 2 large rectangle cakes, the 1st one was cut in half and placed on top of each other, then carved out the shape of a ghost. The left over cake from this was used to make the Haunted Tunnel. The 2nd … Read more