I made this ball of yarn cake for my friend Rochelle’s birthday. She loves knitting, and adored this cake. I used the Wilton ball cake pan, filled and frosted the cake with pink buttercream, and then covered with coral-tinted fondant. I got the fondant recipe off Allrecipes.com, and it was the first time I’d worked … Read more
A friend of mine asked me to make her husband a cake for his birthday. He is president of a picture frame molding company. She selected an image from the internet of a picture frame that she liked, so I used that as my guide for designing the cake. She wanted carrot cake so I … Read more
The cake is a chocolate sheet cake. I made two 11X17 and cut them down a bit. The paper is made from Wilton ready-to-use fondant. It is hard to see in the photo but I curled up the corners a bit to make it look like paper. The crayon box is made from graham crackers … Read more
I was asked to make a knitting cake for a lady who knits – a lot. So I decided to make her a basket of yarn. I stacked 8 inch cake rounds for the basket and carved them into the basket shape. The basket was then covered in marshmallow fondant which I cut into strips … Read more
My daughter loves play-doh, so I really wanted a play-doh theme for her birthday but couldn’t find any cakes to match that theme so I thought of this Homemade Play Doh Birthday Cake. I used 4 9inch round layers of vanilla cake and vanilla frosting tinted with Wilton lemon yellow icing color. I used the … Read more
My niece wanted to do a tie-dyed theme for her birthday this year, and as I didn’t want the colors to come out looking more “marbled” than tie-dyed. I looked for instruction on the internet & found some tips by Cake Boss’ Buddy Velastro. That made the whole process of a Tie-Dyed Birthday Cake so … Read more
I piped my crayon box green with lines and added my wording. After that was complete I added my edging anywhere where it appeared to look unfinished.
This yarn cake was so much fun to make! I used 2 – 9 inch rounds and then added 2 of the mini balls that I made from the Wilton mini ball pan. I frosted the mini balls with the same colors that I was going to use for the yarn and then added the … Read more
My daughter began planning her Sweet 16 party months in advance. She decided that a disco/70’s theme would be fun, especially since she and her friends love to dance. We talked about whether or not to do a more traditional “Sweet Sixteen” cake, but she wanted something fun that her friends would really like. We … Read more
This artist palette cake was made with regular 13 x9 pan (2 layers),and 1 9″inch round pan( which you cut out the palette shape). You can either draw one or purchase from Michael’s store in the artist supply area. Tubes of paint , brushes and small tray w/paint purchased from Michael’s along with assorted stickers … Read more
I made this crayon cake for my daughter’s Pre-K graduation. I used two boxed cake mixes and canned icing. I baked two rectangle sheet cakes the day before so they could completely cool. The next day I cut a few inches off the top of one cake so when I stacked them there would be … Read more
Regular Wilton colors were used and I cant remember the tips. It was just a star tip on the crayon and the smooth box was just the same frosting smoothed out. Everyone loved it and I got the inspiration from this website.t remember the tips. It was just a star tip on the crayon and … Read more