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