I made this Deer Hunter cake for a customer’s groom’s cake. I started by baking 2 of each: 6″, 8″ and 10″ circles. They were all vanilla cake, and I dyed most of the batter with Wilton moss green and brown (1 batch dark, 1 light) and left some white to make a camouflage effect. I covered … Read more
My son Apollo is currently infatuated with Go Diego Go so that was the theme for his birthday. I love to put in effort for my kids cakes so I made it myself. Chose to make an easy caramel cake for two reasons: the cake itself isn’t like boxed cakes that boast super moist (not sturdy), it … Read more
Let me just begin by admitting that if I had to do this for a living, my family would be eating very infrequently. It took me WAY longer to make these cakes than I am even willing to admit. But it was fun! Well, all except the (first time for me) attempting to smooth the … Read more
Since I have four boys…I never pass up the opportunity to make a girlie cake for my wonderful niece! This fairy world cake was her 5th birthday cake. Since she liked Tinkerbell at the time, we went with a “fairy world” themed cake. It is a two tier round cake, with the top tier set … Read more
This was a cake was based on the TV show Swamp People. Meet tree breaker. This is the name given to the monster gators that break the tree limbs that hold the bait. The phrase choot’em was made popular by Troy. He tells his partner to choot’em as he wrestles the gator into position.
I had the most fun creating this camping cake. My nephew had a campout for his tenth birthday and I had the pleasure to make this awesome cake. I made a 1 layer 12×19 sheet cake, colored store bought icing, green, using Wilton’s gel food coloring. His birthday was in September and Walmart had already … Read more
I made this Campfire Cake Idea for my outdoorsy boyfriend’s birthday. It is a marble chocolate and yellow cake. I used two 9×9 inch pans and stacked them together filling the cake with a chocolate butter cream frosting. I started by frosting the cake with a butter cream frosting then outlined the lake and path … Read more
I was asked to make a birthday cake for a Boy Scout banquet and the first thing that came to mind was a camp cake. I used homemade fondant to make the tents, boats, sleeping bags, pillows, fire and life preservers and chocolate covered raisins and marshmallows for the rocks. The mountain is covered in … Read more
I’m always thinking up original ideas for how to decorate cakes. I made this cake for my twins’ Second Birthday Picnic. It is a three-layer nine-inch round cake first frosted with white butter cream icing. The “picnic blanket” is a large square made of white rolled fondant. I then kneaded in turquoise food coloring and … Read more
I made this cake for my Brownie Troops first Court of Awards. It is a simple sheet cake cut to size. I just used piped frosting for the patches and decoration fondant would have been much better!s first Court of Awards. It is a simple sheet cake cut to size. I just used piped frosting … Read more
I love this website. I’m a beginner at cake decorating and it has given me the best ideas. This waterfall cake is a compilation of a lot of the luau cake ideas. I used one 12 inch cake for the bottom, then two 10 inch cakes and two more 6 inch cakes for the top. … Read more
We were throwing a luau potluck at work and I was nominated to bring the desert. The base of the Waterfall Cake was German Chocolate cake mix with chopped Andes mints. The “island” part of the cake as well as the shore line were yellow cake. I baked several rounds for this. The entire cake … Read more