My Fabulous Las Vegas Birthday Cake

My Fabulous Las Vegas Birthday Cake

This Las Vegas Cake was one of several I launched my first foray into cake making with. One day my fiancé lost his job after 7 years with same company.  Times were hard and we had several birthdays in the family looming around the corner, including my best friend and my finance (who share a birthday), … Read more

Viva Las Vegas Card Cake

Viva Las Vegas Card Cake

This cake was done for a friend’s mom. It was a regular slab cake, with large, cubed rice krispie treats, covered in fondant. The poker chips and playing cards were done in fondant (denominations were hand-piped) left to dry overnight. Polka-dot ribbon trimmed it and the finishing touches were a paper (non-edible) sign I printed, and … Read more

Coolest Vegas Birthday Cake

I wanted to make a cake for my friend who has a birthday on Halloween. I have made her a Halloween cake before but this time I wanted to do something that was not going to be so predictable that tied in with the holiday. So I thought about her other interests and thought Vegas … Read more

Coolest Poker Cake

This cake was made for a friend of mine for her sister who was to become the big 50. I asked what are her likes and she said poker and she loves red wine and my friend Mazza decided to go for the two ace playing cards on the top of the cake. I had Googled … Read more

Cool Homemade Poker Birthday Cake

Homemade Poker Birthday Cake

I made this Poker Birthday Cake for my mom’s birthday. I used two 8 inch round pans. I used buttercream icing. For the cards and poker chips I used a marshmallow fondant. It was my first time working with fondant, but I am excited to use it again! It is not the best cake but … Read more

Coolest Las Vegas Birthday Cake Idea

Homemade Las Vegas Birthday Cake Idea

My friend Katy wanted to go to Vegas for her 26th Birthday but due to lack of funds she couldn’t go so I made her a Las Vegas Birthday Cake Idea instead. I made 2 round cakes from a choc mud cake box mix in different sizes. Then I covered them both in chocolate fondant. … Read more

Coolest Homemade Cards and Poker Table Las Vegas Cakes 9

My brother is slightly obsessed with poker, so when we had a little birthday party for him I decided to make him a poker cake. I simply made a regular box cake, which I frosted green to look like a poker table. Then I frosted graham crackers with white frosting for the cards, which I … Read more

Coolest Royal Flush Cake

Homemade Royal Flush Cake

This Royal Flush cake was made for a friend’s brother who owns a local bar and is big into POKER! It was his 40th birthday and they were having a big bash for him. The cake is made up of 4 9X13 cakes (two on the bottom,two on top). It was iced with the Wilton … Read more

Cool Homemade Poker Chip Cake

Homemade Poker Chip Cake

I decided to surprise my daughter’s boyfriend and make him a cake for his 25th birthday. He likes to play poker so I figured I would try to make a poker chip cake. I used 2 round cakes. I then used buttercream icing to cover both cakes. I used colored fondant for the cake as … Read more

Cool Homemade Poker Table Cake

Homemade Poker Table Cake

I made this poker table cake for my hubby. He loves playing poker so I thought this would the perfect cake. I used a 15″ hexagon cake pan. The poker chips and playing cards should be made a day in advance so that they can dry. The poker chips are made out of marshmallow fondant. … Read more

Coolest Poker Table Birthday Cake

Homemade Poker Table Birthday Cake

I made this Poker Table Birthday Cake for a poker player. Fondant is made from MMF (Marshmallows), cards and chips are made from gumpaste. Image on the playing cards and poker chips were printed on icing sheets using edible ink. I used a ten inch spring form pan. Then I used a premade 10″ cardboard … Read more

Coolest Poker Chip Birthday Cake

Homemade Poker Chip Birthday Cake

I did this Homemade Poker Chip Birthday Cake on a whim for my husband’s poker night because I wanted to try out a new cake recipe. I had been searching around for a recipe that kept the cake more compact when cutting. This recipe used a box cake but I added a few extra ingredients … Read more