I had a challenge on my hands, what birthday cake would make a grown man, who had all the things most people want in life, smile with glee when he received his birthday cake?! The man in question works in technology, and it isn’t just his profession, but his passion too. So, I thought what … Read more
My sister was having a 50’s/’Hairspray themed party so I decided I would make her a jukebox cake. After tapping the word ‘jukebox’ into Google image search I came up with a brief outline/design of how it should look and got cooking. I used a square tin and a rectangle (which I then turned into … Read more
I made this calculator cake for my bookkeeper’s birthday. I wanted to make something that reflected on what she does. I came up with this idea. She loved it and was surprised. I used a 9×9 square cake pan. Let cake cool. Even off top of cake. Place cake in freezer for about one hour … Read more
A riend requested a cake for her son who is really into his computer which is an Apple Mac. She did not want to spend a lot of money so I came up with the idea of using the Apple Mac logo for a cake. The Apple Mac cake is a vanilla cake with a … Read more
This computer cake took a little added love. I now have bragging rights for a year because I gave a laptop to my friend for her birthday! Using a Duncan Hines mix I baked a 13×9 inch cake. While the cake was in the oven I melted a bag of white chocolate candies. These were … Read more
My brother is an avid gamer and, for his birthday cake this year, he asked for a replica of his Nintendo NES. I baked a sheet cake and then cut and built it to resemble the NES. I used a scrap piece of cake to make the controller and then I made mini cupcakes to … Read more
This Xbox Controller birthday cake was my first attempt at a sculpted cake and it was a lot easier than I had feared. Took two pan cakes and stacked them on top of each other and then I had printed a picture of an Xbox controller out on my printer and used it as a … Read more
The controller is also a cake. I made the cake pan for the controller by hand using foil and cardboard. All of the buttons are pieces of candy. The wire is black rope candy and the strap on the back is an airhead. This was the funniest and yet the toughest cake I have made … Read more
My boss is always glued to her iphone, I really wanted to do something nice for her so I tried to recreate a phone cake. I made a sheet, regular vanilla cake. I used fondant to cover the cake initially. I then also used fondant to create the touch screen buttons for the ipone. The … Read more
This is an iPod Touch Birthday Cake for my son’s 12th birthday. He was getting an iPod touch as his birthday gift which inspired this cake. This is my first fondant cake and he was pretty happy. Firstly I made a chocolate mud cake from one cake mix because this is my son’s favorite. I … Read more
My mom, sister and I always make party cakes together. We used two quarter sheet cakes and used marshmallow fondant to cover them. Then we painted them silver. We used licorice laces to make the cords. The actual record is a piece of cardboard spray painted black and it does actually spin! More Turntable Birthday … Read more
I made this laptop cake for my husband’s 30th birthday. He is an IT manager for a credit union and this was the perfect idea for a cake. I used just a regular chocolate cake mix, it was Dunkin Hines or Betty Crocker. I made it in a large cookie sheet that had about 1/2in … Read more