My 6 year is all about make-up and anything purple and girly. So for her 6th birthday, January 2012 she told me she wanted a make-up cake. I had no idea what to do and saw a lot of other cute cakes with a make up bag, but she JUST wanted make up on her … Read more

I made this Spa Birthday Cake for my daughter’s Spa birthday party and it was a hit. It was actually pretty easy. I used fondant to make the spa girl and the face cream is made of butter cream colored avocado green. To cut the face I just traced around a bowl to get a … Read more

My daughter was having a Mall scavenger hunt for her 12th birthday and when I asked her what kind of cake she wanted she said “surprise me”. So, I came up with a Fashion Cake Idea. I always make ice cream cakes for my kids because they prefer them to regular cake or cupcakes. The … Read more

This hair dryer cake was for my hair stylist as a surprise. The nozzle and handle are rice cereal treats and the center is cake. I made the comb and scissors out of gum paste and painted them using food coloring and luster dust diluted with vodka. The cord and plug are made from fondant … Read more

I made this Beauty School Cake for a co-worker who was leaving our medical office to go to beauty school. I wanted to wish her the best. The cake was made using the Pampered Chef batter bowl. I made two cakes with the batter bowl, trimmed the top of each and inverted one onto the … Read more

My husband is addicted to chapstick, so I thought this chapstick cake would fit him perfectly. Basically I just used a bread pan for the body, baked two cakes and fit them together. I then carved the top of the tube with a knife to make the indentations. The red is dyed frosting and all … Read more

This Beauty Cake was made for my daughter’s 30th birthday. The makeup was made using colored fondant, the tops of the nail polish bottles were held in place using spaghetti and edible glue, the mask was made by covering a mask with rolled out fondant which was left to dry for about a week. It … Read more

This spa and glamour cake was for a 13 year old’s birthday party and we were having a theme called ‘spa fabu’ – short for spa fabulous. I found the spa cake on this website and decided to make a few modifications. I made a three layer cake (dark chocolate layers with whipped topping between … Read more

My 6 year old is Hannah Montana crazy and I really wanted to make a cake for her birthday. I finally decided on a make up bag cake – which I could customize to Hannah Montana with her ‘logo’. I baked a normal round double cake. Using plastic icing I made a large pink sheet … Read more

This is a cake for my 10 year old’s Spa Birthday Party. It is a face covered in fondant and then buttercream to make the “masque” The whole spa girl cake is edible. I used a large round pan and then carved out the shape I wanted taking into consideration the towel on the head. … Read more

When I made my son his hamburger and hot dog cakes (#64 under food), I knew I had to come up with something special for my daughter. I know all females love handbags and shoes so I was on a mission to make her a Glamour Bag And Shoes Cake. With my unexperienced cake decorating … Read more

I made this Spa Lady cake for my daughter’s 9th birthday party. I used one box of cake mix and divided it into two round cake pans (9″ and 8″, using the smaller for the top). I placed the smaller cake above the larger. I trimmed off the bottom round edge, so the pieces would … Read more