I made this father’s day shirt and tie cake using instructions from the Wilton site. The cake itself is a 9×13 cake, covered in buttercream frosting. I then used purchased fondant to cover the shirt. I downloaded templates from the Wilton site to use for the necktie and collar. The tie was supposed to be … Read more
I made this baby shower cake or “sprinkle” cake for the daughter of a friend who was having her second baby. The nursery was done in pink/white/brown with touches of hot pink, and brown zebra stripes. That was part of the reason for this design. I got lots of inspiration and information for making this … Read more
For my daughter’s 9th birthday, we had a tea party with her friends and their mothers. I made her a hat cake. I used scalloped butter cookies dipped in vanilla bark to do the brim. I baked the dome part in a glass bowl. I used the star tip to apply icing. I put a … Read more
I made this Ballerina Jewelry Box Cake for my twin daughters’ seventh birthdays. I used two square cake pans–10X10 and 8X8. I baked both layers a week ahead and froze them. Frozen cake is much easier to assemble, cut/trim and frost. I crumb-frosted both layers with white buttercream and assembled them. To make the two … Read more
This backpack cake was made for a co-worker of my dad’s who was going backpacking across Canada. It’s a 1 layer 9×13 yellow cake. I found a picture on the web of Backpack from Dora the Explorer and used it as my inspiration. I cut the cake into a backpack shape, iced it with a … Read more
This Purse and Shoes Cake is made with vanilla cake mix and home made butter cream icing, 1/2 butter, 1/2 vegetable shortening. The handle is made with fondant and so are the shoes. The letters are candy, the rose and flowers are fondant. This cake was made for my daughter who turned 8 today.
I made this purse cake for a little 13 year old birthday and she loved it. I made it with a 1/4 sheet cake pan and sectioned it off into 3 equal rectangle shape with the bottom a little bigger and the top smaller. I used buttercream filling between each layer and then refrigerated it … Read more
I made this Chanel Purse Cake for a friend’s birthday. She wanted the real thing but got this instead. I used rolled fondant and tinted it pink. I then used a fondant roller to make the quilted pattern. The logo and handle were made of fondant as well.
My daughter wanted a “girly” cake with makeup and jewelry. So I thought a purse cake would be perfect! I looked through all of the cakes on THIS website and got several different ideas. I ended up with this Purse Birthday Cake Design with money, jewelry and makeup showing. The cake is 3 layers made … Read more
I made this Radley handbag as a leaving gift for a work colleague. It was a real unique cake. I made it using a large square cake tin which I then cut into a trapezium shape. A very handy hint is to ice the cake by lying it down flat on one side onto the … Read more
My mom loves her Coach purse so I decided to decorate a Coach Purse cake for her birthday. Of course the colors are not “typical” Coach Colors but I like to put my spin on things. I started out with a Wilton purse shaped baking pan. First I iced the sides and inside the purse … Read more
This Beach Birthday Cake was so much fun to make. The seashells are all made from chocolate. The flip flops are cake cut out from my daughte’s flip flops. I traced them and used the paper to cut out the cake. They are iced with buttercream and decorated with fondant. The sand is vanilla wafers … Read more