I had a request from my friend’s husband to make her a birthday cake for her 28th birthday. I had no idea of what to make for a 28 year old. So I did some web surfing and came up with this homemade zebra print birthday cake. I used two 8in. and two 12in. round … Read more
For Fathers Day, the whole family went on vacation to a lake very far away from our town. I decided to gather all my tools and bake a father’s day cake. I realized that I’d forgotten the nylon paper that goes around the father’s day cake as well as the gum paste boards that go … Read more
This Dots And Stripes Birthday Cake was for a little girl’s 7th Birthday party. She wanted something girlie, but not too little girlish. I used two six inch cake pans for the top layer and two ten inch cake pans for the bottom layer. I covered both layers in white fondant and then cut out … Read more
My grandmother had a cake idea for one of the ladies in her group. It was her birthday so instead of a red hat, they wear a purple hat so I made a purple hat cake for her. Its buttercream icing if like to use almond extract instead of vanilla I think it makes it … Read more
I made this Corset Birthday Cake Idea for a friend’s son’s 21st birthday. I had a Wilton Ball Cake, which I cooked as the boobies. The trimmings I made the bottom bit underneath. Buttercream was spread all over it. I then covered it all by flesh coloured fondant, followed by the red fondant. Trimmed it … Read more
My daughter wanted a jewelry box cake for her 4th birthday. I got some ideas for designing jewelry with sweets from various sources such as this web site, and improvised with the ones that are available in South Africa. Most of the web recipe advice suggested Graham crackers – we don’t get them in our … Read more
I made this Coolest Kilt Cake for my sister and her husband who are moving to Scotland. I began by making five thin 1/2 sheet cakes (using 1 box of cake mix per pan). I froze each one so that when assembling the cake they would be easier to handle and carve into the desired … Read more
This purse cake was for my little sister’s 13th birthday. I know it isn’t as good as some of the other cakes on the site but I decided to take my chances since it’s my first fondant cake & the fondant itself wasn’t good & kept cracking. I took the idea from a cake decoration … Read more
I made this purse cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I originally had a ladybug made but messed it up. So I decided a purse would probably be easier. I cut a round cake in half, stacked them side by side and filled it with buttercream to hold together. Then I made marshmallow fondant to … Read more
Super cute handbag birthday cake was made for my co-workers niece for her birthday. It’s pink fondant covering a chocolate cake with white icing. I used a scoring tool to add accents of stitching around all seams and flowers. I love the fondant because it gives a nice leather look to it.
This Purse Birthday Cake Design was for my niece. I did an 11×15 sheet cake and cut it into 3 pieces, laid them with white chocolate mouse and fruit, and then iced with vanilla icing. Then I did the fondant. Black does not work well for marshmallow fondant. My tip is to buy the Wilton … Read more
I made this handbag cake for my daughter who is 28. I baked an 8” square cake and filled it with butter cream and jam and then cut the one side of the cake flat, stood the cake on its side and shaped the top of the cake. Then I covered it in butter cream … Read more