This Handbag/Purse Birthday Cake Idea was made for my friend’s mum for her 65th birthday this November. All I was asked was to make some kind of handbag so the design was left up to me! I scoured the internet and took ideas from other wonderful cakers who had generously shared their cakes. I started … Read more
I made this unique cake for my nieces 12th Birthday. This cake is made from five layers. After assembling the layers in a large rectangle I refrigerated it for 30 minutes. Then I carved the top and sides to get the shape I wanted. The cake is frosted with a basic buttercream. The handle and … Read more
This girls birthday cake was for a daughter of a friend. Everything was edible except the “Jelly belt” handle from fabric store and beads. Idea came from this great web site. I stacked two loaf cakes with frosting. I froze the cake for a little bit then carved top to look more like a purse. … Read more
This Homemade Shoe and Bag Cake was made for a friend’s 17 year old daughter. The cake for the shoe box and bag are carved from a chocolate Madeira cake filled with and covered with chocolate butter cream. The bag handles and shoes were made in advance using fondant mixed with tylos for stability. I … Read more
I made this Shoe And Purse Birthday Cake for my sister’s birthday, my first gumpaste shoe. The box is cake covered in fondant and so is the purse. The bead handle is gumpaste. I am still learning and this was fun. I stenciled on buttercreme icing on the box.
To make this Homemade High Heel Shoe Cake I used a mud cake recipe, but reduced the water slightly (example, the recipe asked for 1 of water+0.5 of coffee, and I’d suggest you use no more than just under 1 cup of liquid in total). The reason is that if the cake is too muddy … Read more
Here are my tips on cake decorating. This cake for was made especially for a summer birthday. The cake was a 12×18 sheet cake which I cut out in the shape of the flip flop sandal. It was white cake with strawberry icing with a layer of strawberry icing in the center of the cake. … Read more
This cake was for my wifes birthday. The birthday cake decorating ideas I took from two of her favorite things, shoes and flowers, so that’s what inspired me to do this cake. The round cake is double layer carrot cake covered in fondant with fondant decorations. The shoe on top was made from gum paste. … 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
The ultimate girly-girl cake! The inside of the Pink Zebra Cake is chocolate cake with peanut butter cup filling (Whip together: 1 c. creamy peanut butter, 1 stick room temp. margarine, 2 c. powdered sugar, 2 T. milk). Then I lightly iced the outside of each tier with buttercream. I prepared the bottom for stacked … Read more
I used the Barbie pan for the base and made another round to add height. I dirty iced and covered in fondant. The 12″ round served as her platform and then hand painted the beads and added slashes of gold on the dress and platform. I made the placards using a fondant mold. They cut … Read more
I made this Jewelry Box Birthday Cake for my Grandmother’s 70th birthday party; her theme was diamonds and pearls. The cake was nine layers with the use of nineteen cake box mixes. I used Wilton square boxes baking pans and then cut the cakes into the desired shapes. The fondant is a marshmallow recipe that … Read more