I made this purse cake for my daughter’s 5th birthday! She asked for a purse so I decided I would make it more interesting by adding makeup and accessories to go with the purse. I found my inspiration from this website! All accessories are made of fondant. The handle was a bit tricky (should have … Read more
I made this cake for my step-daughter’s 17th birthday and presented it at a surprise party we put together at the last minute. I have been making her cakes and my daughter’s cakes for the last 5 or 6 years and each year we try to come up with a new idea. Alexa is really … Read more
Sorry the fondant looks a little smooshy. The picture was taken 3 days later. I baked 2 9inch yellow cakes. I cut across the bottom of the cake so it could stand. And used the cut piece as a guide and repeated on the second cake. I torted and layered with buttercream icing. I stood … Read more
I made this Purse Birthday Cake Design for my sister’s 37th birthday, modeled after the Coach purse that I bought as her actual present. It’s two 9×13″ white cakes that I cut and stacked with layers of vanilla buttercream and stabilized the layers with two dowel rods. I then trimmed the layers to make the … Read more
I made this Guitar Bag Birthday Cake for a friend’s granddaughter. I baked a buttercake, cut it in half. Did a crumb coat with butter cream then rolled some royal icing and added some decorations. This one was a hit.
This girls birthday cake is made out of three 9×9 chocolate cakes stacked together with chocolate frosting in between the layers. Then I frosted the cake with chocolate frosting. The accents are pink bubblegum tape. The purse handle is pretzel twists and pink bubblegum tape. I made this cake for an Anniversary party for our … Read more
I made this Sneaker Cake for a teenage boy who collects basketball sneakers; his favorite at the moment was the Nike Ferris Hightop which is named and designed after the title character in the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”. I used 3 half sheet cakes, filled and stacked them, cut the basic shape of the … Read more
For a joint party we had a Luau my 15 year old wanted a zebra Flip Flop Birthday Cake. We baked a regular box mix in an 11 by 13 pan. I made a pattern from regular printer paper and cut it out. I froze the cake for about 10 minutes after cooling. Then I … Read more
This Converse Shoe Cake Design was made for my daughter’s 13th birthday. She loves converse, so decided to make her this cake for her Punk Rock Birthday Theme. I used 2-13×9 cakes stacked on top of each other, with buttercream frosting. For the fondant, I made a marshmallow fondant, which is marshmallows and 1 tablespoon … Read more
This Nike Just Do It Cake was made for a Tomboy Girl, she loves Nike shoes and wanted her favorite pair re-created in cake. Both the shoe and box were hand sculpted and covered in fondant.
For this cake I baked a half sheet then two loaf pans (for the shoes). After I iced the sheet and made it look like a beach towel I cut the (frozen) loaf pans into the shape of flip flops. I angled them just so onto the sheet and then used licorice strips as 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