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My daughter’s birthday is in April and she wanted to have a Spring Garden party theme. I had just bought the book, “Hello Cupcake” and was inspired by their butterfly and sunflower cupcakes. After making the cupcakes I decided to make an actual cake to go with them. I used the same decorating techniques described … Read more
For my daughter’s 5th birthday I decided on a garden theme as the party was based around fairies. I made this Garden Birthday Cake. For the sponge I used a Betty Crocker carrot cake mix. I simply sandwiched them together using green butter icing. I used two different lots of coloured butter icing. The idea … Read more
I cooked a sheet cake. We covered the entire cake with blue icing with a little more white mixed in for the “sky”. Since it was close to Easter we were able to get pastel m&ms to make the flowers and sun. We added green grass and stems to complete the “picture”. The cake was … Read more
My niece was turning 7 and asked if I could make her a birthday cake. Her instructions were: a house, a garden, a rabbit, a snail, a rainbow, AND the cake had to be PINK inside. NO PROBLEM! So this House And Garden Birthday Cake is the creation I came up with. I baked a … Read more
My mother-in-law made this Homemade Garden Birthday Cake for my daughter. It was a big hit at her recent 1st birthday party! The theme was a big number 1 pulling a red wagon with flowers. We wanted the theme from the napkins, plates, etc. to continue with the cake. So, I found a miniature red … Read more
I made the sun in 1/2 of a sports ball pan, and the orange “rays” are triangle shaped cutout cookies. The grass portion is just the remainder of the cake batter baked in a 9×13 pan and cut to resemble a hill. The flowers, butterflies and letter in her name are also cutout cookies. There … Read more
I made this flower gardencake for my 7 year old who asked for a flower cake. My first idea came from this site where a window box flower cake was submitted. I did thick sugar cookies for the flowers and caterpillar. I stuck the sticks in the cookies right after I took them out of … Read more
This garden birthday cake was made for my very first order. It was a chocolate cake made from a recipe that my grandmother passed down. The cake is very very soft. I didn’t sandwich it. I made the well, the butterflies and the ducks a couple of days before with Marshmallow fondant and kept it … Read more
This Daisy And Ladybug Birthday Cake was a cake request I had for a 5 year old little girl’s birthday. I found a picture of a cake similar to this online to use as a guide. I made the cake using 2 12 inch round pans. I filled the 2 layers with my homemade buttercream. … Read more
I made this Garden birthday cake for a friend who’s father was turning 70 years old. He loves to garden. I used gum paste to make each veggie and the garden signs. I colored small pieces of the gum paste with food coloring. I molded each veggie by hand. I laid them out to dry … Read more
I made this Garden Birthday Cake for my father in law’s birthday. I used large Popsicle sticks for the fence. I made pumpkins, cabbages, squash and carrots. I put flowers on the outside of the fence. I put a tractor on the outside. I used two layers of square cakes. It was a big hit … Read more
To do the butterfly and flower cake for my daughter’s birthday, I had to buy a butterfly cake mold. So I went on EBay and got a used one for pretty cheap. I used twenty six cupcakes for the flower. I used three yellow cake mixes. I had to mix six different icing colors. For … Read more