This Gnome cake was made for a shared birthday between a 99 year old grandmother and her two granddaughters (one child from each of the grandmother’s two daughters). My grandmother collected gnomes over the years and we thought this would be a great cake to celebrate her birthday. After taking some class courses through Wilton, … Read more
This fairy’s house cake was made for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. She had a fairy and wizards party. The cake is simple but looks amazing when completed. I made two bowl cakes (one is slightly smaller than the other). The cakes are Madeira sponges. I covered a cake board with fondant that I tinted green. … Read more
The idea for this Magic Toadstool Cake came from the Australia Women’s Weekly Birthday Cakes book – my daughter wanted a “fairy cake with me as the fairy” for her third birthday. The top of the toadstool was banana cake, the bottom chocolate cake. I crumb-coated the cake with white chocolate buttercream (so the chocolate … Read more
This free cake decorating ideas came from Debbie Browns Fabulous character cakes, and is the theme of Brambly Hedge. Not a programme showing on NZ TV but a memory from childhood, perhaps it is different in the UK. I did this for my daughter Dominique’s first birthday. It took me about 12 hours all up. … Read more
My nephew is obsessed with everything Japanese. He wanted a Japanese themed birthday party. I offered to provide the birthday cake. The inspiration for this garden cake came from a decorative Zen garden my manager had in her office. I made a standard yellow cake for the base. I cut out approximately one inch in … Read more
We did a Garden themed party for my daughter Lily’s 1st birthday. We decided on the Garden theme based on her name. I baked Garden Cupcakes for the occasion and did a “Rose Garden”, and a “Vegetable Garden”. The cupcakes were both mini and regular sized cakes, and were just a boxed mix! I made … Read more
I made this Mud Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 5th birthday. My daughter is fearless when it comes to creepy crawling bugs. If she spots a worm she’ll pick it up, pet it, name it, make it a house and carry it around all day. I made it for a party of 40, so depending … Read more
I made this sunflower cake for a friend. I bought a sunflower pan, made it and put a 9in layer of cake under it. I just used a #233 Wilton tip on the sides. I used a #150 for the sunflower petals. A #3 for the middle of the petals. And last but not least … Read more
These two Flower Pots Birthday Cake was a cake gone wrong. I started with a 6″ chocolate cake and it wasn’t good for carving. So I took 3″ round cookie cutters and stacked them 2 high. Then I carved off the base a little to give them a flower pot shape. I covered them in … Read more
I made this Flower Birthday Cake for my grandmother’s 95th birthday. I wanted to make her a ladybug cake, but got the idea to do a ladybug sitting on a flower from this site. The cake is marble, and the frosting is basic white. I used a star tip to color in the flower and … Read more
This is a homemade Flower Basket Cake I made for a friend for a farewell party. I made all the flowers and leaves several days in advance using sugar paste, and I stored it in an air-tight container. I made two 11” round pan butter cakes and sandwiched them with butter icing. I put a … Read more
