I took a cake decorating class and flower cakes were our last project before the holidays. I decided to make this cake for Thanksgiving. I loved the orange and reddish colors for the flowers. I made the flowers 1 week ahead of time and let them dry in a shoe box. I used the small … Read more
This Fairy Toadstool Birthday Cake is from Debbie Brown’s “50 Easy Party Cakes” book. It starts from 2 x 1 liter bowl cakes. Basically you put one bowl upside down on top of the other bowl, trimming to the desired shape. Buttercream, then rolled icing is used to decorate. Little fairies are made out of … Read more
This homemade cake recipe was quite easy, just time consuming (arent they all!?). I hired 2 Dolly Varden cake tins. The larger one, I used for the top of the toadstool, but just cut the pointy end off the cake to get the shape I needed. And I just leveled the cake with a sharp … Read more
My son is crazy about Chica Chica Boom Boom, the book, so he had a birthday party around this theme. We had homemade Chica Chica Boom Boom Cake and pinata. The preparation was as fun as the party, he was so excited! I used a plain yellow cake, with chocolate filling, and royal icing with … Read more
I made this fall basket cake for a school fundraiser this past fall. I baked 2 8-in round cakes. After doming and stacking them, I put the “dirty icing” coat on. I then used tip #48 to do the basket weave and tip #18 to make the rope border on the top and bottom. The … Read more
This English Garden Birthday Cake was made for my father in law and as he is a keen gardener with a beautiful garden. I made him a miniature garden cake, the cake is based on his own garden. The grass is green coloured coconut, I put the food colouring and the coconut in a small … Read more
I saw a similar version of flower cakes on a professional cake recipes and decorating website and loved it. For the flowers I used one cupcake for the center and surrounded it with six cupcakes for the petals. For the stems I piped out a random design with green frosting. I covered the ladybugs with … Read more
This cake was easy to make. The larger cactus is three cupcakes stacked on each other and each of the small cacti are cupcakes as well. The small cactus is green and dark green. I put green food coloring inside the decorating back to make it different colors when it came out. The flowers aren’t … Read more
One of our friends is getting married this summer and I offered to do her bridal shower cake. I really liked the look of fondant flowers and wanted to try and make her a flower cake. I started by making 2 cakes, one chocolate in my big cheesecake pan, and one vanilla in a 8inch … Read more
For years I loved to work in the garden. Roses are my favorite. Unfortunately, I am not able to do that anymore. I love to bake, so I decided to come up with a Roses In Basket Cake, my own way of bringing my roses into the house. I designed the outside of the large … Read more
I made this homemade daisy cake for a friend. Daisies are her favorite flower. This cake was quite easy to make. It’s an 8-inch chocolate/chocolate chip cake with cream cheese frosting. It is a 2 layer cake. I was playing with a product that is new to me. The chocolate fondant is by Satin Ice. … Read more
This Flower Pot Fairy cake is red velvet layers with cream cheese icing. I baked five 10 inch cakes so I would have enough cake to make it high enough to look like a flower pot. Five layers staked and carved to shape flower pot. Iced then covered with homemade fondant almond flavored. All the … Read more