I made these Pink Daisy Cupcakes “Petit Fours” for my niece’s baby shower. We went a little more modern with the colors. Instead of traditional pastel colors, we chose to do hot pink, black, and white. I call these cupcake Petit Fours because they are simply upside-down cupcakes with poured fondant icing. The flowers are … Read more
I started this Homemade Flower Cake by making the flowers and leaves, this was the first time I had made them. I coloured some flower paste icing in green and yellow, always store unused flower icing in a sealed bag because it dries out really quick. I used cutters I had bought and cut the … Read more
I made this flower box cake for a friend who is an avid gardener. First, to make the window box, I baked a cake in a loaf pan. I used the whole cake mix but I probably didn’t need to. It expanded up out of the pan, this was fine, I just cut off the … Read more
This flower birthday cake I made for my 8-year-old granddaughter. She wanted flowers all over; this is my rendition of that. She likes these kinds of flowers, which she draws for me. I made a two layer 9×13 inch lemon cake. I cut out fondant flowers (pre-made fondant— the night before); lots of colors and … Read more
This cake is a twist on the classic “flourless cake.” It is dense and rich and melts in your mouth so just a sliver will suffice. Since no flour is used it is gluten and wheat free. For the cake: 1 cup water, 3/4 cup sugar, 9 tablespoons Braum’s unsalted butter diced, 18 ounces bittersweet … Read more
I enjoy baking, so when my husband requested that I make a birthday cake for him this year I was excited! He wanted a lawn mower cupcake. I changed his request a little bit to a Lawn Mower Birthday Cake and it came out great! The lawn mower is made with an Oreo cookie covered … Read more
This is a toadstool cake I made for my daughter’s 2nd Birthday. I was 8.5 months pregnant at the time and whilst the cake wasn’t really that much work, the party was a little bit tiring and my second bub arrived just 5 days later. So if you’re 36.5 weeks pregnant and over it, just … Read more
I made this cake for my daughters first birthday. It was a homemade cake recipe. I used two bowls to bake the cake and supported the top half with a piece of cardboard cut to size. I used fondant icing for the decorations and sugar and food coloring for the grass.
This log cake was a simple triple layer cake (you can make it any flavor), with red raspberry filling. I stacked up 3 single layer round cakes with filling in between each layer. I put a thin crumb coat of icing on the cake and covered it with rolled white fondant. I puckered the edges … Read more
I made this Butterfly and Flowers Birthday Cake for a friend’s daughter’s 3rd birthday. I made 2 different sized round chocolate cakes and covered them in buttercream and pale pink fondant (sugarpaste). I made white fondant (sugarpaste) and I used cutters to cut out her name, age, three butterflies and lots and lots of flowers … Read more
I made this Flower Garden Cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday cake. It is a 1 1/2 batch butter cake tinted pink with food colouring and baked in a non-stick baking pan. I got the idea for this cake from another cake on this website (Garden 04) – thanks for the inspiration Ginger D. I … Read more
This is a regular cake mix cake. I frosted it liberally with light blue buttercream. For the bee I found a cute bee online and printed out the picture. I cut the bee out and used a toothpick to trace around him. I frosted him with various colors of royal icing. The flowers were freehand. … Read more