I made this cake for Mother’s Day last year and was chuffed with the end result. The cake is a basic Victoria sponge covered with white fondant icing, the poppies and leaves are also fondant icing colored with edible food coloring and molded by hand to form the poppy shapes. The word mum was made … Read more
This tranquil garden cake was made for a co-worker who is an avid gardener. The cake is made of 2 sheet cakes, and covered in butter cream frosting. The walkway, pond lining and birds are fondant. The other accents are candy melts. Everything is edible! This was the “before” photo. Just before it was presented, … Read more
This flower pot cake was made for a dear friend I met in fourth grade. She wanted something different for her mom. To me different means, realistic, edible art. I do have to say, the birthday girl and the attendants did not want to eat the cake after all. In the end, curiosity got the … Read more
When my youngest daughter was turning 3, I knew it was my last chance to choose what she had for a birthday cake… and I’ve always wanted to do a Fairy tea party, since seeing something similar on your website. Bel was having a joint party with her best friend, and I agreed to make … Read more
This cake is a 2 layer 6″ round and a 2 layer 10″ round, lemon flavored cake with marshmallow butter cream filling. Before baking cake, make the roses. These are time consuming so allow yourself a day or two to make these. Combine fondant with gum paste, just enough to make it workable so it doesn’t harden too … Read more
This is a basket of strawberries birthday cake I made for my mom’s 80th birthday. I wanted to make something she would remember and enjoy. Since she loves strawberries I thought this would be a great idea. The cake is 3 layers, white and chocolate checker board pattern. I baked the layers of white and … Read more
My niece lives in another state and would be visiting shortly after her birthday. She told me she wanted to skip a birthday party with her friends and asked if I’d make her a cake for her birthday and have it with her cousins. I said yes to it, but she had no idea what … Read more
I have very happy memories of my mother making me a toadstool cake for several birthdays when I was a child. So when my daughter Mimi turned one, I thought I’d give it a try myself. With a baby to look after, I knew it would be a struggle to find the time to make … Read more
I made this fairy toadstool house cake for my friend’s 3 year old daughter for her fairy party. It was a hit! I used a basic butter cake recipe with buttercream frosting and it is the equivalent of 3 standard 8-inch cakes. The bottom layer was baked in a 1 liter pudding steamer and the … Read more
With this butterfly baby shower basket weave cake I started out make the flowers using a regular butter cream icing. I spent two days on the the flowers, the first day I mostly just practiced and and nearly gave up. Then on the second day I tried again and managed to figured out how to … Read more
This beautiful Fall Scene cake is one of my FAVORITE cakes I have done ! I love the fall season and all the colorful fall leaves as depicted on this cake ! This look was very simple, I used a leaf tip with different colors ! Very easy, very eye catching and a wonderful theme cake … Read more
This is my second fondant cake (my first time was for my son’s birthday the previous month…it was a stressful 2 months!). It was designed for my grandmother’s 90th birthday party. Lots of relatives were flying in from out of town to wish her well, and it was going to be a big bash. I … Read more