This birthday cake design was made from my own buttercream recipe and fondant, which I hand-painted all of the fondant. I spoke with the mother and child on what style cake they wanted and the child wanted corn stalks and a pumpkin patch. He also wanted to make sure that a tractor would be incorporated … Read more
My little girl wanted me to make a cake for her 6th birthday party so I made a box yellow cake and used the Wilton flower pan and made a flower cake. I also used their buttercream frosting mix. I used white pearl candies to accent the cake. Since so many little girls would be … Read more
To make this rose bouquet cake I used a small, unused, terracotta plant pot that I picked up at Wal-Mart, a green Styrofoam ball that I picked up at a dollar store, some tooth picks and some mini cupcakes. This looks a lot harder than it really is. This was the first time I had … Read more
This Flower Pot Cake is a good idea for a Teen party, dirt cake made into a flower pot. Make a chocolate cake (any box brand will do for busy parents). Bake a brownie, mix 2 boxes of chocolate instant pudding, let chill and add 2 packs of Oreo cookies crumbled. Once all is made … Read more
I made flower birthday cake for my mama. She is very far from me. She is in Ukraine. She likes flowers, and I decided to make this basket with flowers for her. I used two 9 inch round cakes to make 2 cakes. I made one chocolate and one nut cake. I cut bows and … Read more
This was actually a bridal shower cake, but it could also be for a birthday. It was my fourth fondant cake. It was for my best friend’s sister. She’s not a very “frilly” kind of girl, so we wanted something girly, but simple. The flower cake is a butter recipe with homemade buttercream icing. Each … Read more
Once the frosting started to harden, I took a thin piece of tissue paper and put it on top of the pot part of the flower cake. I used that to gently rub the icing smooth and used my fingers to mold the edges giving it that 3D effect. The flower cake pan had daisies … Read more
I love this flower birthday cake pan and have used it many times before; it is made by Wilton. Once the icing starts to dry on the pot, I rub it with tissue paper to give it a smooth effect. I made roses and drop flowers using buttercream frosting and Wilton colors.
I made this Dora Mushroom Cake for my niece. She is a big Dora fan but I wanted to do something different from the usual character cake. The stalk of the toadstool is choc biscuit cake made in pudding bowl and the cap is choc sponge made in large Pyrex bowl. I then covered stalk … Read more
I found the idea for this fairy toadstool cake in a cake book I have. I made two cake mixes in rounded bowls for the top and bottom of the house, one chocolate, one vanilla for variety. I frosted each and let the frosting set, then covered the bottom one (turned upside-down) with white fondant. … Read more
For this scarecrow cake, I took two 8″ round cake pans, white cake mix and vanilla icing. Then I rolled out white fondant and hand cut the pieces of the scarecrow with an exacto knife and cookie cut the leaves. Fondant rolled into an oblong ball made the pumpkins which are held on by tooth … Read more
This cake was for my daughter’s Chicka Chicka Boom Boom luau birthday party. She loves that book. I also baked cupcakes and made chocolate frosting so they would be coconuts with the letters of the alphabet on them. I baked 2 round cakes (large – I actually used a skillet instead of a cake pan). … Read more