I baked this gift wrapped birthday cake a day before I decorated it. I baked it for my sister’s birthday. Her favorite color is purple. I made an easy and inexpensive vanilla flavored cake. About 20 cm by 20 cm in size. To get the purple I mixed red Moirs food coloring with blue, but I used a little more red than blue … Read more
I wanted to make a cake that told about my 16 year old daughter. Starting with the bottom layer. She lives and dies for the piano. She currently is starting to write her own music. I would guess she plays 2-3 hours a day. She doesn’t like chocolate, so everything was either white or a … Read more
I made this Japanese Cherry Blossom cake for a friend’s daughter who was celebrating her first birthday. She was born in Japan during the cherry blossom season so her mom was using that as a theme for her first birthday. I was thrilled when she asked me to make the cake and have it match the … Read more
I made this polka dots gift cake for my good friend Nikki for her birthday. I was in creative gear and we were all going out for dinner. Though I’ve really never heard of the cake flavor before- I made it a Neapolitan cake. It was strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate all swirled together. It tasted amazing! I made … Read more
My friend kept bugging me about making her a cake and Christmas just seamed the like the perfect time to do it! It’s two 9” square sheets. I used white fondant for the cake, some red fondant for the dots (which I cut with a measuring spoon) and green for the bow. You can find … Read more
This pink and black Damask cake is my favorite I have made so far and was one of my simpler ones. I baked three cakes. 12 inch, 10 inch, and 6 inch. I placed each cake on a cardboard cake board that were the exact sizes. Filled and iced each tier with butter cream. The top and … Read more
My cousin requested a fantasy cake for her birthday party, so I made this lovely Gift Box cake as her birthday gift. The cake is two plain sheet cakes stacked together. The real work is in the decorations! You need to plan this several days ahead. The bow is made by first cutting and pinching together … Read more
I decided to make this Christmas gift box cake for my office Christmas party the first year I worked there. It’s super easy! Just make two square cakes. Wait for them to cool. Stack them on top of each other and frost a base layer of white on them. I found some Christmas wrapping paper as inspiration … Read more
To make this Snoopy Giftbox cake, I baked two cakes. The base was a 10″ sq vanilla and chocolate marble cake. The top was a 6″ sq white cake, tinted with various neon colors to make a ‘colorful marble’. They were both filled with a vanilla cream filling. I then covered both tiers with homemade … Read more
I made two 9×13 cakes and used a whipped frosting with pineapple for the middle. I crumb coated with buttercream icing in green and put the cake in the fridge for about 2 hours. Then, I got pre-colored fondant and cut out the different polka dots. For the bows, I rolled out pre-colored fondant and … Read more
I made this gift box cake for a friend of mine. She wanted all purple so I made two different shades of purple fondant. I made the bow four days ahead of time so it could dry. To make the bow I cut strips of fondant about 1 in. wide and 5 in. long and … Read more
This is a 2 layer 8″x8″ cake covered with fondant. Its really simple. And the bow and ribbon twirls are also made from fondant. I thought this would be a cute idea for a baby shower cake.s really simple. And the bow and ribbon twirls are also made from fondant. I thought this would be … Read more