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
I made this Present Birthday Cake for my Mother and Grandmother’s birthday. Both tiers are dark Chocolate Torte. There is a thin layer of buttercream under the fondant. I put rolled up tissues in the bow loops and left them in there for an hour so the fondant would hold it’s shape as it hardened. … Read more
I made this Homemade Glitzy Glam Present Birthday Cake Design for a friend’s daughter. I had not attempted a cake like this before, but I had so much fun making it and thinking of what to put on it and the hows? One of the cakes was a rich chocolate cake with a chocolate fudge … Read more
This cake was for a graduation party. Since the person graduating loves fashion I decided to do a Coach and Tiffany’s gift box cake. The cakes were 6″ & 8″ squares covered with buttercream and fondant. I drew the Coach symbols on parchment paper and filled them in with melted chocolate (using a #3 tip). … Read more
I made this gift box cake for a baby shower recently. It was supposed to be chocolate but I wanted to make it girly so I decided to add the bow made of gum paste (basically fondant). I made it a day ahead, dyed the paste pink, cut into strips and dried the loops over … Read more