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 baby shower cake for my friend’s baby shower. They had purchased a diaper cake and wanted the cake look exactly like it. So I made one of each 10 in cake, 8 in cake, and 6 in cakes and stacked them with vanilla buttercream in between the layers. Then frosted the entire … Read more
My daughter loves Dora and when she turned three I themed her birthday party Dora the Explorer. I had the idea to make her cake in the form of a box birthday cake, so I decided to make it as a big square and a smaller square. The cake was made from a chocolate mixture. … Read more
I made this 70th Gift Box Cake for my mana’s 70th birthday! I used a 10″ square cake tin. The cake is a vanilla sponge with strawberry and butter cream icing middle. I made the pink bow out of fondant and for all the pink detailing I used Tesco’s pink icing in a tube, very … Read more
A friend of mine told me about her Christmas tradition of making a birthday cake for Jesus and since I am always looking for new reasons to make a cake I ran with it. This Christmas Present Cake is just two white almond cakes made in 9″ square pans filled with chocolate ganache and covered … Read more