My little nephew, who was not only a great surprise, was also a great miracle to our family. While my sister was pregnant she had some tests come back not so great, and was sent to a specialist the next day. We later found out she was sent there the next day because it was … Read more
My husband and I have 4 couples who are our best friends. We go out together very often and meet at our respective homes too. One day the wife of one of them phoned me and asked me if i could make a cake for her husband’s 40th birthday. She was going to organize a surprise party for him … Read more
I made this housewarming cake for a great friend’s housewarming party! I used the Wilton 11×17 sheet pan and followed the baking instructions that came with it. Since it takes 2 cake mixes, I used 1 white cake mix and 1 chocolate cake mix and made it half and half. Since I did not have the star … Read more
This Pub cake was for a 10 year celebration for the pub’s landlady who is a good friend of mine. I wanted to do something different and thought it would be fun to make her pub. I started by baking 3 x 10” square cakes, which I then cut into 2 (one was approx 7” and the … Read more
This was done as a groom’s cake for my wedding. The cabin is three Wilton house Cakes put together and using the resulting “sides” as the front. The chimney is butter cream and candy stones on a cereal treat chimney and the stream is blue piping gel with a border of random rocks. The chopping … Read more
I made this Duckie in Tub Birthday Cake for my daughter’s first birthday. It was very easy to make. I made a two layer round cake and frosted it. I applied graham crackers around the cake to be the “tub”. I then dyed piping gel blue and frosted the top of the cake. For the … Read more
My 2 year old daughter loves ducks. Where do ducks live? In a duck pond. This is one of my favorite birthday cake designs.
I thought this Homemade Stove Cake would be simple to make using a square cake pan and then just halving it and setting the one half upright as the backdrop of the stove. Boy was I mistaken. The cake was too soft to stay upright and I had to “prop” it up with a packet … Read more
I made this Toilet Paper Birthday Cake for a friend’s son’s birthday. She wanted something funny but not vulgar. It is a half sheet cake. The cake is a yellow cake with buttercream icing. The toilet paper is rolled fondant. I rolled the fondant out on a printed mat so the paper has Happy Birthday … Read more
I baked this Cottage Cake for my daughter’s 6th birthday, since she loves the idea of living in a house surrounded by a garden. I used my favorite sponge cake recipe (eggless since we are vegetarians) to make 2 rectangular cakes, one was used as the base (the garden) and the other for the cottage. … Read more
This is a Rubber Duckie Cake I made for a friend. Its Ernie and his Rubber Duckie taking a tubby. The tub is the cake carved and covered in fondant with fondant accents and Ernie and rubber duckie are also made from fondant and sugar paste. The cake is on a board with wood pegs … Read more
This was for my sons first birthday. He had a thing for ducks and I thought it would be the perfect idea. I found the duck in a coloring book and had my husband enlarge it on the copier at his work. I cut out the duck and after I put my regular icing on … Read more