We made this dragonfly cake for my mom who loves dragonflies. After seeing how others had approached the design, we decided to combine different approaches into one. For the body, we used 3 different containers. A mini loaf pan for the body, a 2 cup measuring cup for the head, and smaller 1 cup ingredient … Read more
Last year my step niece had her bridal shower which I helped plan. When she was younger she was big into ladybugs. So I thought it would be awesome to have a ladybug cake. Something to bring her childhood and adulthood to a full circle and to wish her luck. She and everyone else at … Read more
I made this butterfly birthday cake for my niece’s 1st birthday as she loves butterflies. I started by making a round chocolate cake, left it to cool and then refrigerated it for 30 mins. which made it easy to cut. I had 1 kg white icing prepared and then mixed some purple and pink icing … Read more
Thought I’d share my little one’s first birthday surprise . We had a teddy – bear’s picnic and I made a ladybug birthday cake with the help of her lovely cousin. What started out as a simple idea turned out to be quite a cooking marathon. Not being very adapt bakers but with high ambitions we … Read more
My sister and I volunteered to make the smash cakes for our baby nieces’ 1st birthday, and we put these cute little twin ladybugs together to go with the garden themed party. We used small and large ramekin dishes for the head and body – layed foil on top and then pushed foil into dishes … Read more
This bee movie cake is made out of lots of layers of vanilla sponge made into a beehive. I used gold lustre dust for definition to the levels, with Barry B Benson on top holding a happy birthday sign for my 8 yr old girl! I copied the bee form a Bee Movie picture, I think … Read more
This ladybug cake was made for a baby shower that I was holding for my little granddaughter that was born.I wanted it to be special and give my brain a challenge.It worked, it wasn’t the easiest I made the butterflies over and over until I was happy with them. Everything is edible and the butterflies and flowers were … Read more
My best friend Heather asked me to make her daughter Kaylynn a birthday cake to remember. She knew that I usually always make the birthday cakes for a few of my other friends’ children and I always, always make my son’s cakes. I never buy one that is pre-made from the store. It is more … Read more
I really enjoyed making this hippy bumblebee cake for a friend’s mums’s 60th birthday, she LOVES bees and was a bit of a hippy back in the 60’s. The bee is made from 3 x orange cakes baked in a small Pyrex glass bowl. The base is a square lemon sponge. I made the wings … Read more
My best friend’s house was infested with ladybugs this summer, so she became known as the ladybug queen. So this year for her birthday I made a ladybug birthday cake. Sinus nicked into her house and left a trail of small wooden ladybugs from her front door to her living room where the surprise cake … Read more
I made this butterfly cake for a girl’s birthday party. The flavor was strawberry and color theme was pink. Baked two 9×13″ cakes with strawberry flavor, cut the sides to give the shape of butterfly. ( I drew the butterfly on a sheet of paper, cut it and then put it over the cake to get accurate shape). … Read more
This little Lady Bug birthday cake was for a special little one year old and her first birthday. She loves ladybugs. Creating this cake I used a small sports ball pan and a cupcake for the head, pipe cleaners for the antenna and butter cream icing. Then I surrounded her by grass and flowers of icing!