My four year-old wanted a ladybug cake. Her favorite colors are purple, orange, red, and pink. She wanted her cake to be those colors. And she wanted the ladybug to have pink heart-shaped spots. She knows what she likes and I came up with this Ladybug Birthday Cake Idea! For the face I used hard … Read more
This cake was done for a first birthday party. The smash cake was just a simple strawberry cake baked in one-half of the Wilton sports ball pan. I then covered the cake using a star tip with red and black icing. I used round tips of different sizes to make the eyes and spots. The … Read more
My husband and I made this Ladybug cake for our littlest one’s first birthday. We used a regular 8″ round pan and layered it twice. I then used a small 5″ cake, cut in half. One of the halves I cut in half again and used for the wings, the other half I tailored for … Read more
I baked a sheet cake, chocolate, and placed the ladybug on it. I tinted frosting green and got green cake sprinkles to make it shimmer. For the dots, I tinted frosting black, but I think fondant tinted would have worked better. I used licorice for the antennae and that was it! Perfectly themed ladybug cake … Read more
I used the dome cake pan by Wiltons to make the ladybugs. This was simple; however I had to take a section out of the center to make them the right height. I used the Wilton recipe for the icing and decorated the ladybug cake from there. The grass tip helps cover up some icing … Read more
I used a few boxes of cake mix for my ladybug birthday cakes. Buttercream Icing: 1/2 cup of butter, 1/2 cup of shortening, 1 tsp. vanilla, 4 cups confectioners sugar, and 2 tbsp milk. You need three batches. The cake pans: Betty Crocker “Bake N Fill” cake set for the ladybug. I baked the dome … Read more
I saw this spider cake on your site and thought it was amazing. I used ‘Matchmakers’ stuck together with melted chocolate because my children hate licorice, in the UK these are long thin mint flavoured chocloate sticks. The feet and joints are black royal icing. Butter icing with dark coco and sweeties for eyes. I … Read more
I made this Spider Birthday Cake for my son Deacon’s 6th birthday party. His birthday is shortly before Halloween so we went all out with the spooky theme! The cake is a simple two tiered round cake that I frosted with chocolate. I used an offset spatula to get the icing as smooth as possible. … Read more
My daughter has a Halloween birthday and she asked for a Halloween theme for her 8th party. The goal of this spider cake was to be sufficiently “icky” but also fun. It featured a surprise inside – guts with bugs! The cake was baked in a Wilton dress cake pan (used for doll figures). I … Read more
This was very easy. Bake three round cakes, let it cool. For the birthday cake decorations cover it with black icing. I used black licorice for legs and antenna and marshmallows for eyes. I also surrounded the ant with grass (coconut with green food coloring) and dirt (crushed Oreo’s).s for eyes. I also surrounded the … Read more
I made this Beehive Birthday Cake for a baby shower for my daughter’s preschool teacher. The school threw her a shower and they asked me to make the cake. Each class had a different bug for their class and her class was the “Busy Bees” hence the beehive cake. This cake was a white almond … Read more
