These two little beauties were so much fun to make! For each cake I used two round cake pans and put them on top of each other with a layer of frosting between. I found that it helped to put the layers together with the frosting in between and then wrap them and put them … Read more
My nine year old daughter wanted a mad scientist party with an actual scientist cake and this is what I came up with. First I purchased a Bob The Builder pan. I used the pan as the shape for my scientist. I made a regular box cake mix in it and then attempted to decorate … Read more
This was prepared from a large sheet cake for the bottom layer and two rounds. Arc shapes were cut from the rounds with straight pieces in between for the “bases” of the DNA. Each base (A G C or T) was given its own color. No special icing recipe just your standard Crisco powdered sugar … Read more
I made this Homemade Scientist Cake for a friend’s birthday-it’s 2 double chocolate 12×18″ cakes with fresh strawberry filling. The Einstein body and head are made from rice krispy treats and covered in fondant. All the details are made from fondant as well.
This Brain Cake was the inspiration of my wife, we were going to do a Lego cake but this was much more fun, The cake itself is a normal sponge cake coloured with red food colouring so that when we cut it open it will be red inside too, It was baked in a Pyrex … Read more
After some troubling recent bouts of arrythmia, my Dad, who has an oddball sense of humor, requested a birthday cake that would reflect his recent difficulties (including two hospitalizations, a host of EKGs and catheterizations, and the installation of a pacemaker and defibrillator). So, for this cardiac cake I made a one-layer white cake using … Read more
My son was having a Mad Science Birthday party and I wanted to make a Brain cake that really went along with the theme. I started by baking two 14″ wide 3″ deep round layers of red velvet cake. After cooling I leveled them and put them together with a layer of the lime green … Read more
I saw these eye cakes in a magazine and thought I should try it. So easy and really fun! Using unglazed donut holes (holds frosting really well) and M&Ms these are great for a Halloween party. After looking at the grocery stores for weeks I was unable to find unglazed donut holes. So I went … Read more
I made this Human Heart Cake for my oldest brother, he is currently on the heart transplant list in New York. He recently had a procedure done, they had to install whats called an LVAD unit, it assists the flow of blood thru the left side of his heart. This should help him until a … Read more
I was asked to make a cake for a Breast Cancer Awareness bowling league. I used store-bought icing tinted with Wilton paste coloring for the flesh and homemade buttercream icing for the rest. I thought the buttercream might be too rough looking and might seem less realistic. I outlined the ribbons with a writing tip … Read more
These eyeball cupcakes are so easy to make. I iced cupcakes in white icing. For the center I used Gummy savers and a chocolate chip turned upside down. Then I colored icing red and made the veins. They were a hit at my Halloween party!
We did the ‘Race for the Cure’ in Philadelphia on Mothers Day. I had made the fondant elements ahead of time, due to major time constraints, and made the cake the night before… Well, I dirty iced the cake, and went to lay the fondant on and it ripped!!!! I didn’t have time for a … Read more