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
This eyeball cake is made from the Wilton sports ball pan. I baked the cake and decorated it like an eyeball. I used Wilton icing and also used Jell-O around the bottom to give it a more realistic look. This cake is great for a Halloween party.
It was my husband’s birthday. He had never had a Halloween cake so he chose this eyeball cake. I found a Pyrex mixing bowl that you could bake in. It was the perfect shape and used only one cake mix. It was Red Velvet, with White Icing. For the color I used the blue pre-mixed … Read more
This science lab cake was for a leaving party for someone who worked in my lab. So just to say good buy I made a replica of his lab bench (or as near to it as I could get!!) I started off making 2 massive chocolate cakes in a rectangle tin and then cut them … Read more
I made this Eyeball Cake for my stepson’s 8th birthday. This is actually the practice cake, as I have never worked with fondant before. He said he wanted a Cyclops cake, so this is the cake. There will also be a 18 inch cyclops made from rice cereal treats and modeling chocolate (never used those … Read more