I used a 1/2-sheet pan for the base. I used coconut that I colored with green food coloring for the grass. To make the grass just mix green food coloring in with the grated coconut and mix until even. I used a made-from-scratch buttercream icing and food coloring for the different colors of icing that … Read more
I thank Carol Deacons book “Perfect Party Cakes” where I got this nice idea for castle cakes. I like this book because it’s so simplified and instructions are easy to follow and all her cakes really look great! I used waffle cones for the tower and rice paper for the flag. I made 6 turrets … Read more
I used one 8×8 pan for the bottom and one 6″ round for the top. One box mix and one tub of frosting was enough for both cakes. I let the cakes cool and mixed the frosting with some red food coloring. It wasnt the pink we were looking for but it worked. This time … Read more
I brushed warm apricot jam on the sugar cones and rolled them is sugar glitter. Door, windows and flowers are made from gum paste. I used watermelon slices around the bottom layer and kissables around the top layer.
For my daughters fourth birthday she really wanted a castle cake so using this site and some other castle cake recipes on the internet I came up with this one. There was only about 10 kids so I used a box cut in half and wrapped in fondant for the bottom and the top was … Read more
This was really a miracle that this Disney castle cake turned out so well. Before I made the cake for my sons fourth birthday party I looked at tons of pictures on this site for inspiration. Thanks to everyone who helped, it came out pretty cool!s fourth birthday party I looked at tons of pictures … Read more
For this Homemade Princess Crown Birthday Cake I used 2 layer 6 inch cake pans for the top and 10 inch for the bottom. I covered them in Wilton white fondant. I used wooden dowels in the bottom layer to support the top layer, then 1 large dowel through the center of both to keep … Read more
This Dragon Birthday Cake was for my little brother’s 7th birthday. He loved it! And my mom didn’t believe at first that I actually made it! I first baked 2 10 inch round white cakes. The “belly” of the dinosaur is one of the cakes cut in half, and the two halves fitted together with … Read more
I made this Dueling Dragons Birthday Cake for my son’s 4th birthday party. He’s very into dragons, especially the movie “How to Train Your Dragon,” so I tried to make the little dragon look like the Night Fury from the movie, battling a larger dragon. The big dragon is a lemon cake with lemon/orange buttercream … Read more
I started out with an eight egg sponge mix for this red dragon cake cooked in a rectangle pan and cut out the shapes. There is jam and buttercream between the layers which I find keeps things together well. I first covered it in vanilla buttercream and then covered it with a good half centimeter … Read more
I was asked to make a dragon or Camelot theme cake for a friend’s birthday and I found some great ideas on this site. Thank you all. Here is my version of the dragon cake that many have done on here. It was supposed to be red but I didn’t have enough red coloring (didn’t … Read more
After it was completed in green butter cream, I sprayed it with red and purple colors to give it depth. It turned out better than I expected. Needless to say Jett loved it.