The birthday boy loves guns and dragons. He thought that this dragon slayer birthday cake would be a crazy idea so he and his wife asked me to make this. The dragon is made a day before along with the horns, teeth, wings, tail, and guns. I carved the cake to look like a rock, … Read more
This was made for a friend’s granddaughter for her 4th birthday. I had an absolute blast with this cake! It was a little challenging but so worth it. I made a cream cheese icing with food coloring added. The cakes are chocolate and marble layers. The towers are regular colored ice cream cones and sugar … Read more
A cake fit for a 4 year old princess my friend said….mmm where do I start? OK, I loved making this princess castle birthday cake, although when it was finished it was HUGE, well bigger than I anticipated! I covered it in butter cream I had colored with pink food gel, and I’m no professional but … Read more
This Hogwarts Ice Cream cone cake was made for my twins’ 9th birthday. I was inspired by cakes on this site, but once I got going, it became an original creation. This Hogwarts cake required very little skill, just props and an internet connection. As you can see, much of the cake it not cake … Read more
I ordered the castle cake kit from Wilton online, I’ve never made a castle cake before so I went the easy route! lol, although it didn’t end up being very easy! The towers kept tipping over. I used royal icing to hold them down but they would still lean, and my two year old kept … Read more
This castle cake is probably one of the most complex cakes I’ve made so far, and as always, it was a learning process, with some things that worked well, and others that needed to be done a little differently for future cakes! Overall, I was really pleased with how it turned out. My granddaughter wanted … Read more
My daughter wanted a princess castle birthday cake so I decided to try and do a castle cake. I baked 3 12×12 chocolate cakes and 3 8×8 vanilla cakes and a small round vanilla cake and froze them over night which helps make them moister. Once the cakes were almost thawed I torted them to … Read more
The baking part took forever! It’s 6 – 12x 18 sheets in the middle with a 10 inch square on top of that. The entrance is 2 loaf cakes stacked. The 4-towers are 5-6in rounds stacked. The blue roof is fondant covered rice crispy treats. The top of the towers are ice cream cones covered … Read more
When my son requested a fire breathing dragon cake I was a bit concerned. This is what I came up with. I baked two 9 inch rounds, a 6 inch round, and half of the Wilton ball pan (for the head). Once cooled I cut one round in half and “glued” together with butter cream. I … Read more
I started out on this castle cake with only having made three previous cakes and only one of them fondant. So why might you ask did I attempt such an undertaking? Several answers come to mind with the first one being, why not? It’s a cake. Even if the decorating goes horribly wrong it is … Read more
The princess castle cake is baked in a hexagon pan and is three layers tall. This is decorated and then the “towers” are added. This being the first castle cake I ever made, the towers are paper towel tubes wrapped in wax paper to keep the icing from softening the cardboard. The roofs are sugar cones … Read more
This was supposed to be a Peppa Pig cake, there was to be her house on the hill and she and George sat feeding ducks below until I realized I didn’t have any blue icing, shops were shut and I didn’t have the means to make any blue, so no George or pond! So here … Read more