I started to become interested in cake making after making a cake for my daughters’ 7th birthday (Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs). I then went on to make my youngest daughter’s christening cake, and was hooked from there. This Guitar Birthday Cake was one of the first cakes I attempted for someone other than … Read more
Let me just say that this is my first cake EVER. Well, besides the ones you leave in a rectangular pan and slather with frosting! My oldest son turned 3 this year and because he LOVES all things musical, we decided to throw him a Rockstar themed party. One of his most favorite toys is … Read more
This is the guitar cake that I made for my friend’s graduation party after much thought and research (including this site!). For the guitar handle I used some spare wood that my dad had and cut for me. I painted it with a black gloss paint and glued painted silver noodles onto it for the … Read more
A good friend wanted a custom Gibson Les Paul guitar cake for his birthday, full-size, and fully to scale! So I recruited a mutual friend who plays guitar and knows his stuff to help! I baked the cakes the day before, and refrigerated for easy cutting. My friend went to a local music store and … Read more
This cake was the result of a request for a Hannah Montana guitar cake. I used an actual childrens guitar to carve the correct shape, estimate the size of the guitar and replicated the strings, knobs etc. I also found great ideas from this site for guitar cakes. The cake is a four layer fudge … Read more
I got this idea for my guitar birthday cake for my boyfriends birthday because he is a guitar player and a music lover. He works in the Music industry here in Nashville and I thought…what a cool idea. So I thought I’d give it a try. I’m really pleased with the results, not to mention … Read more
I then used homemade Wilton buttercream icing to create the keyboard as well as the sheet music and notes. It was an easy cake to make as I copied it from other specialty shaped cakes on this website!
I made this music cake for my pastor’s wife. Yes, she was “13” because she is a leap year baby so our church threw her a 13th birthday party! She is also our music director and plays the piano, which is why I went with the music theme. The top tier was made of 2 … Read more
This is an old School Boom Box cake that I made for a friend. He was having an 80’s theme party. It is a 1/2 sheet white cake with Strawberry and whipped cream filling. I covered the cake with gray fondant then used black fondant cut outs of various sizes to make the dials and … Read more
I was hosting a 50s Rock-N-Roll Party and wanted something special for the cake. I looked online but couldn’t find what I was looking for. So I just took a picture of a real jukebox off the web, measured wax paper to fit my 15 x 11 pan and outlined the jukebox on the wax … Read more
You treat the modeling chocolate like dough. The entire outside of the cake is modeling chocolate. It gets fairly stiff and may crack when you cut the cake but it tastes great.
