I used a Wilton guitar pan and followed the instructions for mixing amounts of frosting, coloring and Wilton tips to use etc. Mixing all the frosting took more time than I anticipated. The strings were the most difficult. May have been easier if icing was cold (and I was not rushing to finish). The cake … Read more
I had to use four batches of frosting, coloring them with food coloring. For the shiny parts of the guitar I used foil and pressed it into the frosting. This was a big hit seeing as it was the first time for me making guitar cakes. All the guitar playing teenagers that came to my … Read more
I made this music birthday cake for my cousin’s 12th birthday. He plays the piano, fiddle and guitar. This is a white cake with white buttercream icing. I used pictures of his instruments to get an idea of how to make them. I then used a toothpick to trace around them onto the iced cake. … Read more
This Violin cake was for a Bat Mitzvah for a good friend’s daughter. She wanted the violin color to match her invitations, hence the teal color. I borrowed a real violin to give me an idea on the size and details. The strings are real violin strings that I purchased at a music shop, as … Read more
This Microphone Cake is a 9×13 base cake, with a cupcake/Twinkies combination for the microphone. I frosted the top of the microphone gray, but it didn’t sparkle enough, so I covered it with the blue sparkles. The handle of the microphone and the cord is just black buttercream.
My mom, sister and I always make party cakes together. We used two quarter sheet cakes and used marshmallow fondant to cover them. Then we painted them silver. We used licorice laces to make the cords. The actual record is a piece of cardboard spray painted black and it does actually spin! More Turntable Birthday … Read more
I made this drummer cake for a family member who plays the drums. I got this picture from Clipart. It was actually a girl with orange hair and pig tails that stuck straightup. I took off the pig tails and then it kind of looked like a boy wearing a hat so I moved a … Read more
I used a homemade strawberry cake with buttercream frosting for this guitar cake. The fretboard is caramel icing, the strings, are cut licorice whips, the tuning keys are strawberry marshmallow candies, and the Hanna Montana “picture” is an iced graham cracker. I really enjoyed making this cake for my granddaughter. The way her eyes lit … Read more
my daughter wanted a Hannah Montana guitar cake so I made it. I used graham crackers for the neck of the guitar and used Hershey kisses for the knobs that holds the strings. I used an 11x15x2 cake pan and cut a guitar shape out of it. I made purple icing and brown icing and … Read more
A friend of mine asked me to make an electric guitar birthday cake for her daughter’s 10th birthday. I found an image of a guitar on my computer and enlarged it to fit 2 A4 pages to use as a template. I baked a chocolate cake in a roasting pan to get a large enough … Read more
A friend requested me to make a guitar cake. The cake is a chocolate sponge cake and frosted with chocolate cream. I surfed the net for the guitar picture. I baked the cake using a 10″ square pan for the body and a 6″ by 9″ rectangular pan for the handle. I traced the outline … Read more
This Guitar cake was made for my niece’s thirteenth birthday. Her favorite colors are red and black. First, I drew a template for a guitar. Next, I baked two large sheet cakes. Once cool, I carved out the pieces for the guitar. I used buttercream frosting for the cake. I rolled out red fondant for … Read more