When I was a teenager I ran the only kosher bakery in town out of my mother’s kitchen. I decorated virtually the entire bar and bat mitzvah cakes for my synagogue. My signature cake was designed to look like an open book that sat on a larger sheet cake. The cake icing was entirely in … Read more
My mother and grandmother made this kid birthday cake for my son, Caleb’s, birthday. It is made of yellow cake mixes. We decorated all the fish and bears the day before. We made seaweed from fruit roll ups. The Teddy Grahams were made into snorklers and mermaids. The mermaids were made using fruit roll ups … Read more
I made two 9×13 cakes and two cans of prepared frosting for this beach cake. After the cake cooled on the top layer I cut an area out for the beach. I did a crumb coat. Then another coat after that was set. I did cut a little to close to the edge and it … Read more
These cakes were for a 3-year old boy who is a huge fan of John Deere Tractors. I baked individual rectangular shaped cakes and cut them down to the shape of a tractor (rounded the front corners, lowered the back, and trimmed the back sides for the large wheels). I used Chocolate-covered Oreos for the … Read more
I used an idea for making cakes I found online. I started with a yellow cake mix and using buttercream icing I then separated the green and brown field. I iced the field smoothly and then used a decorator comb to make it look like it had been tilled then sprinkled a graham cracker, brown … Read more
This barn cake was made for a friend’s daughter and a black fantasy horse. They have horses and chickens and a pig and this stable is just like theirs. I hand carved everything out of fondant and then hand painted. Everything is cake covered in fondant and then hand painted. More Barn Cake Ideas Cake … Read more
This is a cake I did for my niece’s 2nd birthday. I just made a 1/2 sheet cake and buttercream icing. The idea came from napkins that my sister had bought. I freehanded the barn and figure-piped the animals. More Barns and Animals Birthday Cakes Picture of cake by Susanne H., Cypress, CA BARN: Use … Read more
I got my idea from one of the anther kid cake I’d seen on this website. A friend of mine did most of the decorating and here’s how we did it. I baked two 9 x 13 cakes and leveled them. Before stacking them I cut a section away from one cake large enough to … Read more
My daughter was having her sixth birthday at the Art House. So I decided to make a painter’s palette as a kid birthday cake. I found a palette in the clip art on my computer. I enlarged it to fit on a 9×13 cake. I made a white cake mix and poured it in the … Read more
My niece told me she wanted a “lipstick” cake for her 8th birthday. At her party there would be nail painting and other girlie stuff. So, I tried to come up with a makeup cake that was cool enough for her but still showed she is still only 8. I made a strawberry box cake … Read more
I made this Pharaoh cake for some graduates of a local high school. The head was made from 3 layers of strawberry 11×15 sheet cakes, layered with strawberry icing. I cut the outer shape of the headdress and then cut and sculpted the face out of the uppermost layer of cake. I then baked a … Read more
This Around the World Travel cake was inspired by my sweet nephew. He has been planning his “world party” for about nine months. He is turning seven and is a huge fan of coffee, chocolate, and cooking shows. His love of coffee and chocolate inspired me to make a cake that really knocked is socks off! … Read more