I made this headphones birthday cake for my friend’s birthday. He is a DJ and I wanted to do something small but cool for him. I came up with this cake idea and thought it would be perfect for him. I started off by making homemade marshmallow fondant . I tinted half black, and left the rest white. For the ear … Read more
My daughter’s 21st birthday party was on Saturday 9th March. The idea for a cake was hatched mid-week of that week! So dived into Google and YouTube as had never decorated a cake with fondant icing before!!!! Eek. I am used to dress-making and knitting complicated patterns, so how much more difficult could it be? … Read more
As a kid, one of my favorite memories with my middle brother was playing Super Mario Brothers with him, so when his birthday came around this year, I decided to decorate it from those memories. I got a head start on this a couple of days before I made the cake. The controllers are made … Read more
I made this Titanic cake for my friend’s 9-year-old son for his birthday. He has a fascination with the Titanic. The bottom is just a 9″X13″ yellow cake covered in blue butter cream frosting. For the ship, I made 2 batches of crispy rice treats and formed them into a pile to let them cool a little … Read more
I made this Teddy Bears Picnic cake after seeing a picture similar and liked it. The grass is piped icing using nozzle number 233. The bears and creatures are made using a mix of 50/50 sugar paste and flower paste. I created a blanket for them to sit on and food. To make the bear heads, … Read more
The vase is a 6″ white almond sour cream cake. I cut a half moon in the top and squared off the bottom. I used a #12 tip to make the lip of the vase and a #3 for the dots. I had a total of 18 cupcakes in all. Using the 1M tip I made … Read more
This cool Cinderella Castle cake was done for my daughter’s theater group to enjoy after there opening night in which they did Cinderella. It is made with chocolate and cream with fondant for decorations except for the ice cream cones. Cobblestones were fiddly but gave it some character. Flowers were added around various spots for gardens. Lollipops were used at the … Read more
I was asked to do a cake for a young women turning 21 who was not very girly. Her favorite drink was Tequila and the cake was to be very sweet as the family all have a tendency for sweet food. So they decided on a Tequila Bar cake made from a caramel mud cake with caramel frosting and then … Read more
I created this cake for my friends daughters 23rd birhtday. It is a leopard and zebra cake with the inside zebra and leopard print as well. I covered the cake in fondant and hand painted the leopard print onto the first tier after dying the fondant a light tan color. I used brown, gold and … Read more
You will need 2 cake mixes for this guitar birthday cake (I used more elaborate cakes because all the time they take). Bake a big cake and a 9 inch round cake. I used a template and cut out the pieces after freezing for a couple hours. The hardest part about this cake is that … Read more
I made this red devil cake in a number 6 shape with alien cupcakes for my 6 year old’s birthday. Got the idea of the number 6 devil from the Australian Women’s Weekly cake book. 1. To make the number 6 cake, I used my favorite butter cake recipe to bake x2 cakes – x1 ring pan and x1 loaf tin cakes. I shaped … Read more
So this cake was for my mothers 60th birthday. It was a two layer gluten free chocolate cake with raspberry jam filling and covered in blue fondant. The figure is made entirely of fondant and I made to look like my mother. The banner is also made of fondant. I used a box mix for the cake … Read more