For the last few years I’ve made my nieces their birthday cakes, every year I ask them what they want their cake to look like. One year my younger niece said she would like a butterfly birthday cake, so I dug out my seldom used butterfly shaped cake pan, and after looking at it for a good … Read more
This book and tea pot cake is by far my favorite cake that I have ever done and I hope you guys enjoy my entry! This cake was made for a good family friend who just loves a great pot of tea and a good book. The inspiration was there I just had to get … Read more
My mother loved Dooney and Bourke purses so I decided to make this purse birthday cake in her honor. The cake is 2 13x9x2″ yellow cakes filled with Swiss meringue butter cream. I then cut the cake in thirds and filled and stacked the layers. I carved the cake using a picture of a Dooney and Bourke purse … Read more
I wanted to do something special for my father’s 70th Birthday, he has overcome a lot over the past 5 years losing my mother and oldest brother to pancreatic cancer, his mother to heart disease and his second wife to a sudden illness. Our family is very close so we wanted to give him a special party for … Read more
My daughter Stephanie and I decided to make a Monster Truck cake for my grandson’s third birthday party. He just loves them so we thought we would team -up and make him the coolest cake ever. First we baked two sheet cakes (11×16), two mini loaf pans formed by hand in the shape of a … Read more
My son was talking a lot about something strange, as most four year old’s do, a dinosaur eating a unicorn. While my son (4) and daughter (6) were visiting my sister, they shocked them during prayer time, “..and I want to see a unicorn.”, my daughter says. Then it was my son’s turn. “I want … Read more
My son wanted a pirate party for his 6 year old birthday party. It was such a fun theme to work with! I wanted a pirate ship birthday cake but was scared to death to tackle something like this! I baked two 9×13 pan cakes. I started out with one of the cakes and before … Read more
This Basketball Shoe birthday cake is ready to walk out of the fridge by itself. It took a lot of pre manufacturing time to think out a process and get the details just right. My uncle contacted me about making him this cake. It seems that everywhere he went they were charging him at least $400. … Read more
This old-fashioned Tomato Pin Cushion birthday cake was for a friend turning 40 with a passion and talent for sewing. She asked me to make her a fantasy cake, and I knew it had to have a sewing theme, so I decided on a traditional tomato pin cushion, an icon in the sewing community. I made 2 Bundt cakes, … Read more
This turntable cake took about 6 hours to make. The hardest part was finding something that I could use to make the grooves on the record/album stand out. I finally thought of using the bottom of a frying pan from T-Fal. It has the exact setting needed to create this look. The 9 year old … Read more
My daughter just turned 6. We can barely believe it, the years have gone so fast, yet they also seem to have been a loooong 6 yrs – lol. She asked for a “Worm Party”. Given that this is probably the last year we’ll get away with something non- pink-sparklie-girlie, I took the ball and … Read more
My three-year-old son is very into “diggers” right now, so I knew this cake would be a hit. I found a photo online for inspiration for this cake, and I would happily give credit, but could not find the source. The cake itself is three layers of a 12-inch round cake – chocolate, of course. … Read more