This peace sign cake was made last minute for a surprise 10th birthday party. My daughter said she did want a party (which we had planned for a couple of weeks after her actual birth date). With 3 days to go I had to find out sneakily what she would’ve wanted and created a surprise … Read more
I made this cactus cake for my good friend who commissioned me to make a birthday cake for her husband and son’s combined birthday party. Cake baking is relatively new to me. I just started this year and I have fallen head over heels in love with baking and frankly, I might be a little obsessed. … Read more
This baby shower airplane cake was made for an expectant mom and she’s definitely into the plane nursery decoration mode. I’m a hobby baker and was thrilled to make her baby shower wish come true by designing this cake. Baby Shower Airplane Cake Instructions The cake is relatively simple if an individual has experimented with … Read more
This Las Vegas Cake was one of several I launched my first foray into cake making with. One day my fiancé lost his job after 7 years with same company. Times were hard and we had several birthdays in the family looming around the corner, including my best friend and my finance (who share a birthday), … Read more
I made this under the sea birthday cake for my granddaughter Elle’s 5th birthday. All of my grandchildren are fascinated with sea creatures. They have all kinds of sea creature books, so I just looked through all of them and got inspired. Under the Sea Cake Details I used cookie cutters for many of the … Read more
This mommy to BEE baby shower cake was inspired by my daughter who asked me to make a cake for her friend’s shower. The theme of the shower is bumble bees, so this is the cake I came up with. Bee Baby Shower Cake Details This is a 3 tier cake made with 12″, 10″, and 8″ round pans. All … Read more
I made this Tinkerbell doll cake for little Maddy. I am her great aunt and we were at her cousin Ada’s party (the same age – Ada and Maddy’s dads are identical twins). She didn’t get a birthday party for her 3rd birthday and with those big brown sad eyes she wanted to know why she didn’t get to have a birthday party. … Read more
I made this T-Rex dinosaur birthday cake for a lucky little boy who was turning 6 years old and loves T-Rex dinosaurs! T-Rex Dinosaur Birthday Cake Instructions The T-Rex portion of the cake was made about 3 days in advance using Rice Krispy treats. I looked online for a reference picture of a T-Rex dinosaur … Read more
I made this brain cake for my son’s 12th birthday. He loved it. I was inspired to make it because he likes zombie games. Brain Cake Instructions I started by making up two packets of mud cake. When they had cooled I broke them up and added homemade icing sugar. I rolled it into a big ball. … Read more
This by the seaside cake caused us some trouble. When we took it out of the pan the whole corner broke off, but we glued it back together with icing. It was quite an easy fix. Seaside Cake Instructions The first thing we did was bake a basic vanilla cake.The recipe had 4 1/2 stars so … Read more
This kayaking birthday cake was made to celebrate a 55th birthday and was a very fun cake to make. I planned the whole cake design in my head. It took some time and skill to bring to completion, but as noted, it was fun. Kayaking Birthday Cake Details We baked a round cake and added … Read more
All my son wanted for his 11th birthday was to have six friends stay the night. And despite the protests of my husband and daughter I let him do it because I wanted him to have the best birthday ever. And he did. Six over-excited boys arrived, armed with Nerf guns and ready to party. … Read more