This last minute Mickey mouse cake is a 10 inch white cake frosted in homemade buttercream frosting. I made this for a friend that was doing some tile work for us. To make the number one, all I did was print a one picture off the internet. I cut out the number one, placed it on … Read more
Being a stay-at-mom and freelance writer when I first discovered the joys of 3d sculpting and fondant cakes, I felt that I had never been happier in my life. For the first time I learnt that I could touch hearts with my cakes. Today I am a founder of my homemade customized fondant cakes business … Read more
My daughter requested we do a 50s themed party for her 10th birthday, so off to the internet we went searching for cake ideas. This cake is a combination of a couple of images we found and some of my own creativity thrown in for good measure. Please understand that I am not a baker, … Read more
My dad is a Potawatomi Indian from the Bear Clan and I honored him, his birthday, and his heritage all in one yummy dark chocolate bear clan birthday cake with raspberry filling. The whole cake was made from scratch. Steps for Making the Bear Clan Birthday Cake I sculpted my dad’s cake by hand and used … Read more
This was a Luau themed cupcake tower my friend and I did for her granddaughters 9th birthday. The cake and cupcakes were a chocolate recipe I found online that was a boxed cake mix enhanced with additional ingredients. The buttercream recipe was off the Wilton website and the cookies were a vanilla sugar cookie also … Read more
This is a pink and brown Leopard print cake that I made for the top of a cupcake tower for a Bunco party. The cake was modeled after one I found online. The cake and cupcakes were a chocolate recipe also found online. It was two different boxed chocolate cakes with chocolate milk and sour … Read more
My nephew was turning 2 and adores the cartoon ‘Pingu’. When asked if I could make him a penguin cake, I looked online for a few ideas and made a plan. I used two 9″ cake pans to make the bottom cake, cut a slice out of one side on each of them so that … Read more
The idea behind this stag and doe cake is that my nephew Kyle and his bride-to-be Meagan have a stag and doe party planned with a hunting theme – she caught him and the hunt is over. They had photos taken in our bush and I was asked to create a cake with this theme. So after … Read more
I made this unicorn carousel cake for my stepdaughter’s 12th birthday. She loves unicorns and I found a silicon mold of a unicorn carousel figure to use. Steps for Making the Unicorn Carousel Cake The bottom is a two layer 9 inch chocolate cake with peanut butter filling (her favorite, and mine), iced with homemade … Read more
Granted this cake may not be as spectacular as some of the fondant cakes, but this cake was made with more love than you could imagine. T he company I worked for has a very spry young lady of 91. Yes, I said “91”! We all call her Gramma. She kind of adopted me after … Read more
This rainbow trout cake was made for my husband’s 40th birthday this past week. The fish and beer can are made out of Rice Krispie treats, covered in fondant. Making the Rainbow Trout Cake The fish was covered in a green grey fondant. I then added in the lines and such from looking at a picture … Read more
What fun is was to make this fish shaped cake! I have a son-in-law who loves to go fishing and I have been dying to make one of these cakes. With his birthday coming up, it was the perfect opportunity for me to make one. Making the Fish Shaped Cake I baked this one in … Read more