This was a three day project starting with the handmade fondant decorations. I nearly tore a fingernail off needing the color into the fondant! It probabbly took about 3 to 4 hrs to make just the hula girl alone. She lost an arm along the way which as you can imagine was very frustrating in … Read more
I have no real cake training and have been self teaching for a few years by trial and error (making cakes for family and friends). I love a challenge and this certainly challenged me on such a short notice. I get lost in cakes. I started doing them for the therapy type movements in my hands. My … Read more
My friend wanted me to make a cake for her mother who smokes a lot of Newport cigarettes. She has been trying to get her to stop smoking for years. So I came up with a design of the box and cigarette on the side. When she saw the cake, her eyes lit up. She … Read more
4 boxes confetti cake mix, 2 hot pink icing 1 white icing, 1 can of ready to decorate green icing, ice cream cones, sugar cones, blue food gel, candy pearls, food color, graham crackers. This was for my little girl’s first birthday and I knew that I just had to make her first cake because of … Read more
I had a lot of fun making this cake and learned some useful tips. This wasn’t my first fondant cake, but it was the first one that I made my own homemade fondant. All the lessons I’ve learned are self taught by trial and error. This cake was my response to my daughter’s request for … Read more
This cake was made for my Grandmother’s 85th birthday party. She loves the lottery, especially the beloved scratch off tickets. Every holiday or event she receives them from everyone and she can’t wait to scratch them. This cake was made as part of this theme! The cake was inspired by the Pennsylvania lottery. It used … Read more
Every year it’s a difficult task to find coordinating themes for my boy girl twins. This year for their 6th birthday they selected the princess and pirates theme. Both of them were very sure what cakes they wanted. My daughter wanted a pretty pink castle and my son wanted a mighty pirate ship. Hmm.. The … Read more
I was asked to make a cake for my friends granddaughter’s sixth birthday. She told me she did ballet so I decided to make a ballet shoe cake. I made my usual Madeira cake and sandwiched and covered it with butter cream, then covered it with white icing. I covered the cake board with pink … Read more
We went with a Disney Planes theme for my son’s 2nd birthday. It was a blast. This 10” round cake was the yummiest vanilla cake I had ever made! Recipe in comments section below. It was dense but very moist and I received lots of complements. To go with the color scheme of Planes I … Read more
So, how many 3 year old little girls want a dinosaur birthday party? My granddaugher of course. This cake was quite the adventure. It was made using the Wilton upright 3-D bear pan which I’d never used. I made a sampler bear the week before the actual party just to make sure it really looked … Read more
I have always had an interest in cake decorating and becoming a mom gave me a real excuse to try my hand at it. This was the first specialty cake I ever attempted. I was so pleased with the outcome that I was hooked! I made this cake for my son’s second birthday. I can’t … Read more
I made this cake for my son’s third birthday when he was going through his “Dino Dan” phase. Stegosauruses on the “Dino Dan” TV show are blue and orange, hence the color scheme here. The dinosaur is made from two 9″ round cakes. For the body, you just cut one cake in half and stick … Read more