I was asked if I would make a cake for the luau we were having at the American Legion. I started out like I usually do and decide what size cake I want. I decide to shape it like a Hawaiian hat first. Then I took some fondant and colored it pink. I thought it … Read more
This cake was for a little girl’s very first birthday! Her mother wanted something special. Being a new mother myself, I knew what she meant. The party was scheduled for Saturday, so I started the cake on Thursday. Thursday night as I was attempting to crumb coat, my 9 month old woke up upset and … Read more
Cake decorating is a hobby for me, I’m a single mum with a son with autism and it was something I could do while my son was at school. I was getting a little bored with it and the run of the mill 8″ round cakes that everyone seemed to want. I would see fantastic … Read more
This dinosaur cake is made with two eight inch chocolate cakes sliced and filled (torted) with red vanilla buttercream. I used green vanilla buttercream ‘grass bed’ for the dinosaur and edging on cake. Yellow and teal fondant, dinosaur dusted with shimmer powder. Blue fondant No. 3 and teal fondant name on cake. The trick to … Read more
I used a square bottom followed by 2 round cakes to make a total of 3 tiers. I used a 1/4″ pegs to support the cake and instead of draping the fondant in 1 piece I cut the square and round pieces to cover the top and then lengths of fondant for the sides. The … Read more
This cake is a 10 inch basic Victoria sponge covered with white fondant icing. The daisies and leaves are also made from fondant icing with edible colourants and are cut out with a small daisy plunger cutter and left to dry until easier to handle without breaking as they are very delicate. The centers are … Read more
As a self-taught “cake artist” that is still learning, I always try new techniques when I bake for my family members. Any flops are forgiven so I am able to relax and enjoy the creative process. My brother Scott’s wife Ashlee loves all things antique. She has a lovely sense of style and a beautifully … Read more
I made this cake for Mother’s Day last year and was chuffed with the end result. The cake is a basic Victoria sponge covered with white fondant icing, the poppies and leaves are also fondant icing colored with edible food coloring and molded by hand to form the poppy shapes. The word mum was made … Read more
I was asked to make this cop cake for a cop’s 40th birthday and he just so happened to be promoted around the same time!! The hat is all cake carved and covered in fondant with fondant details on it and the badge is chocolate that I brushed with silver luster dust. I had piped … Read more
I wanted to make a birthday cake that didn’t look like a cake, and since we all love to paint, I thought of making it look like paint. The paint roller is just a jelly roll filled with cherry pie filling. I stuck a real paint roller handle into it! The icing is store-bought green … Read more
This cake was for a joint birthday party, and I decided to tie them together by using one tier for each theme. The little boy loved Cars, so that was the theme for his tier, and the top was for his sister, a princess theme. Wilton sugar sheets were used to create the checkerboard effect … Read more
I made this cake for my dad’s 90th birthday and he was thrilled. I started with a basic Victoria sponge cake recipe and the covered with white fondant icing. Everything else was made by mixing fondant icing with various colors ( I tried to copy the color of his chair etc to make it personal … Read more