I made this cake for my daughter Stephanie’s surprise baby shower, the theme of the shower was “Under the Sea”. We usually team up to do these detailed cakes together but this time I was on my own due to the fact that the cake was for her surprise baby shower. I started out with … Read more
When a family has three boys born within weeks of sharing birthdays, a magical birthday celebration is in store. This party came complete with a magician and magical goodie bags. The pressure was on me to produce a magical birthday cake as well. With the youngest turning one, I asked mom if she would rather … Read more
Last year for my daughter’s 7th birthday party, we decided on the theme of ‘Weird Science’, and it proceeded to take over my life for a month or so there. I was so happy to be free from stupid girly rubbish, that I kind of went a bit crazy with the experiments and equipment, lolly … Read more
Tom is a little gifted boy with an intense interest in the Titanic. He is in my son’s class, so when we got the birthday invitation, it clearly stated the theme was the Titanic. Tom’s mom said that he will have to settle for a cake with a picture of the Titanic on it. Knowing … Read more
My gorgeous son Jesse already knows that he wants to work with tools when he is older as a Heavy Diesel Mechanic. So for his 12th Birthday we decided to buy him his own Sidchrome tool box as he keeps complaining he has no where to put the tools as they were overflowing the tool bag … Read more
The man sleeping on sofa cake is made in a 20cm by 20cm square tin. When the cake is ready cut the surface to make an even surface (Remove the middle bump that forms when baking cakes). Half of the cake was used for the seat of the sofa and the rest was used for the … Read more
My granddaughter wanted me to make her a mermaid cake, but not an Ariel cake. I bought some doll heads and added their tails made out colored fondant and painted scales on with silver edible sparkle. The sea shell is made out if candy melts, pearls are made with fondant and rolled in ivory sparkle … Read more
I was asked to do my first gender reveal cake. I was so excited. The expectant mother gave me a sealed envelope with the ultrasound and the sex of the baby. The only people who knew the sex of the baby was the GYNI and me. I could hardly stand it! So the inside cake … Read more
My poor kids see me make all these elaborate cakes for other people. So for my son Ryan’s 5th birthday I asked him what kind of cake he wanted. He says ” oh mom I can see it in my head, I want a train birthday cake. There has to be a tunnel and a … Read more
I wanted to make a cake for my friend who has a birthday on Halloween. I have made her a Halloween cake before but this time I wanted to do something that was not going to be so predictable that tied in with the holiday. So I thought about her other interests and thought Vegas … Read more
My granddaughter asked me to make her a Unicorn birthday cake for her 6th birthday. I surfed the internet for some ideas and ended up with parts of several cakes. I sculpted the unicorn from Rice Krispies, but it looked more like a cow than a unicorn, so I was praying that once I covered … Read more
The head of the Kiss/ Gene Simmons cake was molded from rice krispies, covered in fondant, then the face was hand drawn with edible black marker. The hair was made from black molding chocolate and black Twizzlers. The tongue was made from red molding chocolate. The whole head is sitting on a round cake which is … Read more