This Butterfly 3rd Birthday Cake was made for a girl’s 3rd birthday party. I basically made a round cake and cut it down the center then made like a peace sign with toothpicks outlining the other 2 pieces. I needed to cut to get the butterfly effect. I then decorated it accordingly. Pretty simple.
I baked one 9×13 cake and cut it into the shape of the dirt bike body. I traced a picture of a dirt bike onto wax paper and used that as my guide. Then I used two small spring form pans to make the wheels. I made cupcakes with the remaining batter. I looked at … Read more
I used a chocolate cake mix from a box. I baked it in one round pan. I cut the wings out of that and then used Twinkies to build the body. I then frosted the butterfly cake with homemade buttercream frosting. I tinted it light green (with food coloring) for the wings, and blue for … Read more
BJ Baldwin, the world’s best off road racer had a birthday and a big race the same week, so I made this BJ’s Trophy Truck Cake for him. It’s my replica of his SCORE race series trophy truck. Fortunately he loved it. It’s all cake and fondant. The rocks are chocolate, the dirt is vanilla … Read more
This was an 8″ cake, store-bought white cake with strawberry cream filling (a delicious blend of pureed strawberries, whipped cream, and meringue). I frosted the outside of the cake with a thin layer of store-bought strawberry frosting, and then I covered it with rolled fondant. It is a hassle to make homemade rolled fondant; you … Read more
I made this butterfly cake for my nieces 1st birthday. She loved butterflies so that’s what we decided to do. I outlined the shape of a butterfly onto a sheet cake with a knife then waited until it was cooled and shaved off the edges around the outline I made up the design and went … Read more
I found my inspiration for this Transportation Birthday Cake on this website. It was car #16, so thank you for the great idea!! I just added a variety of vehicles because our theme encompassed more than just cars. I used Wilton cookie cutters for the vehicles on the sides of the cake. I added my … Read more
This Caterpillar Birthday Cake was made using WILTON SPORTS BALL pan. Frosting was store bought and tinted using icing coloring. Feet and face were M&M’s. I had planned on making it elaborate and detailed (like some of the other wonderful cakes on this site), but due to my inexperience with cake making, this is what … Read more
This 1960 Cadillac Cake Design was made for my father-in-law’s 60th birthday. Appropriately , it is derived from his pride and joy, his 1960 Cadillac. The bottom is carrot cake, dirty iced with cream cheese icing with a hint of walnut flavor added, and is covered in blue marshmallow fondant. The Cadillac is shaped out … Read more
This Caterpillar Garden Birthday Cake was my daughter’s first birthday cake. I got the idea for the caterpillar from this website (thanks to all of you) but everything else was my own creation. I used a sheet cake for the base, frosted green, with grassy accents (using the Wilton grass tip). I used the Wilton … Read more
I started by making the car on the Homemade Car Cake. My son’s wife e mailed me some pictures of their car so I could make it out of icing. I started with a small block of white icing and added some flower paste icing this helps the icing to harden. I kneaded this well … Read more
My little girl really enjoys her Baby Einstein videos, so for her first birthday my wife and mother-in-law made a Baby Einstein Caterpillar cake. This was a great choice for more reasons than just my daughter’s love of Baby Einstein. First, since we were expecting upwards of 30 guests, we needed lots of cake, and … Read more