The Mommy-to-be loves the beach and she loves chocolate so I made a milk chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and added mini-chocolate chips. I used one box of cake mix divided by a round pan, an oval pan and two mini-round pans to create levels of the sand castle (I used dowels between layers to … Read more
I used fondant for the people on this camping cake. I melted chocolate for the tent and for the grass I used #233 icing tip and also #67 icing tip. I got the general ideas form this web site and just used my imagination for the rest.
For my son’s 8th birthday, we decided to have five friends “camp” over in the backyard. The cake had to be one that featured a tent. Using a few ideas from other cakes, this Camping Birthday Cake is my adaptation! The cake started with one 9×12 chocolate cake and two 8×8 lemon cakes. I used … Read more
For this planets cake I baked two square chocolate cakes in 8 inch tins and laid them side by side on the cake board. I covered them with blue fondant icing in a marbled effect achieved by mixing dark blue and light blue packs. The fondant icing was stuck to the cake with a thin … Read more
My partner is a keen camper and we like to camp in quite out the way places. This cake is a Dundee cake (his favourite) and because of the effect I want to create I iced it the risen side up to get a bumpy ‘rough ground effect’. I used some apricot jam and then … Read more
I looked all through lots of unique birthday cakes to find a cool cake my little Outer Space Astronaut birthday boy would love. I found a rocket cake mold — BORING — and some cute space candles.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Then at a friends birthday party it hit me like a asteroid! The mom said she made … Read more
I made this Little Einsteins cake using three chocolate cake mixes; a sheet pan for the base, an oval casserole dish for the bottom of rocket and a round Pyrex dish for the top. I used mini chocolate Swiss rolls and pieces of graham wafer biscuits for the engines. The oval cake rose up unevenly … Read more
This Picnic Table Cake can serve a lot of guests, and if you need more, just add some more “picnic foods” to your table. The “corn” is made out of cupcakes then topped with frosting and various yellow colored jelly bellies. The “got dogs” are made from plain pound cake SMALL loaves. I carved out … Read more
I created this Little Einsteins Rocket Birthday Cake for my son’s second birthday using a 9”round cake tin and 6” round cake tin. I started by baking two separate cakes, one sponge and the other chocolate. To keep things simple I used a whipped cream and jam filling with both and then covered in butter … Read more
I made this Rocket Cake for a 5 year old birthday boy! Blast-off from Saturn! For Saturn/Planet: 1. Butter and flour Pyrex bowl. Combine Red Velvet Cake mix per directions, pour into bowl and bake at 350 for 1hr 15 min or just until done by testing with skewer or toothpick. 2. Cool completely then … Read more
I borrowed heavily from Mary Kay Cs ideas for scout cakes. I made this cake in a 9×11 pan. I made the entire try-its and insignia from purchased rolled fondant. I used the actual insignia to make the pattern and I cut them out with a pastry cutter. I drew the Try-It pictures on with … Read more
My two year old just loves Disneys Little Einstein and especially Rocket. Of course they don’t make a cake pan for Little Einsteins cake so I took an oval shaped graduated Pyrex dish and a large round pan (I think it was 14″). I cut the large round cake into an oval shape to be … Read more