I had a great time making this airplane birthday cake. At first I didn’t know how it would go. I started with 4 big rectangle shaped cakes. I made mud cakes. Placed them on top of each other with icing, but every time I went to put each cake on, they broke so I just … Read more
My little boy cannot eat dairy so this Stegosaurus cake is a totally dairy free carrot cake – with dairy free ‘butter’ cream filling. The cake is just one large rectangular carrot cake, which I then cut it into three and sandwiched together to get the height. Then I sculpted the cake into the right … Read more
My daughter was turning 21 and of all things, she wanted a Barbie Cake. So I dug out my grandmother’s midnite chocolate cake recipe and started baking. I doubled the recipe and used a batter bowl to bake it in. It took 1 hour and ten minutes at 325 to get done. I let it … Read more
Here I go, I have the most wonderful grandchildren and children. I never knew I had this talent until my daughter in-law wanted a castle cake for my granddaughter. I said I can make this so I sent my Katie a message on Facebook, said I was doing a lot of YouTube looking on web … Read more
My first step was to make a 12 in and a 8 in round 3 in deep cakes. Let them cool on cooling racks and once they where cooled I split each cake and filled with butter cream frosting then crumb coated and covered each with white fondant. I then stacked the 8 in on … Read more
Hello, my name is Glenda Barton. I live in southwest Arkansas where the summers (and sometimes fall) can be blazing hot and full of humidity…which does not mix well with cake decorating I might add!! I have been decorating cakes as a hobby for family and friends for about 35 years. I have some crazy things … Read more
My 1 year old is mad on trains so I thought I would make him a train cake for his 1st birthday. I was a little nervous as I am not the best baker I know. We had 6 of his friends over to our house, so I thought I would make a steam train … Read more
I was asked to create a cake in the shape of a house for special lady’s 70th birthday by her children. The house is the epicentre of the family so it had to be a replica of the family home. The first thing to consider was getting the shape right. It was difficult to get … Read more
I baked a chocolate cake on the bottom and the top was red velvet. I got my frosting from work. The chocolate part had butter cream icing and the red velvet had cream cheese frosting. The green on the cakes was a homemade fondant made with marshmallows and food coloring then I rolled out the … Read more
My kids’ birthdays are just 12 days apart, so when we have a birthday party, it’s always a joint party. This year the kids chose the dragon, Smaug, for their joint cake. I baked three graduated rounds of lemon coconut cake. I stacked two of the rounds for the mound of gold and jewels, and … Read more
This Eeyore cake was my first ever girly cake which I so enjoyed as I got to finally use pink fondant. My friend’s little daughter turned 1 and she loves Eeyore so he was the focal point of the cake. It was a two tier cake, bottom was vanilla and the top tier was chocolate. The flowers were … Read more
This was my son’s 4th birthday party theme, Bob and his gang! The cake was two tiers, the bottom was vanilla with butter cream and strawberries and the top was chocolate. The people figurines were bought but I decided to try making the trucks with modelling chocolate which was a very good idea as I discovered that … Read more