For this cake I baked a 12x18x2 in sheet cake. I cut the cake in half, filled the center and laid the other half on top. It was iced with pink butter cream icing and then prepared for fondant. So that the fondant was not too thick I cut the lavender to about 15×7 and … Read more
My son recently started taking guitar lessons and is very involved with music. I made this guitar cake for his 16th Birthday. I used 4 boxes of vanilla cake mix, improved by adding buttermilk, melted butter, & almond flavoring using a Southern Living recipe for their “Anniversary Cake”. I also used 1 box of chocolate … Read more
This is a Star Prince Birthday Cake I made for a friend of mines baby’s 1st birthday. It was copied from a paper plate he gave me as the theme of the party. The cake itself was marble. I made it by mixing chocolate and vanilla cake mix together and pulling a knife though it … Read more
I choose to do a Electric guitar cake for my husband’s 30th as the theme was heavy metal and his favorite band is Metallica so gave me the inspiration for this cake. I made the cake from two square cake tins. I then cut out the body with a stencil that I drew up from … Read more
I made this Sweet 16 birthday cake for a girl turning 16. The zebra print cake was made using two ten inch pans and two eight inch pans. They were chocolate cakes with chocolate butter cream frosting. I used baking strips on my cake pans, and that makes it easier because you don’t have to … Read more
I used a pampered chef bowl to make the teapot. I used gum paste to form the flowers and the spout and handle. The bottom of the tea party cake is just a half sheet cake decorated in white buttercream icing. I used white icing to write the letters and then went over them in … Read more
I made this cake for my friend that absolutely loves Elvis. I got the guitar cake idea from this website for other guitar cakes and this is the second guitar cake I have made. This is the best website for neat cake ideas! I covered the body and head of the guitar with blue, yellow … Read more
This Teapot Birthday Cake was for my 3 year old niece’s birthday day. She was having a Tea Party. I used the small batter bowl from pampered chef and one of the half sides of a ball pan. The hat is a pan I don’t think Wilton makes anymore, but would be easy to recreate. … Read more
My grandson plays piano and asked me for a piano cake. I baked 2 9X13 cakes. Filled with strawberry buttercream. Attached the cake to the cake board with buttercream, then froze the cake before carving it. Drew a piano template in wax paper and shaped it with the scissors then attached it to the cake … Read more
Thanks to the many great ideas and photos on this site, I was able to pull off the best Homemade Fancy Tea Party Teapot Cake I’ve ever made for my daughter’s 5th birthday! I bought 2 strawberry cake mixes, baked one in a (10 cup) Pyrex bowl and the other in a regular 13×9 cake … Read more
Here is the cake recipe: I baked two cakes in round glass baking bowls and made a large cupcake in a pot pie tin so it would mushroom out. I then cut the big top off and saved that for the teapot lid. I took the baked bowl shaped cakes and frosted the middle and … Read more
