Thanks to everyone who posted a Caterpillar Birthday Cake. I used the Wilton sports ball pan to create the 6 body parts. I used golden vanilla, devils food and strawberry cake mixes and filled with pineapple, cherry and strawberry, respectively. I used cookie cutters to make the geometrical shapes and the round end of a … Read more
I made this Car birthday cake for a young girl who was having trouble passing her driving test. I made the daisies on the cake out of chocolate. The cake consisted of different pieces of cake put together and carved into the shape of a car. It was a substitute for the real car she … Read more
This Caterpillar Birthday Cake I made for my nephew’s 1st birthday. I found the idea for the cake on the Wilton website and from this website. His birthday is really close to Easter so we decided to celebrate Easter and his birthday at the same time, so I thought the caterpillar seemed appropriate. I decided … Read more
I was looking for cake pictures and this idea came from Family Fun Magazine but I changed it a little. This cake was made for my son for his fourth birthday Australian Outback party. It was made using boxed cake mix and two loaf pans. One whole loaf pan was used for the bottom of … Read more
This Baby Einstein Caterpillar Birthday Cake was such fun to make! This was a half sheet cake, white and devils food cake. I used a royal icing for the entire cake. I used the mini ball pan for the ladybug and caterpillar. I cut off about 1/4 of the ball to help it look better … Read more
My son was having a Batman birthday and of course wanted a Batmoile cake. My fingers are not very artistic so I needed something really simple. I made two mud cakes in Lammington tins (purely for size reasons). Mud works best as it does not crumble so much when carving. I used ‘You’ll Love Coles’ … Read more
My son loves to watch Baby Einstein so I decided to make the caterpillar cake for his first birthday party. I found this website and looked through all of the examples of a Baby Einstein cake and decided to use the Wilton sports ball pans. I bought two sets (40% off coupons for Jo-Ann Fabrics … Read more
This racecar cake was for my son’s birthday! He loves cars so I thought of a theme that would go with him. I used the half ball Wilton pan and carved out a car. This was my first time doing this as it came to me in my sleep! Then I dirty iced and covered … Read more
My son loves to “read” look at books and one of his favorites is the VHC. He loves all Eric Carle books, which is why I wanted to make The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake for his first birthday party. I do not do much baking. I am guessing this will change because I have many … Read more
My nephew asked for a Very Hungry Caterpillar cake and so I went on a mission to make the perfect one. I figured I needed something that would make a curved cake with ridges, bundt cake tin! I tried a couple, none were ridged enough until I shelled out for the (very expensive) Nordicware one. … Read more
I began by looking on internet for a race car picture and ideas. I saw several different race track cakes, and began with that basic design. I had to make an extra long cake board, by cutting 11×13 in half and taping on to another 11×13 (two layers of boards were used). I covered the … Read more
I got the idea for my daughters first birthday cake from the Wilton website and also this website. Thanks to everyone for posting their childrens birthday cake pictures! I couldn’t find the cake pan required for the round cakes and wanted it a little smaller so I found a small glass bowl at a kitchen … Read more