Our son Matthew LOVES semi trucks. I started this Homemade Semi Truck Birthday Cake Design by making a double recipe of chocolate cake & filled three loaf pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper and use bakers spray on the sides, they popped out of the pans no problem! I stored them in the fridge … Read more
To make my Baby Einstein caterpillar cakes, I used the Wilton Sports Ball pan. I iced each ball separately with butter cream and #16 tip stars. I copied the exact colors and order of color from the Baby Einstein logo. For the face I iced the eyes and pink cheeks smooth (finger dipped in cornstarch … Read more
I cut the wings out of sheet cakes. The body was made out of different sized bowls ending with a cupcake. I then frosted the whole thing to make it all blend together. This was a huge cake! Another Dragonfly Cake Cake by Donna R., Groton,VT My friend wanted a cake for her daughter. I … Read more
I made the train engine out of white cake mix, 2 of the cars with chocolate and 2 with strawberry. I used buttercreme icing on all. The logs in the 1st car are cookies, the coal in the second car is crushed Oreo cookies and the rocks are jelly bean rocks. I had more fun … Read more
The sizes of the tiers are 12, 9, 6 inches. The 12 inch took about 1 1/2 cake mixes, and one layer was enough. I baked the 12 inch at 300 for an hour – made a nice thick, even cake. I did 2 layers of the 9 inch. And the ladybug was made of … Read more
I made this train cake for my little guy’s first birthday. It was a “piece of cake” to make! I started each section of the cake by using medium sized bread loaf pans for the mold. I made chocolate cake and white cake to give the guests a choice of flavor. The engine was the … Read more
This Ladybug Birthday Cake is my first attempt at making a ladybug cake. Kalyn’s 1st Birthday is in October and I decided to do a trial run. I found the marshmallow fondant easy and fun to work with. The fondant tastes good and kept the strawberry cake moist and delicious. Kalyn is one of three … Read more
I used a small loaf pan (makes 8 mini loaves) to make the cars, and for the locomotive put one of the loaves on its end and trimmed one to connect in front. I used graham crackers for the cowcatcher at the front and covered with frosting. Decoration for this train cake was with a … Read more
I made this Ladybug Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday party. It is SUPER easy! A great beginner cake, which was perfect for me at the time! Make this cake using 2 round cake pans, can size to your birthday party size. I believe mine were 9″ round pans. To give this cake a … Read more
My twins boys are obsessed with trains so naturally I wanted to create an incredible cake for their 3rd birthday. I did a lot of research online and ended up incorporating many different ideas into my own creation of this Homemade Train Birthday Cake Design. The tracks are made with Keebler fudge bars with black … Read more
I made this Ladybug Birthday Cake Idea for my cake class. We were instructed to bring in a cake ready to ice, and just decorate it how we wanted. I first put the white buttercream icing on it, then I drew the face and wings and eyes with piping gel.I then filled in the colors … Read more
We had my son’s third birthday party recently. The whole birthday centered around a train theme and so I wanted a train cake as well. With all his food allergies I don’t have the luxury of getting it from any bakery. The last birthday we had two cakes, one for him and (a regular square … Read more