I made this Human Heart Cake for my oldest brother, he is currently on the heart transplant list in New York. He recently had a procedure done, they had to install whats called an LVAD unit, it assists the flow of blood thru the left side of his heart. This should help him until a … Read more
I made this Campfire Cake Idea for my outdoorsy boyfriend’s birthday. It is a marble chocolate and yellow cake. I used two 9×9 inch pans and stacked them together filling the cake with a chocolate butter cream frosting. I started by frosting the cake with a butter cream frosting then outlined the lake and path … Read more
This Space Theme Cake was made for my son’s 6th birthday. The base coat of buttercream was done using a marbling technique – you just rough-spread two or more colors of buttercream onto the cake wherever you’d like them, then smooth them out together with a flat icing spatula so that the colors smooth together. … Read more
I was asked to make a birthday cake for a Boy Scout banquet and the first thing that came to mind was a camp cake. I used homemade fondant to make the tents, boats, sleeping bags, pillows, fire and life preservers and chocolate covered raisins and marshmallows for the rocks. The mountain is covered in … Read more
I must first say that this Little Einsteins Rocket Birthday Cake is my first attempt at cake decorating; clearly I am not a pro!! Having made my disclaimer, here’s how I made this cake (which took about 4 hours including baking time). Pans: Wilton 3D Egg Pan (1 box of mix) and an 8×8 pan … Read more
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This Homemade Little Einsteins Birthday Cake is a basic vanilla recipe. I didn’t want anything crazy because it was for a 2 year old. I used a glass casserole dish for the base, try to find one that resembles an egg. I filled it about 1/4 full of batter. I then used a 9″ cake … Read more
I made this Scout Uniform Cake for our year end ceremony. I baked a 1/2 sheet cake. I used yellow cake mix and buttercream frosting. I cut out the neck and rounded off the bottom. I iced it all blue. I piped on the yellow tab and the flag. I made an outline for the … Read more
I made this rocket birthday cake for my son Dexter’s fourth birthday. I made two cakes using the Wilton football cake pan (one cake mix per cake). Using a toothpick I sketched an outline of the top layer of rocket. I cut out a rough shape of the top layer of rocket out of one … Read more
I made this cake for our Brownie Troops Court of Awards ceremony at the end of the year. The cake is two chocolate mixes prepared according to directions in a rectangular pan. I then frosted the cake in white butter cream icing and let it set. Brownie cake sash is fondant tinted brown (I didn’t … Read more
I prepared this Little Einsteins cake for a friend. I used a half sheet cake for the bottom layer. I iced it with sky blue butter cream icing with a star tip boarder around the bottom. For the rocket I baked a one layer 8″ round cake and tapered the top edge for a rounded … Read more
I made this waterfall cake when I was 13 years old for my neighbor’s 11th Birthday Party! I asked if he had any perforations, and he ask if I could do a safari/jungle themed cake. So I did just that. I baked 3 different cakes. One chocolate cake baked in a 12 X 14 inch … Read more