I do not have a cake business, but I had my very first order for a custom cake where I actually made some money! A lady came to me and asked me to make a cake for her husband for his surprise 40th birthday party. She told me that he loves snowmobiles, hunting and fishing. … Read more
A friend of mine was having a Shrek themed party for her son and asked if I could help her out with a cake. I jumped at the chance. Not only did she want Shrek on the cake, she wanted it to be a Topsy Turvy cake. This would be my first Topsy Turvy cake … Read more
This swimming pool birthday cake took a lot of work. For my daughter’s birthday, she wanted to go swimming at the local pool with her friends. They had an area outside of the pool for presents and cake, so this is the cake that I brought. I started out by icing each individual teddy graham with … Read more
For my husband’s 40th birthday party I decided to go with an Over the Hill theme. I searched and searched for ideas for cakes and this is what I came up with. This cake is 2 layers of 9 by 13 cakes. After the second layer was placed, I cut out a small rectangular piece … Read more
For my daughter’s 5th birthday party she wanted a rainbow theme. I took that idea and went to town with it! For the rainbow birthday cake, I wanted to have a little surprise. On the outside, it simply looks like a white frosted cake with rainbow M&M’s, but inside it was a six layer rainbow cake!. … Read more
This Father’s Day cake was one of my first experiences with fondant. I made a 9 by 11 cake, iced it with butter cream. I rolled out white fondant and covered the entire cake. I cut out the pocket and placed it on one side. The collar took a little work to make it seem … Read more
We have a group of 6 moms that enjoy getting together. We try to do a little something for each other on our birthdays. For my friend Jill, I decided to make the cutest high heel cupcakes. I first found the cupcake liners to determine the color of the “shoes”. Baked the cupcakes and then … Read more
This Chili Red Hot Pepper cake was fun to do. I used a 12 x 18 sheet cake pan, made 2 of them stacked and iced it. The cake was strawberry Margarita cake. I froze the cakes, after leaving in freezer for a night, took it and carved it out in the shape of a chili … Read more
My grandson just turned one so I decided I would make him a train cake. I looked on line at many wonderful cakes to get ideas, and also checked my photo album as I made one for my son 28 years ago. So here is what I did. 1. Shop for eatable decorations. Twizzlers, Kitkat … Read more
This castle cake is a design that I came up for my daughter’s frozen themed birthday party. For this cake I purchased the Wilton castle kit, rock candy and frozen figurines to place on the cake. The bottom layer is a made from a double layer hexagon shaped cake and the 2nd tier is 3 … Read more
This lighthouse cake was my first attempt at a 3D specialty cake. I watch Ace of Cakes and other baking shows on TV often and have always wanted to create an edible masterpiece. My mother in law’s birthday offered me that first opportunity to try it out. I wanted to give her a gift that … Read more
My daughter just turned ONE! Yes, I’m in denial. What better way to stay in denial, that my teeny tiny baby is now an independent toddler, than to occupy my time planning a birthday party. And that’s exactly what I did. I chose to have a Winter ONEderland theme because her birthday was in January. It … Read more