I made this Sand Castle Cake for my mom. Her office was doing a beach themed party so I made a sand castle beach cake. The towers of the sand castle were made out of rice crispy’s and the top of the castle. The beach ball is rice crispy’s covered in fondant and sand pail … Read more
My niece turned 6 and wanted a doctors party. My sister (her mom) was quite happy to go with the red cross on a white cake, but I had other plans. This Hospital Nurse Doll Cake was a basic variation on the Barbie or princess cake. I started of by using round sponge cakes that … Read more
I work at an eye Dr and made this Homemade Eyeball Cake for us for Halloween. Was a hit! Really got everyone into the Halloween spirit Simple MM fondant and molding chocolate was used with gel food coloring. Inside is regular yellow cake and then the very center is red velvet cake. This was made … Read more
This Camping Birthday Cake was a huge hit! The trees are sugar cones iced green. I used the star tip and pulled out long strands to make them look like branches. To secure them to the cake I used long pretzel sticks inside the cones. The tent is graham crackers iced together and covered in … Read more
I made this Homemade Camping Cake for my five year old’s Toy Story-themed birthday party. I wanted to include the camping scene since the party was being held at the local nature center. The cake is actually two 13×9 inch cakes made from regular store-bought “funfetti” mixes (son’s choice). Once cooled, I trimmed the domes … Read more
This Earth-shaped birthday cake decoration idea was for my Mom’s 75th birthday. We had just recently come home from a trip to Venice, Greece and Paris with mom. So I had an idea that I would create one of those unique birthday cakes and give her the world on a platter. For the “World” I … Read more
My friend’s about-to-turn-five-year-old daughter was into caves, so I was challenged to make an appropriate [dairy-free, nut-free, gluten-free, soy-free] birthday cake. Having never made a cave-themed cake before, I skimmed the Coolest Birthday Cakes website for inspiration and got some great ideas and useful tips for an Allergen-Free, 99% Edible Cave Cake. I used a … Read more
I really didn’t think I could do this Little Einsteins cake but after three hours, the cake was complete and I learned a lot. To make this cake, I started with a two cake mixes, a rectangle cake pan, a round cake pan, and a small batter bowl. Bake your cakes according to package directions … Read more
I modelled all the bears on this Teddy Bears Picnic Cake on the actual teddies which belonged to the birthday girl and boy. Everything apart from the trees, the drumsticks and the fishing rods was edible. I started by making four spiced apple cakes then carving them into shape and sticking them together with apricot … Read more
This Little Einsteins Rocket Cake was for my nephew who loves Little Einsteins. To begin I baked 1 6″ round, 1 8″ round and for the dome of Rocket a 3″ deep 6″ round and cupcakes for the engines. I made these cakes and 4 days before the birthday party and froze them. This made … Read more
This Camping Cake is a double layer carrot cake (from scratch) iced and filled with vanilla butter cream. The trees, fish and bear are fake, obviously, from Michael’s. The marshmallow sticks are toothpicks. Everything else is edible. The bugs and rocks are jelly beans, cut in half. The fire logs are pretzels, the fire is … Read more
This rocket cake was made for my step-sons 6th birthday. Used chocolate, banana cake. Cut into shape and freeze to prevent crumbling during icing. Connect the pieces together using jam (jelly). Ice the nose, wings and base of the rocket green. Ice the main body of the rocket red. Cut out a circular photo of … Read more