A friend asked me to make a “circus themed” cake for her 4 year old. I had make 100’s of cupcakes and as it was a friend so I didn’t want to say no. What started out to be a simple request took me hours, hours of research! I Googled ” circus themed cakes” and … Read more
My daughter wanted a Monster High cake. I am not a professional decorator…lol…basically said “are you nuts”. But she wanted me to do it. Butter cream is my only medium. I have not attempted fondant. Oh, her birthday is in August. Heat melts buttercream. It took approx 4 hours to complete. This was my brain child. Quite … Read more
I made basic individual sleepover cakes for each girl and had the girls decorate each “bed cover” and personalize the face and hair. I started with a rectangular cake and cut into bed size pieces and placed a pretty cookie at the end (stuck on by icing) for the headboard. I placed a “HoHo” (or … Read more
With this butterfly baby shower basket weave cake I started out make the flowers using a regular butter cream icing. I spent two days on the the flowers, the first day I mostly just practiced and and nearly gave up. Then on the second day I tried again and managed to figured out how to … Read more
A friend of ours asked me to make another cake for her daughter’s 2nd birthday, the theme was a farm as her party was at a farm. She sent me details of how she wanted it made. I had to make cows, pigs, bee’s and sheep. It was a three tier cake. I made the cakes. … Read more
My friend Brenda was soon to become the big 50 and she asked me to bake her cake for her. She chose the colours she wanted and saw a cake topper she liked on eBay (well I made her a cake topper similar) to save money. We looked at lots of ideas and she chose styles of … Read more
I made this ladybird cake for a raffle for a coffee morning to raise money for the Ladybird Group (for children with additional needs). The organizer made this the star prize which I was delighted with. I made one layer of the cake in an 8″ tin and the top rounded layer in a glass bowl … Read more
I made this Tinkerbell birthday cake last year for my daughter’s 1st birthday. Two layers of 10″ cake covered in butter cream then fondant. I struggled a bit with the house to begin with but then decided to make it out of rice kripie marshmallows which I put in a small bowl to set (butter the … Read more
This is for a senior in high school, I guess she and her mother were planing her birthday and she kept umming and aawing, and finally her mother asked her “whats up”? She said are you going to ask what kind of cake I want Mrs. Wolff to make me. So I got the text … Read more
We rented a party pirate ship for my son’s 6th birthday, but he wanted a volcano cake. So we decided to combine the theme. I went to the coolest cake website to find some brilliant ideas. I baked a few round sponge cakes to build up the volcano and placed a flower vase in the middle. I … Read more
I made this cake for my six year old little boy’s best friend. To decide on a design that will fit the picture in the imagination of a child, I asked my 6 year old daughter to draw a picture of a clown. I baked a sponge cake and cut it out in the shape … Read more
My baby sister just turned 22 the other day. My parents wanted to throw her a birthday dinner and asked me to bake a cake. I love to bake, and wanted to do something original, so I asked myself what is the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of my sister, … Read more