I started making the upper part of the cup cakes first. I did this a few days before I actually baked the cupcakes. I used fondant and a heart cookie cutter. I made 50 hearts shapes. I then applied the edible pink pearls on the hearts while the fondant was still soft. I made dark pink flowers from fondant with … Read more
This beach party birthday cake was created for a special 3 year old’s pool/beach party. I made a chocolate cake and filled between the layers with a homemade raspberry butter cream filling. The cake was then “crumb coated” with chocolate butter cream. I baked the beach ball in the Wilton ball pans and also filled … Read more
When my son requested a fire breathing dragon cake I was a bit concerned. This is what I came up with. I baked two 9 inch rounds, a 6 inch round, and half of the Wilton ball pan (for the head). Once cooled I cut one round in half and “glued” together with butter cream. I … Read more
I baked 3 different flavors of cake, orange, vanilla and chocolate. I baked the cakes a day in advance before I started decorating them. I put the rectangular orange and vanilla cakes to make a big rectangular cake and covered it with butter cream. I cut a horse template from a piece of paper and used … Read more
I was asked to make an 80th birthday cake so decided to make a newspaper front page. I done a lot of research about what happened on the year he was born then came up with my headlines. The cake was simple. Two large rectangular cakes, jam in the middle then covered with buttercream icing … Read more
I love making things from scratch! So when my 30th birthday approached I thought about buying a cake but couldn’t find what I wanted, and decided that if I wanted to bake my own cake then I should. I made a classic yellow cake and made a simple butter cream frosting. My favorite part is … Read more
This cake was made for my little cousin’s best friend’s 16th birthday. She has participated in several pageants since she was little. I started by making gumpaste about 3 days ahead. I tinted it with a little leaf green and cut out her name using some alphabet cookie cutters. I stuck toothpicks in the bottom … Read more
The only creative thing I’m capable of is to bake and decorate my three sons’ birthday cakes. Mostly I do not consider them original creations because I copy either a how-to recipe or get my inspiration from sites like these. But I always plan what I’m going to do months ahead and take a day’s … Read more
My 3 year old BEGGED!!! for a Boots cake. She just loves her monkey’s. Well my husband and I went all over the place looking for anything at all we could of used and you would be surprised how hard it was at this time to find Boots (he is easier now). So my husband … Read more
My Dad is a drummer in a pipe band so I thought I’d make him a Drum cake for his 60th birthday. I made 3 cakes (10″ I think) and layered them, putting jam between each one then covering the whole cake in butter cream icing. I then covered it in black fondant and used … Read more
This Tie dyed birthday cake was actually tie dyed inside and out! (sorry, the lighting wasn’t very good where I took the picture!). I baked two 12″ round vanilla cakes. I tinted portions of the vanilla batter violet, rose, leaf green and lemon yellow, leaving some white as well. Then I randomly spooned them into the … Read more
I made this Xbox Controller birthday cake for my son’s friend, who (like my son) is addicted to playing Xbox! I covered a 14″x19″ cake board with green cake foil. I then started the cake by baking two 11″x15″ strawberry cakes and then layered them with strawberry butter cream. Using one of my son’s wireless controllers, … Read more