I was asked to make a birthday cake for a little girl who simply loves Barbie. One day while I was driving, a beautiful white convertible car passed in front of me and that was the inspiration for my cake. I said, how about a nice modern convertible sports car for the most fashionable doll … Read more
A friend of mine works out an is kind of a muscle man. I found the little smurf toy and it all came together, except for the figure the cake was all eatable!! I carved the cake into a basic mushroom shape using the carved off pieces to build up the top. No fondant just … Read more
This Over the Hill cake was two 11″x15″ chocolate cakes filled with cherry pie filling. It was iced with chocolate butter cream and covered with fondant. The fondant on the sides was tinted with a small amount of brown, and the top was tinted with moss green. The casket was made using 4 cakes made … Read more
My sister in law loves all things vintage elegant and Victorian so I made her a birthday cake that had all those elements. I stacked 2- 6 inch cakes and then made the rounded top by baking the top layer in a half ball pan. I used raspberry filling in a French vanilla cake. The cake is … Read more
I started out on this castle cake with only having made three previous cakes and only one of them fondant. So why might you ask did I attempt such an undertaking? Several answers come to mind with the first one being, why not? It’s a cake. Even if the decorating goes horribly wrong it is … Read more
My best friend asked me to make a “simple” birthday cake for her little girl’s birthday. So I decided to get my sister involved and whip up a Red Velvet Octopus cake with the works. My favorite part about making the cake would have to be the detail. Like the tentacles with their little suction cups or … Read more
I made this butterfly birthday cake for my niece’s 1st birthday as she loves butterflies. I started by making a round chocolate cake, left it to cool and then refrigerated it for 30 mins. which made it easy to cut. I had 1 kg white icing prepared and then mixed some purple and pink icing … Read more
Hi, My name is Cindy. I love baking cakes for family, friends and even the occasional stranger that hears about me. I had a call from the secretary of my son’s school and she said her daughter was turning 9 and having a swimming pool party. And she wanted me to come up with something girly. … Read more
My friend, Rachel was turning 40, and a group of her friends offered to throw her the grand party she wanted. She loves Phantom of the Opera, and wanted to be a “Princess”. She also wanted a black and white theme and to have an “elegant” party. Guests were asked to wear masks. One of her friends offered … Read more
My grandson loves the Toy Story DVD’s and asked me to bake him a Buzz Lightyear birthday cake for his 8th birthday. I couldn’t find a suitable image of him on the internet so I looked through several Toy Story coloring books until I found a nice picture of Buzz Lightyear. I bought the book … Read more
My good friend Julie was turning 40 and she asked that we all not make a fuss over her birthday. Well, we all know what a milestone 40 is, so, we of course ignored her request. A small dinner party of her closest girlfriends, we took her to an awesome Mexican restaurant.Julie is one of … Read more
This cake was created for my best friend and husband for his birthday. He is a hard core sneaker fanatic. He really wanted a new pair of sneaker that were being released called Breds 11. These sneakers were going to be sold out everywhere, that’s how popular they were so I wanted to make his … Read more