My little girl was turning 6 and decided she would like a butterfly themed party. Making homemade cakes is my twice a year hobby (I have 2 kiddos). So I began searching the usual sites for idea, yes, this site was my first stop :-). I considered using some of the ideas found here, … Read more
My mother-in-law has always been the cake maker for our family. She’s made the kids birthday cakes for years. This year she recently had to retire due to injury. She has a small pool in her back yard that she has rarely gotten to use with the grandkids because of her working. This year, … Read more
I made this cake for my daughter when she turned 5. We wanted something different from the usual My Little Pony cakes that are made. I came up with this idea after shopping for her present and stumbling across the small pony figurines. I thought they’d be great, a cake and an extra “present” for … Read more
Since my daughter’s second birthday, I have been making her “character” cakes; sometimes two because she is a 4th of July baby and her friends can’t come for the “family” party. After Micky Mouse, a turtle, and a fish, she raised the bar this year. My daughter LOVES the movie “Dolphin Tale” about Winter, the dolphin with … Read more
My niece loves Hello Kitty! She’s actually quite easy to make…an easy beginner cake. I bought the Wilton Hello Kitty cake pan. I froze the cake for about 2 hours to make frosting easier. I used homeade buttercream icing for all areas, coloring them red for her bow and yellow for her nose. I did … Read more
My poor husband was away on business for 2 weeks over his birthday. I’m not sure who had it worse, him alone on his birthday, or me alone with the waking-in-the-night 6 year old! Anyway, I made him a cake on return to make up for it. It was quite quick and easy. I made … Read more
I have wanted to try something like this for a long time, but getting edible ink rice paper in the right designs is impossible in this country. Thankfully Jo from Sweet Whimsey in Wellington (shop on “Felt”) came to my rescue and printed out some beautiful designs for me to use.. It’s easy to cut … Read more
It took a long time, I must say my whole day in this Ramadan with fast, to make my cake. This Tweety cake is my first character cake. The butter cream icing tell me on Sunday how difficult I am to fill your whole cake with tips from the piping bag. Well the success of this … Read more
This method of icing is called the petal effect. It is done by using a #12 tip; make a large dot, take your angled spatula, pressing in and pulling sideways. There are many tutorials out on the web for this method. It really is not hard, just a bit time consuming but fun. Just practice … Read more
This Halloween monster cake was one of the most fun cakes I’ve ever made. It was brought to a Halloween party and got rave reviews. I have a Wilton ball pan that I’ve used to make everything except soccer balls. It took me about an hour of decorating after it was baked. My seven year … Read more
My friend was planning on throwing a surprise birthday party for her husband. She wanted to really go all out.. She decided on a Holly theme. She had her guests dress up as if they were going to the Grammy’s. She rolled out the red carpet. Not only were the decorations, the food and the … Read more
A couple of months ago, my niece asked me to make a groom’s cake for her wedding. Her then fiance/now husband is a big Duck Dynasty fan, especially Uncle Si, so we agreed on a design and I set out to make her cake. I started with the characters-all gum paste and fondant Because I had never made people … Read more