My granddaughter picked this cake out of the grocery store catalog, but I didn’t want to pay more than $25 when I knew I could make it myself. I found the Hula Till You Drop decorations online, bought aerosol spray coloring, and simply made it looks like the picture on the decoration package – which … Read more
My daughter LOVES Tiffany & Co and Tiffany Blue. I made 3- 10″ round cakes (2 lemon, 1 strawberry) and we dyed the lemon cakes Tiffany Blue. We used Wilton’s Teal and Royal Blue to achieve the color for the cakes and icing. The icing is Whipped Buttercream (In hindsight, I’d have used Fondarific Fondant … Read more
I had a blast doing this Hawaiian Luau birthday cake. It was my niece, Faith’s 12th birthday. My parents, Faith and myself had a HUGELY anticipated trip to Hawaii planned in June and her birthday fell on our first full day there. We celebrated her birthday at home the weekend before our trip with what??? … Read more
I made home made chocolate cake mix from a betty crocker recipe book, i doubled the recipe size so that i would have enought to make severl cakes, I made a 9′ 12 long cake and 2 9’23 round cakes after my cakes cooled i used a bread knife to cut and shape my pieces, I had … Read more
I made this cake for my grandaughter’s (Breann) third birthday party. My goal was to make something that would be impressive to a three year old. In total, there are three layers: one 8″ round, one 6″ square, and one 6″ round. The cake is strawberry and vanilla layered. I used food coloring in the … Read more
My daughter loves Hello Kitty. I stopped buying birthday cakes several years ago and have been making them ever since. We looked through the pictures on this website to get inspiration. My 13 year old daughter wanted to help with her little sisters cake so this is what we came up with. I baked two … Read more
I searched for a while to try and find inspiration for a 30th birthday cake for a metal head! Creating a proper guitar seemed ambitious for transportation reasons so I decided to make cupcakes instead with set icing guitars and stars. Cupcakes are not typically rock an roll so I was sure to find some … Read more
This Noah’s Ark baby shower cake was 5 layers, and took 4 cake mixes, so I mixed and matched flavors just for fun. The bottom layer is just a normal 9×13. The next 2 layers I baked as 9×13, but then carved into a sort of “football” shape for the base of the ark. I … Read more
I made this butterfly princess birthday cake last year for my friend’s daughter Meher’s birthday who turned 10. The cake was a light strawberry flavored sponge cake with custard cream and fresh strawberry chunks in between the layers. I normally don’t like to cover the whole cake with fondant because my friends and family members … Read more
This BMW Emblem birthday cake was one of my first made outside my family. It is 4 rounds, 2 white and 2 chocolate covered in homemade butter creme frosting. The cake is covered with half homemade marshmallow fondant and half store bought. I enjoyed making this cake because I have never made cakes for outside my … Read more
The princess castle cake is baked in a hexagon pan and is three layers tall. This is decorated and then the “towers” are added. This being the first castle cake I ever made, the towers are paper towel tubes wrapped in wax paper to keep the icing from softening the cardboard. The roofs are sugar cones … Read more
When my daughter was 5, she loved dinosaurs. She could throw down with any of the boys, names, facts, etc. It was hard finding dino things, especially for her room that weren’t too masculine. When I got to do the cake, I was thrilled to be able to make it fun and bright and perfect for a 5 … Read more