It is quite easy actually to make this ladybug birthday cake! Make 24 cupcakes. Arrange around 22 of them on a tray in the shape of the ladybug. Try and line up like sizes together for a smoother icing surface. Use the 2 extra cupcakes to fill in any large holes between the arranged cupcakes … Read more
I frosted the ladybug birthday cake with red frosting and then covered it with red sprinkles. I used brown m&m’s and smarties for the spots. I piped chocolate icing for the lines and the middle of the eyes. The white of the eyes is mini marsh mellows. I colored icing green and used a fork … Read more
For my daughter’s fourth birthday she wanted a ladybug cake. To make this cake I used a Wilton 12″ x 18” sheet pan and the Wilton sports ball cake pan. Three boxes of yellow cake mix for the sheet cake and one box of chocolate cake mix for the sports ball pans. After the cakes … Read more
I made this ladybug cake for my daughter’s first birthday. I found ladybug birthday cakes in a cookbook – Favorite Brand Name; three books in one; Party Treats, Kids’ Cake Mix, Super Snacks. There are a ton of cute ideas in this book. This cake was fairly simple to make and it was decorated with … Read more
This cake was made for my neighbor’s son’s four years old birthday. He had a Halloween themed party. I checked out other cake designs for kids birthdays and came up with the idea for this spider. There were far too many guests to be served by just my two tiered cake so I added in … Read more
I decided I wanted to make my daughter’s first birthday cake. I chose her party colors and wanted a cute idea for a cake. I saw a fuzzy caterpillar cake in a cookbook but wanted more of a 3D cake. I searched the internet and found this website where I got an idea for a … Read more
I browsed through the cake gallery on this site and made this cake using the Wilton sports ball pans. I used six different cake mixes. Five for the body and the sixth was for cupcake legs-all made the night before. I wanted to do icing stars to cover the cake but I didn’t have the … Read more
I got my inspiration for this cake from this wonderful site for butterfly birthday cakes. I used the butterfly pan for this cake. I decorated with regular white frosting such as Duncan Hines (the key is that it has to get hard). Then pipe on the desired wing pattern. I then refrigerated the cake for … Read more
I made this butterfly cake for a friend’s little girl. It was a fairly easy cake. I used two rectangular cakes and joined them together. I then drew a butterfly and cut around it. I covered the cake with sugar paste and made the inserts out of sugar paste. I used different sized glasses to … Read more
My daughter wanted a butterfly cake for her 2nd birthday. I made 3 white sheetcakes and just cut them out in butterfly shapes. I frosted the entire thing in white icing and then the decorating began. I used small M&M’s for the eyes and some of the dots. For the larger dots I used the … Read more
My nine year-old son wanted to have a “Totally Gross” birthday party. So in keeping with the theme I decided to make a toilet cake. I got the idea from a cake photo I saw on site. I used a chocolate box cake mix for the “bowl” and baked it in a glass bowl. For … Read more
To make this cake it looks like a lot of work but it is actually very easy. To begin with my cake baking tips for the floor is use any type of box cake you like. On this particular cake I used fondant instead frosting. Either way you decide to frost, it is fine. Once … Read more