I did this quick orange Monster cake as my submission for the the Halloween potluck at work. The cake was a double layer chocolate cake with the orange butter cream in the middle as well. After stacking, I simply covered it in orange frosting using the “grass” tip. Tedious work, but not too bad. The … Read more
I made this Alien kids cake using the Wilton Animal Crackers pan and an oval pan. I placed it on an over-sized board and positioned the cakes together to form head and body. Some trimming of the ears was necessary to get the pointed effect. After decorating the head and body, I piped arms and … Read more
I made this robot cake for my son’s 4th birthday. I made 6 13×9 cakes. I added pudding and sour cream to the mix as well as the eggs and water (cake doctor recipe). The head and body were both two layers (one yellow and once chocolate), the arms and legs were one layer. The … Read more
We used two simple vanilla cakes (one large and one smaller) for this Alien and Space ship cake. We used the small cake for the space ship and the large cake for the small cake to sit on and to write on. We used homemade cream cheese icing that we just food colored. Also, we … Read more
My now 4 year old son’s interest in robots began earlier this year when he discovered a really fun book called Lilliput 5357 about the 1940’s vintage robot (Lilliput 5357: Stephan Czernecki). We even found a reproduction of this unique toy from Back to Basics and gave it to him for Christmas. So when it … Read more
This is a Homemade Monster Birthday Cake for my daughter’s friend. I used one cake mix and cooked it in a 9×13 pan. I let it cool for 20 minutes then I cut the cake in half and placed one on top of the other. I rolled out a thin piece of fondant and cut … Read more
This Robot Birthday Cake Design is the cake that I made for my son’s 1st birthday. I wanted to make something fun, but didn’t have a lot of time. I simply made a huge sponge cake in a roasting tin. I used one and a half times Delia Smiths basic Victoria Sponge recipe, which was … Read more
I was given this image on a napkin from a friend wanting an Alien Cake to match. I created a stencil from the image and painstakingly cut out the black outline areas with an exacto knife and then laid the stencil on the cake. I then dusted it with powdered sugar which leaves the image … Read more
At the time of my son’s 4th birthday, robot themed party supplies were hard to find. I searched online for robot images, found one I liked, photoshoped it a bit to fit my needs and printed it out so that I could refer to it while decorating the Robot Birthday Cake. Thankfully icing is quite … Read more
The Alien Birthday Cupcakes were made using red velvet cupcakes and red velvet cake balls covered in thinned white chocolate ganache (tinted green).
My son wanted to have a robot cake and so he did. Easier than you would imagine, I baked 2 cakes on rectangle and square shapes then cut them to shape.The filling was a nice mix of chocolate, cream and fresh raspberries. The eyes, ears and hands are mini doughnuts, the arms are marshmallows, legs … Read more
For Halloween, my work has a chili cookoff contest for lunch and invites everyone to contribute either for the contest or a side dish for the lunch. I love cakes, so this Homemade Monster Cake is what I decided to make. I baked 4 round cakes (2 cake mix boxes) and stacked and iced them … Read more