For my twin boy’s 6th birthday, they wanted a space theme, so I decided on a rocket cake. We had a big crowd coming, so I knew we could do something large and impressive. The cake requires a little bit of carpentry to get started. The cake is elevated on an 8-inch wood circle from … Read more
My solar system birthday cake started out small and grew really fast. It was fun to figure out the effects and special characters. I used poured sugar, cake, cake balls, candy and a ton of time to create a cake a young boy would love. All the planets are made of different sized cake balls. … Read more
I made this World Globe Cake for my little sister’s graduation party. We’re “Navy brats” and have traveled a lot, so I thought this would be a fitting cake for her party. I cooked one cake mix (dark chocolate fudge) for each of the the top and bottom halves in a “soccer ball” cake pan. … Read more
It’s the first Little Einstein cake I have made. I just took a measuring cup (really big) and put my cake batter in it and baked it. When done I put it on my cake board. I took Fondant and made the antenna on top. I took ice cream cones and cardboard and fondant for … Read more
I made this Little Einsteins Cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. He LOVED the Little Einsteins when you couldn’t find much of anything for them – toys, cake molds, clothes, party supplies, maybe a few books. I think I got the idea from this site. I used a large bowl (1.5 cake mixes) for Rocket’s … Read more
My DD, Ava Marie wanted to have a Little Einstein’s party for her 3rd Birthday. Since they are yet to make a “Rocket” cake pan, I got some ideas from the internet and made my own Little Einstein rocket cake. At first I was just going to make Rocket by itself but I decided to … Read more
I made this First Birthday Rocket Cake for my son’s first birthday. I layered two half sheet cakes and then cut them into the shape of a rocket. I made the icing myself using Wilton colors. I used a star tip and I piping tip to apply the icing. For the flames coming out I … Read more
Youll need: A standard cake mix equally divided into a round baking pan and a dome shaped pan from a craft store or use a 2-1/2 quart oven proof glass baking bowl. Two snack cakes “Twinkies”, red and blue food color paste (Wilton’s no-taste red recommended), white frosting, 2 large yellow gumdrops or NECCO candies … Read more
I was asked to make a cake for a 9 year old and this Solar System Birthday Cake was a great idea. I looked around the net and saw some ideas. Nothing that really caught my eye. Then I saw the solar system cake on here. I made the planets and sun from RKT’s covered … Read more
My friend had an idea to make the Voyager Ship Cake from the TV series ‘Voyager’ as a cake, as he loves the program. We used a recipe for a basic sponge cake but doubled the ingredients so that we could bake 2 cakes. We baked one in a round tin and one in a … Read more
I made this Space Shuttle Birthday Cake for my grandson’s 4th birthday. I made a chocolate cake in a 9″ by 13″ cake pan and followed directions I found on the Betty Crocker web site to cut and assemble the pieces. I used a simple light blue buttercream to frost it. From there, I came … Read more
I made this Around the world cake for a co-worker. It was his wife’s birthday and she was from the Philippines and came to the United States to live. He wanted a world cake with an airplane on it and he wanted a few landmarks marked. He wanted it to say “You were here” marked … Read more