I took two oval shaped pans, one larger than the other, made a Madeira cake (or pound cake). As soon as they were out of the oven I wrapped them in foil and cooled them, then placed them in the freezer overnight. I had pre-bought: 1kg of red regal icing (I’ve tried to make red … Read more
My son wanted a rocket cake last year, so away I went. This is a six layer cake, so three recipes. I used the same size 8″ pan for all of them and filled them with chocolate butter cream. I inserted about 5 wooden skewers cut to the right height to stabilize the tall cake. … Read more
My 2 year old really loves The Little Einsteins! And his favorite toy is the rocket so that is where I got inspired to make this Rocket Cake Design for his birthday. It was much easier than I anticipated. I used two boxes of Betty Crocker Butter Cake Mix. Baked two 9 inch rounds and … Read more
I made a cake mix in a large rectangle cake pan and after cooling it I cut the cake in half and turned the cake pieces long ways. Cut two triangles off the top corners to use for bottom. I have a candy store near to me that had gummy letters I could use for … Read more
This Space Birthday Cake was made for my son Christian on his 10th birthday. He’s an avid space/planet fan so I made him a cake of the 9 planets. I Googled planets and came up with the exact order they come in and what they look like, colors etc, and based this cake off of … Read more
For my son’s 9th birthday,I made him a Space Shuttle cake since he likes NASA and space exploration so much. I made the tip out of card stock paper that I coiled into a cone and covered it in black icing. I baked part of cake in a bar pan and carved out for wings. … Read more
My son Cole has always challenged us with his unique birthday theme ideas and celebration cakes he wants. My challenge is always making the cakes myself for my childrens birthdays. Cole became fascinated with rockets and space so for his fifth birthday he wanted a space themed party. We first found an excellent website for … Read more
This Earth Day cake may not be geographically correct but it was fun, yummy and educational. The mold used was a sports ball mold you can purchased at any craft store. I used 1 1/2 cans of store bought vanilla frosting, 3/4 for the outside dyed blue, 1/4 dyed green for the continents and half … Read more
My inspiration and planning for this Little Einstein’s rocket cake came entirely from the cakes I found on this website. For my son’s 2nd birthday, we did a Little Einstein’s theme. I loved the idea of the rocket cake but I have never made/decorated a cake in my life. I used the cakes from this … Read more
For my son’s 3rd birthday cake, he wanted Rocket from the Little Einsteins. I used 2 cake mixes to make 3 different cake shapes: one 9×13, one 8″ round cake, and the rest of the batter went into a glass batter-bowl for the dome-shape of rocket. I frosted the 9×13 cake in green to resemble … Read more
Well my son kept saying he wanted a rocket ship cake for his birthday. I found a couple of pictures for some and either the cake was just a drawing on a sheet cake or it was a cutout. I wanted something more 3 dimensional. The cake starts with 2-8 inch layers, then 2-6 inch … Read more
The coolest Rocked cake, should have been Barbie. I assumed that a Barbie cake would have been a suitable choice for my daughter, Tehillah’s 4th birthday. So, with Barbie in my mind I baked 4 layers of sponge cake. With the first recipe mix, I baked the first two layers in round pans. With the … Read more