Every night before bed I sing my daughter “You are my sunshine” so it seemed fitting that for her first birthday I should make a sunshine cake. There of course was an issue with that, I have NEVER made a shaped cake before, never mind decorating with anything other than a spatula, but this had … Read more
I made this Homemade Moon Birthday Cake Design for my wonderful stepson’s birthday party. He is totally into outer space. I never made a cake that turned out but this time I did my homework and was patient. I used three boxes of cake mix. I picked chocolate. I bought Wilton’s sports ball pan and … Read more
This was a first attempt at a Little Einsteins rocket cake and sadly I was in a hurry at the end, so I ran out of fondant (which is why you see so much white sugar on the rutters trying to hold the fondant on)! I made the fondant myself, which was cracking around the … Read more
My 2 year-old granddaughter, LOVES Little Einstein. My daughter and I decided to try to make a Little Einstein Rocket Birthday Cake for her birthday. We researched online and were so excited to find a website with so many wonderful cakes! We chose a few to give us creative ideas and the day before her … Read more
My son wanted a rocket birthday cake this year. After doing a bit of exploring, I came up with the idea to make an additional cake of the earth that the rocket could be shooting off from. For the earth, I used a basic chocolate cake recipe and baked it in a metal mixing bowl … Read more
This Rocketship Birthday Cake was for a 3-year-old birthday party and he wanted a rocketship. I used yellow cake and homemade buttercream frosting tinted red, white, and blue. I layered two 6″ cakes, then 2 5″ inch cakes and then two 4″ inch cakes with dowels and cardboard between the different sizes. I used an … Read more
I created this Saturn cake for my son’s 4th birthday. He was really into planets and Saturn was his absolute favorite planet. I used a dome-shaped pan for the planet and simply laid it on a sheet cake. I made Saturn’s rings out of “Fun Foam” and rested them on toothpicks protruding from Saturn’s sides. … Read more
My son wanted a solar system cake for his 7th birthday party. He really wanted the main cake to be Earth and the other planets orbiting around it. I am still learning cake decorating tips and thoroughly enjoy making fun cakes for my children’s birthdays but still have lots to learn. Earth is made out … Read more
My son is totally into space and requested a Space Shuttle Birthday Cake. This cake was baked as a large sheet cake. I found several pictures of space shuttles from several different angles on line and printed them out. Using them as a guide, I carved out the base of the cake. Then, I carved … Read more
I made fondant out of marshmallow and powdered sugar, colored it yellow, rolled it out and covered the Sunshine Cake. I then cut out the rays for the sun and used a q-tip and red food coloring to make the cheeks and black gel for the eyes and mouth. I hope you enjoy!
I made this moon cake for my daughter’s first birthday. The moon and stars are done in chocolate cake. Cut the cake into shape and freeze to prevent crumbling during icing. Ice with yellow icing. I also coloured some plain sugar with yellow food colouring and sprinkled it on top to create a shining effect. … Read more
Let me make this as easy as possible. First I’ll list the items I used on this Little Einsteins Rocket cake then I’ll explain how: Wilton Football cake pan Wilton 3-D Egg cake pan Wilton 12 inch round cake pan (2) 24 oz. pkgs of Wilton Ready-To-Use White Rolled Fondant (2) 1 oz bottles of … Read more