This Pink Octopus Birthday Cake is Anastasia’s first birthday cake! This was my second attempt at fondant, marshmallow fondant to be exact. I used the recipe from the Wilton website and made two different batches. The one batch I dyed all pink since I knew I would need so much, as the legs are all … Read more
My daughter Aallee and I plan her birthday parties months in advance. This year she decided on a Low Country Shrimp Boil (with a few crawfish thrown in for color). It’s a mature theme for an 11 year old, but I thought, what the heck! Her cakes are always homemade and originality like this can’t … Read more
For my son’s first birthday, even though he won’t remember the cake, I decided to do something different and special. The decision on the theme of the cake was easy since he loved the movie Happy Feet. Googling penguin cakes I came up with a few ideas on what I wanted my happy Feet cake … Read more
I made this Penguin birthday cake for a friend’s mom. She loves penguins. I made a yellow mix cake 9″ x 13″ and a chocolate mix cake 8″ x 8″. I leveled the tops and covered them in homemade buttercream icing, tinted blue with Wilton icing colors. The recipe for my buttercream is from C&H … Read more
I drew out the design using the shape of the tin as a guide for how big I needed it. I used the spare cake around the head to add on as wings. I made the cake a day before I needed to ice it as it is easier to ice than fresh cake. I … Read more
My son loves sharks, so I browsed the shark cakes on this site and got my inspiration. I also looked at the pirate ship cakes and combined two ideas I liked. The boy on the raft is meant to be my son. My son insisted on seeing all of the shark’s body. I made the … Read more
I was determined to find a way to create the best shark cake ever for my son’s 5th birthday. Since I see this is not something that can be purchased, I plotted and planned, and checked out the cakes on this site to ‘borrow’ ideas. I found a Williams-Sonoma football trophy pan that would create … Read more
At school last year I made a sponge cake and decided to use the recipe to make a cake because I was bored. Sharks and Killer whales are my fave animals so I decided to make a Shark Cake. I looked at some other sharks on this site but didn’t really like any of them, … Read more
I used Stephanie Es shark picture on how to prepare the cake! This is a red velvet cake out of a box. I used a sheet pan and a round pan. I cut the shark shape out of the sheet cake and the fins out of the round pan. I drew the shark design on … Read more
My 4 year old is CRAZY for whales and wanted to raise money to “save the whales” for her birthday party. Having no experience in the cake-making and decorating field, I used many of the helpful ideas already listed on this page for a whale birthday cake. I found it very user-friendly to make the … Read more