Coolest Drama Theater Cake

Drama Cake

For a friend of mines sister’s sweet 16 she didn’t want a girly sweet sixteen cake. She is in the drama club. So I put this drama theater cake together. Steps: Step 1: Two store box cake mixes. Make as directed on the box. Step 2: Pour into a half of sheet cake pan or … Read more

Coolest Starry Night Painting Cake

Homemade Starry Night Painting Cake

I made this cake for my Grandma’s 70th birthday. I was trying to think of a unique idea for this event and this is what I came up with. It took a lot of time! It was a two layered cake one white, one chocolate. The middle was a white chocolate truffle raspberry filling. I … Read more

Fun and Unique Ideas to Decorate Cakes 5

How we made the decoration: We kneaded the turquoise food color into marzipan (just as much as we needed for the background) and put it on the cake. Then we put on the rest of the marzipan, cut out the shapes we wanted, as you would do it with modeling clay and just taped it … Read more

Coolest Hurricane Fay Cake

Homemade Hurricane Fay Cake

I made this Hurricane Fay cake for my work. It had already been raining for days as Fay approached us and a sugar buzz helped the day go by faster. I even put a dot over our location, Daytona.

Coolest Belly Dancer Cake

Homemade Belly Dancer Cake

This Belly Dancer cake is again a Madeira cake which is filled with strawberry jam. It is covered in fondant coloured apricot colour and decorated by fondant snakes on each 4 corners. The cake is then topped with a belly dancing figure made from fondant and decorated with sugar balls. The sides are piped in … Read more

Fun and Unique Ideas to Decorate Cakes 6

I was so excited to make this cake for my son for his 9th birthday! He wanted a Spy party, and I just didnt like the other ideas for a cake. Then I happened to see a “Spy vs. Spy” cartoon, and remembered the round cake pan that I had from making a soccer ball … Read more

Coolest Party Animal Cake

Homemade Party Animal Cake

I made this Party Animal cake for my young at heart brother for his 60th birthday. I got the idea from a book I have had for ages. I made a simple Madeira cake in a bowl and split it and covered it with butter cream. The face and hands are made from soft icing. … Read more

Coolest Big Smile Cake

Homemade Big Smile Cake

I made this Big Smile cake for a friend when she finished dental school. I just used a regular long cake pan, and just free handed the shape. The icing is done by using the star tip and adding two layers of icing around the lips, to make it stand out. It was a big … Read more

Fun and Unique Ideas to Decorate Cakes 7

Make your cake, level and fill. Then, cut off two pieces to make a wedge and apply a crumb-coat in white icing (or whatever) to the top and rounded side and chocolate icing to the straight sides. Next, refrigerate.Then frost top and rounded side in white and frost straight sides in chocolate. Pipe ( Wilton … Read more

Coolest Truffle Fountain Cake

Homemade Truffle Fountain Cake

I LOVE chocolate so for my birthday I thought of this cake. The bottom tier is topped with a much smaller tier that’s meant to be the “pedestal” of the fountain. Both tiers are made from a Sachertorte recipe that I found online (supposedly as close as possible to the original). The tiers are covered … Read more

Coolest Smiley Birthday Cake

Homemade Smiley Birthday Cake

My sister and I made this Smiley Birthday Cake for my son’s birthday. I do not have much cake decorating experience so I wanted to come up with the absolute easiest design that would still be cool enough for a 10 year old. It is a one layer 8in. round cake with marshmallow fondant colored … Read more

Fun and Unique Ideas to Decorate Cakes 8

I used a 7 1/2 x 11 1/4 cake pan. After the cake was done and cooled I used vanilla icing for the cake. I used one side in blue for good night and white for good morning. I then used cardstock for the shapes I needed and placed each cardstock onto the cake. Once … Read more