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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I made this Massage Table Cake for a friend’s 40th birthday party. She was going to school to become a massage therapist. 1. My son made the amazing stand for this cake. This is the most important part so hopefully, if you make this cake, you can make the stand or know someone who can. … Read more
My daughter is a budding chef and wanted her cake to reflect her passion for baking. I wanted all of the decorations on this Cake for a Girl Baker to be edible so I used a combination of cereal, cookies and Candymelts to make them. First, I made the “Happy Birthday” and name signs from … Read more