This cake was a fun one! Two of my children celebrate December birthdays and so do my Mother and I. My daughter turned 11 on Christmas Day! I wanted to do something special to celebrate all the events in December in our family so I decided to make a December Calendar. There are three white … Read more
My dad loves to watch the birds in the garden so I thought this year I would make him a Homemade Bird Watching Cake. I baked the cake in a 2 pint pudding bowl left to cool overnight then I crumb coated it and put in fridge to cool. Meanwhile the icing to cover the … Read more
A friend asked me to make this Drunk Cake for her daughter’s birhtday for a laugh. She likes a good party! It was a very simple design a pudding basin was used to make the main body of the cake and then sugarpaste was rolled to make the arms and legs. A large flat disc … Read more
This Chef’s Hat Cake was for a bridal shower. I used three 8″ round and the extra that I trimmed off the top of the cakes, and carved the hat. The vanilla frosting under the fondant was actually the hardest part of this cake. This cake was white with chocolate mouse.
Our fifth child and second son, Isaiah, is all boy. He loves to carry sticks, play in the dirt, and pretty much do anything he can with rocks: carry, throw, and of course eat them! I looked on line for a “rock” cake and came up with nothing. So I got this idea to use … Read more
My youngest sister’s birthday was coming up. I had gotten several Wilton cake decorating with fondant books. I decided to be brave and try to make one for my sister. The easiest part was baking the cakes. The fondant part took me 12 hours to do!! But the final out come was so worth it. … Read more
A friend of mine is a Reiki master and Metaphysics teacher and I thought this OM Cake fits her perfectly. I started out with a mint chocolate chip cake recipe I found on line at cooks.com. I doubled the recipe since theirs was for a single cake. I made two 9″ cakes and layered them … Read more
My mom and I made this log cutters cake together for my step dad on Father’s Day. My mom made the cake itself using two Betty Crocker Chocolate Cake mixes cooked in glass measuring cups. They took around an hour to cook and required many checks to ensure they were cooked all the way through. … Read more
I made this cake for two co-workers birthdays. One practically lives at Wal-Mart; the other is a Coors drinker. I used one of my homemade cake recipes for the 9×13 double layer sheet cake. It is sculpted and frosted in blueberry buttercream and covered in Satin Ice. The scraps I cut from the top and … Read more
I came up with this idea to make a check cake for a friend’s house warming party. We used a 9×13 sheet cake pan. It was actually our first time working with fondant but it came out pretty good. We took a check, used a fondant marker to write exactly what was on the check. … Read more
This World Travel Cake was inspired by a military friend who was bound for Korea to serve a tour of duty without his family. All the cakes were vanilla sponge cake and covered with buttercream icing. My friend had a huge collection of the “Dummies” books, so it was easy to take one and use … Read more
I made this T Shirt Birthday Cake for my grandson’s 9th birthday. This was his favourite t-shirt (I added the “I’m 9). I used a double chocolate cake mix, and baked it in a square roasting pan. I made a template from paper to cut out the shirt shape. From the ‘under the armpit’ bits … Read more