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
My son is four and wanted a Godzilla Birthday Party. As you know that does not just come prepackaged. Ive used this site in the past to assist me with homemade cake recipes and ideas but this one I had to come up with on my own. I took my turkey roasting pan and three … Read more
I created this family tree cake for our Thanksgiving dessert. It was fun and easy to make. Best of all my family loved it, especially since it was so personal with their “faces” as the main decoration! The 9×13 cake is carrot with cream cheese frosting. I used brown, copper, buttercup, ivory and moss green … Read more
One thing I really try to do when making a cake for someone’s birthday is to personalize it in such a way that is truly unique to their personality. A birthday cake shouldn’t simply be composed of it’s recipient’s favorite combination of flavors, it should speak of what kind of person they are. So when … Read more
I made this cake for my husband’s 30th Birthday Party. I got the idea from a Father’s Day cake I found in a recipe book. I took two sheet cakes and stacked them, cutting some what of a tray out of the top layer. I then applied a crumb coating and covered store bought dark … Read more
My mom loves Russian dolls: she has many in the house. I checked out some easy homemade cake recipes and I used the 3D Winnie cake mold. I cut some pieces to give it the shape of a Russian doll. I covered it with white rolled fondant and painted the entire doll with food colorant … Read more