For the Red Arrow cake pictured I used the Madeira Sponge Cake Recipe and cooked it in a loaf shaped tin. I also used the Gelatin Icing recipe and colored it red to make the wings. Gelatin Icing needs several hours (preferably overnight) to dry and harden preferably turning half way, so I suggest doing … Read more
My husband is a pilot so thought it a good idea to make my son an airplane cake for his first birthday. I wanted to do cupcakes since theyre easier for little fingers to hold so I came up with the idea of the cupcake clouds with the airplane overhead. The plane is made of … Read more
My husband got his Commercial Pilots License and challenged me to make him an airplane cake to celebrate. He wanted one that looked like the planes he was flying in flight school, but I wanted to make one to look more like the airliners he would be flying soon, and a women always gets her … Read more
I used the same technique that the other Blue Angel cake on this site used but to make the cockpit and tail wings I made sugar cookies. As you can see from my cake pictures, the tail wings were simply triangle cutouts and the cockpit I made by baking the cooking on the backside of … Read more
My son has always been fascinated with fighter jets. A few years ago, the Blue Angels were featured at our air show, and he has been requesting a “Blue Angels” birthday cake ever since. After being a fighter pilot for Halloween this past year, I figured I would attempt the cake for his 7th birthday. … Read more
Homemade Cessna Airplane Cake Homemade Cessna Airplane Cake I made this Cessna airplane cake for my sons 4th birthday. He loves planes and wanted a T41 cake (his made up name after watching to many WWII documentaries with daddy). I fashioned this after my father’s Cessna 172 as I know what that looks like. I … Read more