I do not have a cake business, but I had my very first order for a custom cake where I actually made some money! A lady came to me and asked me to make a cake for her husband for his surprise 40th birthday party. She told me that he loves snowmobiles, hunting and fishing. … Read more
My grandson just turned one so I decided I would make him a train cake. I looked on line at many wonderful cakes to get ideas, and also checked my photo album as I made one for my son 28 years ago. So here is what I did. 1. Shop for eatable decorations. Twizzlers, Kitkat … Read more
I made this choo choo train cake for my son’s 3rd birthday, as that’s the age that boys are train crazy! I baked x2 cakes in loaf tin pans using a butter cake recipe and I bought a long Swiss roll. Trim the loaf cakes so that they have flat surfaces and position one vertically and … Read more
Someone who I’d make a cake for previously was really pleased with the outcome that she asked me again but this time she wanted a large lorry cake. I’d made a lorry cake before but a lot smaller and it didn’t turn out that well to be fair. I thought it’d been in an accident, … Read more
Living in rural Wyoming, you don’t just run to the store (35 miles away) to pick up a couple things. We didn’t have a lot of money at the time so I used my son’s plastic tractor carrying case and traced the outline of it onto a piece of cardboard. It fit perfectly inside a … Read more
When I made the sponges I had 1 rectangular sheet and 1 round cake…..OK, here goes. So I creamed the rectangular sheet cake and placed on the board, and cut the round cake in half, now I had these 2 cakes just sitting there. Where do I go from here I asked myself? My idea … Read more
My husband is a car fanatic so for father’s day I decided to make him a car cake to resemble his own drift car 240sx. It was hard but so much fun, took a lot of time since I only had a butter knife and a rolling pin to do everything with. It was all … Read more
I always use packet mixture – Betty Crocker’s fudge cake, because it freezes so well. I make the cake in advance, then cut and carve all the pieces. I then used chocolate butter icing to glue the pieces into shape. Because the cake is still frozen, the icing sets immediately, adding stability. I used blocks … Read more
I made this monster truck cake for a young man turning 18 . And he was moving into his own place. So I came up with this “Now Get Out” cake idea. I made a half sheet white cake. Then I covered it with chocolate frosting. Covered that with coconut that I had dyed green. I grounded up 2 Graham crackers and with them I made … Read more
This rock crawling cake is a 3 tier cake I made for my husband’s birthday who loves all things car. His favorite cake is butter recipe, golden and chocolate frosting so I went with that. I stacked the three layers off center and cut the top two at an angle to simulate a hill. The … Read more
Tanks are very important in our life!! How? I am an army officer’s wife, that too in armored!! so, life surely revolves in and around tank. Moved to a new place, and my friend requested for a tank cake for her son! Can’ts say no too, but absolutely no idea where will I get my … Read more
This fire fighter cake was simple to make. I started with a simple chocolate cake with a butter cream center. Then added chocolate frosting to cover the cake. I dripped my knife in to hot water before applying it to the cake so the frosting looked more like fondant. Then I piped green frosting on … Read more