My husband and I are Jeepers. We love our Jeeps and love off roading. My husband likes mudding the best, so this Jeep birthday cake is what I made for his 30th birthday! The only thing I would do differently is not slope the driver and passenger sides as much because from some angles it … Read more
Wyatt is my girls’ half brother. What a cutie he is! I claim him, even though he’s my ex’s child. Ironically he calls me his “Aunt Mimi”. Yes, it’s weird, but it’s good. His 2nd birthday was a reason for me to finally try cake decorating. It was my first cake, and I was a … Read more
The story behind this cake…my step-father called me (he lives in Florida and I’m in Ohio) and told me he wanted to give a cake to his lifetime best bud. When I asked him what he wanted on it he had absolutely NO idea!! So, I asked what they have in common, what they’ve liked … Read more
This awesome Harley Davidson cake was a fun cake to make for a friend of mine. First I baked 4 small round 9 inch layers and iced between and around each layer. I then covered the entire cake with black fondant. I then printed the Harley Davidson logo off the computer. I put rice paper on … Read more
I love to make my kids’ cakes and see how their eyes light up when they see the finished product. I generally gather several ideas from others that I’ve seen and shoot for simplicity and easy execution. I went for a tank birthday cake. Working up from the bottom, we layered a cereal box covered … Read more
Start this Tye Dye van cake by preparing a white cake mix. Divide into 6 bowls, and make each bowl a different color. Spray a loaf pan and use about 3/4 bowl for your bottom color, then use a little less of each color as you continue. I realized after I made one that I … Read more
I wasn’t too sure about how to make a race car cake for my son’s 6 year old birthday party, which was being held at an arcade with a big slot car race track, and debated for a long time about just using a form pan. In the end, I decided to wing it. The … Read more
This Harley cake was a 10″ round double layer spice cake. It is covered in black butter cream (I know, but she wanted black butter cream even after I told her it will turn her mouth colors!) with the Harley emblem and flames around the base cut from fondant. (That emblem was a pain to cut out! But I … Read more
A friend of a friend asked me to do a cake for her husband’s birthday, and she wanted it to be a Smart car themed cake. I didn’t want to do it as a picture on top of a cake, so I rented the 3D Cruiser Cake Pan and baked a chocolate cake in it. … Read more
When I was in grade school all through high school, I could barely draw a straight line. The clay sculptures we made in art class always looked the same-like ugly ashtrays. Then I decided I wanted to try my hand at decorating cakes. Suddenly the artsy side of me came out, and people started asking me … Read more
For my son’s 2nd birthday, I had a transportation party. I made a fire truck cake, a race car cake and a train cake. This was the race car cake. I bought a Wilton race car mold which made it easy. I used the homemade white cake recipe I always use from the Better Homes … Read more
I asked my son who was turning three “What kind of birthday cake do you want?” His answer was shocking, “I want a Santa Fe cake!! He had recently seen the Santa Fe from a train video. Since then, I think Thomas the Train has taken second place. For years I had kept a cookie jar … Read more