This fire truck cake turned out to be simpler than I had anticipated. The most difficult part was getting the correct color of red without having it taste bitter. I ended up using a LOT of dye and mixing different tints to finally get it right. This did make the frosting a little moister than … Read more
I did this Monster Jam themed cake for my son’s birthday. It is a 1/4 sheet pan layered cake. I used a mix of chocolate and vanilla icing sprinkled with crushed Oreo’s to simulate the dirt field with half Oreos outling the field like tires. I used a donut for “donut patrol’s” ramp. The ring … Read more
Preparations: To decorate a cake, my steps are always the same. I get a box cake and add a pudding mix. Then I follow the cake mix directions. I look at the design I want to create and I figure out what forms I will need to get the basic shape. In this case I … Read more
This cake was for my mom’s surprise birthday party. She loves everything Harley and love her bike! So what better cake than a Harley Davidson cake! It’s a all white cake but in between each layer there is bright orange frosting. The Willie G Skull on top and the spikes around the top tier are made out of fondant. … Read more
This Titanic birthday cake was made as rich fruit cakes but with gluten-free flour. It was made 3 months before the required date and “fed” once every two weeks with brandy. Then marzipaned and decorated. This was made for the husband of a friend. He is a “Ttitanic” enthusiast and the model of the Titanic was … Read more
My dad is an avid motorcycle enthusiast. His favorite bike of all time is the BMW r69s. So for his 60th birthday, I made him a BMW r69s cake! It’s a chocolate cake with vanilla butter cream frosting. I used a picture of the bike to make it as close as possible, and drew the bike on … Read more
The train cake is carrot cake with butter cream cream cheese frosting. The trains are fondant shaped and molder smaller pieces were made ahead and glued on with Vodka. We used luster dust to make the metal pieces shine. I used our dining room table to roll out the fondant for the tracks so they would have a natural wood … Read more
My friend texted me one day asking if I made a car cake before. I told her no but I could do it. I am too ambitious for my own good. This was my first car cake and it was harder than I thought it would be. A half sheet cake was baked for me … Read more
When I was asked to make this tyre cake I was a bit scared but I went ahead had a go. Many hours later after I managed to get away from Google ( who has a despicably diabolical hold over me), I drew, my template for the rim and hub. In the end I had to ask my daughter who … Read more
My son has two loves in life – Star Wars, and Fireman Sam. I had tried to get him to choose between the two for his 4th birthday cake but he kept changing his mind! Eventually, the day before his party, I sketched out a design for this mix & match cake and he LOVED … Read more
Matthew wanted a tractor cake which I had a basic plan for in my mind. Quite unusually as a man, I have been delegated the cake making or at least icing for our parties. Then Matthew got fixated on having icing vegetables and insisted that he new where to buy them on the other side … Read more
I made this cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. It was made from a Wilton cake pan in the shape of a train engine . The rest of the bogies were cut free hand from a template. The cake was boxed cake mix rich chocolate with eggs available in India. Totally used six single pan … Read more