My 2 year old Grandson wanted a car birthday cake. I made two chocolate cakes from scratch. One 9 x 13 and one 8 x 8 placing the square one on top after cutting off a slant for the windshield. I made butter creme frosting and covered the entire car with a thin layer of white. I … Read more
This dream car cake was a cake I made for a boys 16th birthday. His parents told me that all he wanted for his birthday was a BMW and since there was no way he was getting a real car they wanted to give him a cake that looked just like his dream car. I … Read more
I started this cool Nautical Ship lost at sea cake two weeks ahead of time making all of the accessories. I actually had two cakes to make a day apart due. I made my own fondant for the cake as usual, and the customer loved it. I hand painted all of the accessories, and for the captain’s wheel … Read more
Ingredients for the Unicycle cake: Your favorite cake batter Your favorite white frosting One large dark chocolate Hershey bar Several small milk chocolate Hershey bars Twizlers (the type that peel apart) You will need to bake your favorite cake recipe and bake it in round pans. Let them cool completely. Leave one half of the … Read more
My nephew is really into cars and trucks, so I decided to make him a dump truck cake for his birthday. I used the Wilton’s Dump Truck Pan. Since it was a small cake I decided to make it a 2 layer cake. I made two cakes in the same pan and iced them together. … Read more
I started this MGP Scooter Cake by making a rectangle cake (in a lamington size tin) then cut it into the size I wanted for the deck of scooter. I made the wheels out of two colors of fondant icing (white and peach color) and molded them into shape with the white on the outside. The handle bars are made out … Read more
I was asked to make a cake for a friend’s daughter. She was turning 9 and is a horse lover. Her mum suggested a princess carriage, with 2 horses. I had never made horses before. I started making the horses a week out so they would be hard enough to stand (I added Tylose to … Read more
I made this Off-Road ATV layered cake for my husband’s birthday last year. It is made out of orange cake with chocolate fudge frosting. It was pretty simple initially but the more I stacked the layers up the harder it was to control. First I took a couple of sheet cakes and then cut them into … Read more
My 6 year old LOVES trains. It was fitting that he have a train cake for his birthday. I used buttercream to cover this cake instead of fondant. For the wheels I used mini oreos, the steam spout was a mini icecream cone rolled in sprinkles and filled with white buttercream frosting. It was a hit with … Read more
I just finished this Rambler cake yesterday. It took 2 weeks to make. I have never made a car or anything else for that matter out of rice krispy treats but thought I would give it a go, and this is the final result. It was for my mother’s birthday yesterday. An AMC 1962 Rambler … Read more
My twin 6 year old boys LOVE trains! For the past few years they have requested train cakes. I was out of ideas and one day while waiting for a train I hopped out of the car and took a picture of the crossing with my phone. And that is where this railroad crossing gate … Read more
I baked a delicious and easy chocolate cake for this train cake and let it cool. I turned it out onto a cake board I made from a baking tray and silver paper. Then I made green vanilla butter cream and spread it onto the cake with a spatula and created a grassy effect with a serrated knife. … Read more