I make all of my grandkids’ birthday cakes and sometimes they really come up with some dandy requests. My grandson’s request this year was for a Planes cake. Because he was turning 5 and I wanted to incorporate his age into the cake, I took the pattern of the number 5 and created the runway … Read more
I have been decorating cakes for several years, usually for family and friends. A friend asked if I could make a U.S. Air Force F-35 cake for a welcome home party she was having for her son who was home on leave from the U.S. Air Force. He is training to maintain and repair F-35 fight … Read more
My soon-to-be 3 year old son is obsssesed with trains and he requested a steam engine cake for his birthday. Design I wanted to make a cake that didn’t have alot of artificial ingredients. I didn’t see any cakes on the internet that would work for me, so I made up my own. My child … Read more
This John Deere tractor cake is every little boy’s dream and was one of my first. A co-worker asked me to make it for her son’s first birthday since he loved John Deere tractor toys! The flavor of the cake was vanilla, since my scratch vanilla is better for carving than my super-moist chocolate! The … Read more
My 4 year old son thought it was the coolest Optimus Prime cake ever! This cake was born out of pure frustration of having to always pay a fortune for pretty but tasteless cakes that need a year supply of coffee to flush it past the gag reflex to try and swallow and eventually after … Read more
I made this cake for my nine year old grandson’s birthday. I wanted a Harley cake but one that was just a little different than the ones that I had seen before on cake sites. So this is what I came up with. I bought a old truck with the Harley in the back riding … Read more
I wanted to do something special for my husband’s birthday and I know how much he loves his car. He took such pride in rebuilding it that I wanted to do something extraordinary for him. So, I decided to take the plunge and try to replicate his 41 Chevy. I may as well have been … Read more
I made this Jeep Wrangler birthday cake for my husband. I’m a hobby baker and a house wife taking care of my 1 year old son. I’m originally from the Philippines and it’s my 2nd year in the USA. A month after I arrived here, I got pregnant so I never had a chance to … Read more
This cake was for my daughter’s 7th birthday. First, I covered the board in pink fondant – this is important to do a few days before the cake is needed, as it takes some time to set, and will save much frustration later on, promise! I then baked two cakes – a standard round cake, … Read more
I made this 50th birthday cake for a friend. It all started 2 years ago when I made my husband a 1/3 scale replica of his Harley Davidson for his 50th birthday (that cake is also on this site)! It was then that my friend Steve said he wanted a cake of his beloved GT Falcon. … Read more
Each birthday my children pick the flavor of their cake and the shape of their cake. Thanks to great ideas from this web site, most of them have been successful. This August my son turned 9. He chose a train cake. I immediately wanted it to be a 9-car cake. He requested poppy seed cake … Read more
This cake is homemade and a hundred percent edible , except for 4 lollipop sticks. This year my Grandson Jaxon told me for his 4th birthday cake he wanted a Monster Truck cake, he must have a 100 monster trucks….he loves them. I said ok that’s what I’ll make you ! But I was thinking….oh … Read more