I made this cake idea for a pilot leaving the company (a going away party). I began with a square cake pan for the sky. I used blue food coloring in fluffy white frosting and then swirled plain fluffy white frosting for clouds. Then I placed a round cake pan for the plane. I used … Read more
This Homemade Riverboat Cake was made for a retirement party, after the Barefoot Princess was sold to new owners. I did my best to make the cake look as much like the real boat as I could, and learned a lot from the process. I used three 9×13 inch cake pans, baked different flavors…chocolate, yellow … Read more
I was approached by a friend of mine to make his 5th Anniversary Cake for his business. He told me he wanted his tour bus with Forrest Gump sitting waiting for the bus. I told him I would see what I could do for him. I started with a wood base 24 x 24 I … Read more
For my son who was obsessed with garbage trucks I made this Garbage Truck Cake. I had a hard time finding any online so I ended up making two pound cakes in bread pans , cut and stacked them. Most are squares or rectangles and I set it up on two rectangles to attach the … Read more
My husband is in the army and flies in a Chinook helicopter. My son has been obsessed with them since he was old enough to understand that’s dads job. I decided to do an army cake but I didn’t wanna do just a plain ol’ cake like everyone else gets. I made him a Chinook … Read more
For my God Daughter’s 4th birthday she wanted a “princess carriage” cake with a “princess trapped inside”. To make the Princess Carriage Birthday Cake I stacked 3 round cakes using cherry chocolate filling between each layer then placed dowels and a cardboard cutout that just covered the cakes. On top of that I placed one … Read more
Bake cake mix in 2 9×5 inch loaf pans and you use doughnuts for the wheels (even one on back for the spare). Use one loaf for the base of the jeep cake. From the other one, cut one half off for top of jeep. And cut the other half into 3 pieces. (2 pieces … Read more
I love making cakes. I mainly make them for my 10 kids and 8 grand kids! I’m the cake maker of the family! I’ve made Princess Castle cakes, to Elmo cakes, to trucks and Lego cakes. This Jeep Cake was made for my grandson, Mason. When I asked him what kind of cake he wanted, … Read more
I made this Monster Truck cake for my son’s fifth birthday party. He LOVES Monster Trucks! The cake is made in 5 pieces. Front and back of truck are cut out of 9×13″ yellow cake middle is cut out of additional 9×13″ yellow cake. Wheels are made of 6″ round chocolate cake. Then piped homemade … Read more
Our son’s third birthday is coming and he is dead set on having a Bounty Hunter Monster Truck cake. So we have looked every where for a cake pan of a monster truck but couldn’t find one. We did however find THIS cool site with lots of ideas, so we gave it a try. The … Read more
Cake Pan: I used the Wilton Cruiser pan that I purchased from Michael’s. Once the cake was baked, I cut the “hatchback” off of the car to make it look like the bed of the truck. Once baked, put cake on piece of cardboard covered with foil that is cut to same size or a … Read more
I made this Monster Truck Jam Cake for my nephew, Matt for his 6th birthday. He had been to a Monster Truck Jam with his parents and had taken a liking to Blue Thunder, which became his favorite. I looked for a Blue Thunder truck small enough to fit on the cake to no avail. … Read more