This baseball birthday cake was my first attempt to make a 3-D cake. Being nervous I began the cake making process 3 days early. Purchased the cake pan and read the directions twice over. I even made sure I had enough batter making supplies to make an extra one if needed. A successful first attempt … Read more
For my son’s 4th birthday he wanted a football theme party. My husband and I decided that we would finally try out fondant and making our own cake. So keep in mind this was the first cake we ever made, the fondant was homemade as well. I’ve since smartened up and started buying Wilton’s fondant … Read more
This Baseball Jersey birthday cake was made at the request of an eight year old who wanted a cake of his own personal baseball jersey. The inside of the cake was made from three French Vanilla cake mixes. They needed the cake to feed about 40 people so I decided to make a cake underneath (this particular … Read more
This 3rd birthday Racetrack cake was actually very simple to make – I used two round cake pans with two store bought cake mixes (vanilla). I cut the edges so they would fit nicely and placed the cakes together on the board. Then I used butter cream icing all over the top and sides – … Read more
When I asked Bryce what kind of cake he wanted me to make for his 3rd birthday he said he wanted one with a road on it. As I browsed through pictures on the internet, he watched over my shoulder, indignant if I stopped on one that did not have a road. “I need a … Read more
This Boston Bruins Hockey Jersey cake was made for my nephew who is one amazing hockey player and also LOVES the Boston Bruins!! When my sister-in-law asked me to make his cake for him I was honored. I knew it needed to be hockey related and BB’s. I carved the cake like a jersey and then … Read more
I made this soccer birthday cake for my nephew’s birthday. I haven’t made a large cake like this for over ten years. I had forgotten about a few things, 1) was how heavy cakes get, and 2) was don’t make it bigger than your car! We fitted it in the car without an inch to spare and drove very slowly to … Read more
I was asked to make a basketball themed cake for a boy turning 9, who is a huge NY Knicks fan! It was kind of last minute, so I thought, “OK, I will make a basketball court.” My cake was chocolate fudge flavor with butter cream icing. I made marshmallow fondant (easy to make, less expensive than … Read more
Go Giants! This was for a big Giants fan for her birthday! Chocolate cake with a chocolate pudding filling frosted with white butter cream. Homemade of course. The accents were all made out of fondant. Just a simple 10 in square cake was used to assemble the cake. The hardest most time consuming was the little … Read more
My brother, a football fanatic, requested a 100% edible birthday cake. Ask and you shall receive is my motto and I created a football cake that was 100% edible. The hoagie style cakes sandwich like middle were made with various candies I microwaved and then flattened and shaped. I had a lot of fun being … Read more
I’m sixteen years old and aspire to be a baker. My grandfather is turning 85 and I wanted to make him something special. I thought of the idea to make a golf themed cake and looked up what other people had done. I decided on a sheet cake that I would design with fondant to … Read more
This is a double layer sheet cake. I crumb coated it then went back with a layer of white frosting. I cut the “cookies” in different lengths to represent a beach fence and glued them to the side of the cake with additional frosting where necessary. I did learn however, that this should be your last step … Read more