A boy that I have been looking after in my home day care since he was one wanted a Jets birthday cake. He really loves the Jets. He cashed in big at Christmas time with all kinds of Jets merchandise. So for his 6th birthday his Mom asked if I could make a Jets cake … Read more
I made two rectangle Victoria sponges, put jam and butter icing on one and stuck the other on top. I made blue Jello in a smaller plastic rectangle. I cut out some of the sponge and placed the blue jello into it. I then butter iced all around the remaining sponge. Then I unwrapped lots and lots of Starbust … Read more
As I think I have mentioned before, all of my cake ideas come from my boys…so when one of the boys was turning 4 and had just learned how to play billiards at granny’s house and absolutely LOVED the game (he was good at it too) he asked me for a Pool Table cake for … Read more
My 14-year-old daughter is a huge football fan, and since her birthday was so close to the Super Bowl, she went with the 49ers theme. The cake is a double-layer 9×13 size. I found a 49ers logo coloring picture online, and sized it to what I wanted. After putting a base layer of frosting on … Read more
When a friend approached me with the picture of Manchester’s logo I was like sure this is a challenge! Chocolate being a hot universal favorite they wanted a choco-walnut cake. All they cared about is the logo. Here is what I made, a chocolate walnut cake with glace chocolate icing, the logo with sugar paste and the cake base … Read more
A friend of my husband’s was going to a Superbowl party last weekend and asked me about a week ahead of time if I could make them a Superbowl cake. So, I went shopping for supplies! This one was fun and so challenging. I just baked 2 cakes (9′ and 6″). I covered the top … Read more
My son-in-law loves playing ball so I decided to make him a birthday cake that added a home run to his birthday! A lot of carving of cakes and planning went into this one. The sheet cake was chocolate and hat, bat, and ball was vanilla. The cake’s icing was also homemade with butter cream icing. … Read more
My son is a golf-nut and when his birthday came around I knew just what to do, a big Golf Ball birthday cake. I made a sheet cake (18x12x2), cut in half and stacked with butter cream icing. The golf ball was a cake pan used for a filled cake so I used it to enlarge … Read more
I made this Baseball diamond cake for my son’s end-of-the-season baseball banquet. The large rectangle cake on bottom is a fudge marble cake, and on top of it is a small round cake which I used a dome-shaped oven safe bowl to make. I used butter cream icing on the entire cake, which I made myself using the Wilton … Read more
My son has asked me to make his birthday cake this year. “What do you have in mind?” I ask, thinking he’s probably going to ask me to make him a Titanic cake like he did last year. I shudder at the thought. “I want a Shelby Mustang!” he replies eagerly. Ummm…ooookay. My mind begins … Read more
I came up with this Puppy Roller Skate Cake after a friend’s daughter decided to have a Skate Party with a Diva Puppy theme. I was reasonably certain I could make a roller skate cake, but wasn’t sure about a free form puppy. I started with a 9×13 cake. I found a boot print online and … Read more
This baseball field cake was made for my nephew’s 14th birthday. He loves to play baseball. He was so happy when I gave him this cake at his birthday party. He had about 10 boys at his party and each time a guest arrived he took them straight to see his cake. What was funny … Read more