I enjoy creating fun birthday cakes for my children, but sometimes coming up with an idea that I can actually produce is tricky (since I don’t use fondant). I happened to find a fish-shaped aluminum pan at a garage sale, and it sparked an idea for a fishing themed cake for my son who enjoys … Read more
I decorated this fishing cake for my brother’s 23rd birthday. The cake itself is a red velvet (but the inside was blue instead of red) with a cream cheese icing. All of the design on the cake was hand drawn with the same icing and the fish are just little red gummy candies. The sky … Read more
I made this football stadium cake for my husband’s 35th birthday, he is a big Colts fan. So I decided to create him the full experience of being at the game with players on the field, trees, parking lot with the cars and even a tailgator. I made the stadium cake using a stadium cake … Read more
I made this Steelers Helmet cake for my brother’s birthday Superbowl party. He’s been a huge Steeler’s fan since he was a little boy. For the shape of the helmet I used a Wilton’s soccer ball pan for the top layer. I layered that on top of 2 8″ round layers. Then I carved the … Read more
I had lots of practice trying to make cakes just so I could make my 3 year old little boy a great cake. It took lots of practice and lots of disasters but in the end this is how my Football Pitch Birthday Cake turned out. I was very happy with the end result as … Read more
This Panthers Jersey Birthday Cake was my son’s birthday cake this year – obviously he was turning 9! As he’s really getting into football now that he’s getting older and his favorite NFL team is the Carolina Panthers, I thought a Panthers inspired jersey cake would fit the bill perfectly! I started with a yellow … Read more
I made this homemade football field birthday cake for my son Jonathan’s 6th birthday. Every year I try to make him whatever he wants and because he loves Penn State Football he wanted me to make him a PSU football cake. This homemade football field birthday cake was a lot of fun but pretty time … Read more
I made this Homemade Super Bowl Cake Design during the Superbowl since I am not as interested in the game as my husband and family! I used choc cake mix and since I didn’t have a round or ball shaped pan I used a glass mixing bowl for the cake shape. I greased the bowl … Read more
I used a 14 inch round pan for the base and a 12 inch round pan for the star. I used a template for the star and cut it out. After icing the base, I sprayed it with a full can of silver spray. To get the white line in the star as precise as … Read more
My husband is a huge Nebraska Cornhuskers fan. I wanted to make football cakes of some sort so I made this cake for his 41st birthday. I baked the cake and carved the bleachers and Media Building. I made the outside structure pieces, light poles and football field out of fondant and gum paste.
This football birthday cake is a 13×18 size chocolate cake (two 13×9 cakes put side-to-side). I iced it in buttercream and covered it with homemade marshmallow fondant colored green. The yellow and purple end zones were also homemade fondant that had been colored. Once the field and end zones were together I piped the lines … Read more
This mini golf cake is a 14 inch round covered with marshmallow fondant. I used additional fondant for the golf greens and flags and candy for the ‘stone’ edging. The windmill is made of sugar cookie dough which I cut and frosted. The trees are made with fondant which I rolled into a long thin … Read more