I made this Hummingbird Birthday cake for a friend’s dad who was turning 80. He enjoys spending his time bird watching and his favorite is hummingbirds. So the request was for flowers and hummingbirds. I kind of freaked out at first about the hummingbirds but I did my research and decided to do a frozen butter cream transfer … Read more
My friends favorite cake recipe was called a hummingbird cake. I never heard of it but found a receipe and made it for her. I kept it simple and didn’t put fondant on it. Instead I made flowers and a hummingbird out of gumpaste to sit on the top of the cake. I shaped the … Read more
This red Cardinal cake was an inspiration. After making the sky blue, I drew the cardinal using the end of a rose nail. Then I used the grass tip with red icing to make the cardinal with piling the frosting with grass lines for dimension. I used the border tip to make the branch using chocolate butter cream frosting. The 10 … Read more
My sister-in-law decided owls would be a cute theme for my niece’s first birthday party. I told her I would be happy to make her an owl cake and smash cake. I only have sons, so I jump at any opportunity to make girly cakes. The color scheme was going to be pink and turquoise, … Read more
I made this cake for my son’s 6th birthday. He’s been an Angry Birds fan for a while now and had discovered the various variations of the game on our smart phone, so he wanted an Angry Birds Star Wars cake. I figured Chewbacca would be the easiest to do, with butter cream ”fur”. The lettering and … Read more
Sometimes it’s hard to tell what a 2-year old’s favorite things are, so when my son’s 2nd birthday was coming up, I turned to what I KNEW he loved – the “duck” he couldn’t sleep without! I decided to make it 3 dimensional, just for added interest…how hard could it be after all? Fortunately he had a … Read more
We were having a February birthday party for the birthdays in my family which was my niece, son, and my mom. Of course my niece wanted a Barbie birthday, and my son wanted a cowboy birthday. This left me in a bit of a bind with what to do, so I did a Barbie, Cowboy and tried my hand … Read more
I was asked to make a cake for a gentleman’s 90th birthday by a friend of my mum’s. They said he used to breed chickens and were thinking about a chicken cake. I thought that sounded a bit boring for such an impressive birthday so asked about a few other of his interests. I was … Read more
I decided to make this chocolate fudge owl cake for a friend’s birthday as she likes owls and penguins. I decided against the penguin as black icing doesn’t taste that nice. I Googled some images to give me an idea of where to start. I had been recently given the Mary Berry baking bible as a present and have … Read more
Since my daughter now knows what birthdays are and what cakes are, as she just turned three, she just gave me a list of demand on what pictures she wanted on cakes and how many cakes she wanted, like one for school, one for home party, one for the neighbor, one for grandmother. List was … Read more
Enlarge your favorite Duck/Ducky. This duck was improved by a co-worker who made the beak which I then enlarged on copier. Initially cake made for a staffing around Easter. At that time it was just the duck with only white stars around duck, which could still make a nice shower cake… also. For outline cut … Read more
This Angry Bird cake was made for my nephew. His is obsessed with Angry Birds, in particular the Black Angry Bird. My partner (daughter) made all of the characters for this cake. She makes all of the characters for all of the cakes that I make. She is a great artist. I am not a … Read more