I made this sugar craft for my son’s 5th birthday. I decided to separate the fondant from the cake this year because in past years due to time spent on decorating the cakes were a little stale. So this time because the chocolate cake was separated it tasted yummy! I used three kilos of bought … Read more
Bananas in PJs are a very popular children’s cartoon in Australia featuring B1 and B2. My daughter loved this cartoon at 2 years of age so I made her a B2 cake. Make two cakes in a 23cm square tin and then cut out the banana shape. Save the off cuts to cut out two … Read more
This was for my daughter’s first birthday. This was my first ever cake. I found prints of Sesame Street Big Bird and Elmo and enlarged them on the computer. I used piping gel to make the outline on wax paper and inverted the design on the butter cream frosted cake. I then filled in the … Read more
For every birthday my daughter picks a cartoon or movie character and we do a theme party upon her choice. For her eighth birthday she was so in love with Bear in the Blue House (and I have to admit that I was nuts about this cuddly bear too!!) so I decided to do a … Read more
This cake was traced from a stuffed animal Grover for the outline. The icing is Wilton’s whipping cream. The face and tummy were both cut and rounded to give the three-dimensional shape.
For my daughter’s 2nd birthday, she wanted a Wiggles party. I wanted to make a Wiggles character cake for her, so I chose a Wags the Dog birthday cake decoration. I started with a Wilton 11x15x2 cake pan, which uses two boxes of cake mix. I also baked a round cake using a Pampered Chef … Read more
I used the Wilton cruiser pan and cut the top to make it a convertible. Next I covered the cake with buttercream and then fondant. I used a book wrapped in foil to lift the cake up then attached fondant wheels. I used buttercream to decorate the Wiggles logo. I made the Wiggles and the … Read more
I made this cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I used the Wilton Elmo cake pan. Looking at a Zoe Sesame Street picture, I outlined in all of the main parts and filled in with the star tip. This cake did take a while to make due to the many different colors that had to … Read more
My son’s 2-year birthday theme will be Boohbah. After a lot of searching I couldn’t find much for these sort of cakes other then a basic cake with the figurines placed on it, so I decided to try my hand at making a Boohbah cake myself. We are all so pleased around here with the … Read more
I started to make my own cakes because my kids always chose themes you could not buy in the supermarkets. For this Teletubbies I just used a basic sponge recipe and baked it in a round Pyrex pudding bowl. Covered with green sugar paste and made some Teletubbies to sit on top. Cake by Amanda … Read more
I made this Brum cake for my friend’s son’s first birthday as he is Brum mad. I used a toy Brum car to copy the cake. I used a loaf pan to bake the cake. I cut the shape of Brum to the best of my ability and then iced this with Fondant icing. I … Read more
I used a picture of Captain Feathersword from one of my daughter’s coloring books and I sketched it enlarging it on three sheets of paper and cut it out having three separate pieces. I baked two 9X13 cakes and used my pattern to cut out the pieces to make this Wiggles birthday cake. I used … Read more