Looking for a birthday cake to impress? Look no further!
These cakes are all contest winners and include all shapes, sizes and genres. What you will see are not your ordinary birthday cakes. Be sure to pause and savor these details. You too can learn how to make these incredibly cool sugar constructions.
You will find a wine bottle nestled in a box, a life-sized guitar, and a stained glass lamp. Keep looking and you can read how to make R2D2 pushing a baby stroller. Scroll down and chance upon an amazing replica of the Titanic. If you’re a Harry Potter fan, be sure to check out his owl Hedwig, Hagrid’s hut and the Monster Book of Monsters. Whichever image catches your eye, your mind will not believe that you are actually looking at a birthday cake!
We are in awe of what our contest winners came up with when submitting a birthday cake. Let us know what inspires you and share your creation with us here!
I made this cake for some friends of mine. They just asked me for Hedwig but I got carried away as I am a big fan of Harry potter. So I saw this fantastic cake stand on ebay that looked like a bird cage and that’s when this cake was born. Everything just had to … Read more
Let’s get honest. Fondant is expensive and time consuming! Ok, maybe I’m just scared of new things. Anyway, you can make a memorable cake like me…EVEN if you have FOUR KIDS ages FIVE and UNDER and you dont want to try fondant. That’s right people. Do it in stages. Freeze it. Cut it. MAKE YOUR … Read more
I wanted to make a cake for the son of my friend who was turning 2. The boy’s name is Luca and he is such a sweet boy. I went to their home to discuss the cake with his mother but she couldn’t choose one. In the meantime I noticed that Luca was playing with … Read more
I was tasked with making a baby doll cake for a 6 year old little girl’s birthday. Easy right? WRONG! My first idea was to use the Wilton 3D teddy bear pan, only make it a doll and not a bear. Then I had an image of hacking up a doll pop in to my … Read more
Every year I ask my son, “What kind of birthday do you want?” and almost instantly regret it. I love making cakes, but I am no expert; I have no training of any kind and some of the designs I come up with are quite difficult, though I’m not experienced enough to know it. But … Read more
Our “Audrey II” cake was made for an actor in the lead role of “Seymour” in a stage production of “Little Shop Of Horrors”. This cake was so much fun to make! The cake board is a wooden disk covered in food grade gold foil. I used a center post attached to the cake base … Read more
My now 6 year old daughter is obsessed with Harry Potter, so she was dying for a Harry Potter party. We (well OK I) tend to go a little nuts with the theme, but this was such fun! As I’m not confident enough in my cake making abilities to create Hogwarts, I decided that Hagrid’s Hut would be … Read more
My son wanted an Angry Bird cake for his birthday last year. I thought, “piece of cake! I’ll go to the store and ORDER one!” Boy, was I surprised to find out that our supermarket had absolutely nothing in their cake design book for Angry Birds! But they were SOOOO popular, how can that be??? … Read more
I came up with the idea for this chocolate bar cake because I wanted to make a special cake for a friend’s birthday. She is Norwegian and she loves chocolate, so I decided to create a replica of one of her favorite chocolate bars in cake form. How I Made My Friend’s Chocolate Bar Cake … Read more
My Mom’s 60th birthday was coming up and I wanted to make her a special wine bottle cake. My sister thought I should make something funny (a roll of toilet paper that read “You’re old as crap! Here’s to wiping another year away”). Besides the fact that my very conservative grandmother thought it was inappropriate … Read more
I had a VERY last minute order for a 3D sculpted Venom cake and matching cupcakes. I was more than happy to do it because my husband is a huge comic book fan. He was very excited throughout the entire process as he watched the sculpture come together. In fact when I was done he … Read more
A few years ago I was asked by family friends if I would take on the task of a wedding cake. Now, I’m not a pro, here. I work 45 hours a week at a small law office and sell skin care on the side. I’m certainly not the cake lady. Our friends were impressed … Read more