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For over 3 years now, I’ve been a volunteer baker with a wonderful National Charity called Cake4kids, which bakes birthday cakes for Foster Children; most of whom have never had a birthday cake. Every September, our chapter holds a cake competition fund raiser for about 300 cake tasters with local judges; including a Pastry Chef … Read more
For my son’s 4th birthday last year, he decided he wanted to invite friends… for the first time! So I knew I couldn’t make any cake, it had to be KID-worthy! He loved Thomas and Friends, so that was the theme of his party. His only request was, “PLEASE, don’t but any nasty blueberries in … Read more
Hello folks… Presenting to you my most prized creation, my Humpty Dumpty Cake and my own version of my niece’s favorite rhyme: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had A great time And all of the BAKERS ‘n Chefs Brought Humpty Dumpty Back to life again It was my niece’s 3rd birthday and what … Read more
My sweet little girl decided she wanted a tea party for her 3rd birthday this year, so I needed to make a teapot party cake. I had no clue how to go about that, but I like a challenge. :) I really dislike fondant, so I made a batch of white modeling chocolate to use … Read more
I was excited when my son turned 8! He was into racing tracks and cars. What a perfect combination for making a cake… a number 8 race track cake. I baked 2 round 20cm cakes, chocolate and caramel mud. I levelled the cakes identically, slicing the tops off. I also cut the ends of each … Read more
My sister is a Halloween enthusiast and requests creepy and odd cakes every year for her birthday, this year I decided to not make the request and surprise her instead. The brain cake is not very difficult at all. first I bought packaged cake mix from the grocery store, tinted it green and baked it … Read more
I made this Cooler Cake for my husbands birthday and it was a blast to make! I started with sheet cakes I baked and let the fun flow from there, I stacked them and covered them in icing and fondant and had some painting fun with my airbrush, but the most crazy fun and a … Read more
Hello, I wish to submit my wife Margarita for the monthly contest. She put close to 50 hours into making this creation and the results you see here. She is new to decorating, but has a fantastic eye for detail and hands of gold. Everything you see was hand sculpted as there are no molds … Read more
I made this anti gravity cake for my son-in-law who loves Stowford Cider. It was for his 40th birthday and I wanted something with a WOW factor. Designing the Barrel Cake The cake was made from a 6 layer checkered cake using a Zenker 24cm set of 3 checkered cake tins (which I bought for … Read more
For this animated Mario Brothers cake, I had to purchase 2, cake pans 10”X 3”. 1 box of cake mix per pan 3 layers high, one white and two chocolate, with ½ half strawberry with vanilla pudding filling and the other half chocolate ganaches, which allowed the cake to settle on one side so I … Read more
This M&Ms anti-gravity cake was a practice run for me to see how it would turn out. To make the cake, I used a balloon stick with the plastic clip “glued” to the cake board with melted chocolate. I placed 3 pieces of floral wire in the upside down balloon stick and trimmed to length. … Read more
I made this anti-gravity beer mug cake for my father’s birthday and he LOVED it! It was a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache coating. The fondant was marshmallow fondant and the suds were buttercream. Everything was made from scratch and I can provide recipes if anyone is interested. To make the cake I used a … Read more