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I made this Cheese Burger cake for the carnival at my daughter’s school class. It was a chocolate cake in the middle and vanilla cakes for the top and the bottom with chocolate ganache, all decorations are made with sugar paste. It was the first time I was using my airbrush, and I was like a little … Read more
When I was asked to do this Disney Frozen cake, my first thought was how to do the figurine… fondant or buy a toy? I decided to buy a toy topper because the fondant version would be a lot of work, therefore upping the price significantly for the cake. You would think one of the … Read more
This Pokemon cake was for a friend’s birthday. He loves to play Pokemon video games, so I asked his friends who some of his favorite characters were (I know Mario is not a Pokemon, but it was one his favorites too), and made all of them out of sugar dough. They took a long time … Read more
He loves Batman comics! I had to make him something connected to Batman for his birthday cake. When I saw a picture of a Batman projector on Google images, I knew I could make that out of a cupcake! First I made cupcakes (enough for everyone – but only the birthday boy’s was decorated). Then … Read more
This water bottle cake was for a friend who loves to drink water! He always has a water bottle with him so I thought it would be cute if his cake looked like one too. I made a chocolate cake and then cut out circles from it, and stacked them with icing in between. I … Read more
I decided to do a dinosaur cake as my son is Dino mad. I used rice crispies for the tail and legs, 20in round cake tin for the body cut in half and a loaf tin for the head carved to the shaped I wanted. I also built his head up a bit till it … Read more
This was a birthday cake design that I made on Christmas day. It was due the next day and we were leaving on vacation the next day. The worst part? My friend was delivering it! This was a surprise cake from the daughter of a lady turning 50. She is a passionate traveler, loves tea and tea … Read more
I made this suspended beer mug cake for my husband’s grandfather who was turning 90 years old. He owned a pub back in the day, so I decided to make this beer mug cake. I used 4×6″ round cakes with a dowel supporting the cake. I made the cakes the day before then I froze … Read more
My sister and I have watched and helped my Mom make cakes for many years. I am almost 45 and my sister is almost 42. We both have daughters, hers is 10 and mine just turned 4. We started asking our daughters months in advance about what kind of cake they want for their birthdays. … Read more
This is my KFC chicken bucket and sides cake. I made this for my husband’s birthday. I did the silly thing and asked my two boys what should daddy’s cake be this year and they said KFC. Oh my, what a challenge it was. The hardest part was deciding what sides to do and what … Read more
My daughter is completely mad about the new Frozen film from Disney (and so am I a little!), and she asked me to make her a birthday cake in this theme. I had the idea of making the cake with some of the figures she had got on a recent trip to Disneyland Paris. I … Read more
It was July in Iowa, hot and humid. My oldest son’s love of owls inspired me, so I scoured the internet for pictures of owls and owl cakes. I had never attempted a vertical cake, and I thought it would be fun to try. I saved my favorite pictures on my computer and sketched out … Read more