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This aircraft cake was created for a group of men and women who worked with the military. A cake of an aircraft was specifically requested. I already knew this cake was going to be a challenge for me but was up to it and excited to do it. I always enjoy trying new things, that’s how I … Read more
For my youngest granddaughter’s first birthday her mommy wanted a cake with monkeys. Her room has monkeys and her nick name is “Monkey.” We found napkins with monkeys and I patterned the monkeys on the cake after the ones on the napkins. The cake is on a Wilton 3-tier party stand. I started preparing over … Read more
For my 10 year old son’s birthday party we decided to have a camping party in our backyard. It was a big hit! We set up tents in the back, built a real campfire, roasted marshmallows, and told ghost stories, in addition to singing happy birthday with our the Hottest Cake Around! I always enjoy … Read more
This monkey baby shower cake was created for a friend’s baby shower. She did not find out the sex of her baby and a neutral themed cake was needed, so I used green and yellow. I chose to make baby monkeys since my friend used monkeys as a theme for her baby. I made the … Read more
My son who was turning 4 requested a Pirate cake. I asked him what he wanted it to look like and he said he wanted a hook on top like Captain Hook and a sword. I started to brain storm asking him about certain things I was thinking about and he would yay or nay … Read more
This purse birthday cake was for my husband’s boss’ daughter’s birthday (hope that wasn’t too confusing, lol). I decided to go with a 3D purse, so I baked two quarter slab cakes, cooled, cut each in half and sandwiches between layers of butter cream. I chilled the cake to let it firm up before carving. … Read more
This Trashies Cake is a double layer 6 inch chocolate cake, sliced and filled with chocolate butter cream, covered in grey vanilla butter cream, green slime piping gel (home made), gum paste grey trash can lid, fondant name, fish skeleton and eyes, fondant flies on spiral wire, black icing ants. Printable image of Logo, crushed Oreo’s … Read more
I made this Mack truck cake for my son’s 3rd birthday, he is Cars mad and desperately wanted a Mack Truck cake. I baked 2 large chocolate rectangle cakes. The first cake I cut in half length ways and stacked to make the trailer. The second cake I cut in quarters, then one quarter cut … Read more
My granddaughter’s birthday is October 28th so we decided to have a Halloween birthday party. I baked a 13×9 vanilla cake and frosted it with chocolate fudge frosting. I added a pumpkin patch with candy pumpkins and green butter cream frosting. I made cookie tombstones and a graveyard fence by dipping pretzels in melted chocolate … Read more
I created this dinosaur cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. Firstly, I started with using 2 packet mixes per large Pyrex bowl and baked for about an hour until they were booked. Make sure you grease the bowl well as one of the cakes got a little stuck! The body of the dinosaur was created from … Read more
My client said she was having a surprise 50th birthday party for her husband at a winery and wanted a cake to go with that theme. I searched wine barrel cake ideas online and found a few that I liked, especially one by The Cake Zone. I created the cake in 3 sections supported with … Read more
My daughter loves lions, so for her third birthday in February I decided to surprise her with a lion cake. I was really nervous about making this cake and it ended up being one of my favorite cakes I have ever made. My daughters and all of our party guests were in awe of this … Read more