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Here is just one of the many baby cakes I have been asked to do for family and friends! It all started from making my mum’s 50th birthday cake and everyone was totally amazed that it was the first cake I had ever made and from that my ideas just got wild! Hence this very … Read more
This cake was for my brother in law and he loves reptiles, so I decided to do this Burmese Python snake cake for him. I used 2 x 7″ cakes and one 10″ and cut holes in the middle. I carved it a little bit to give a round shape. I used a mud cake … Read more
For my daughter’s 6th birthday party, she wanted to have a mermaids party. The only problem was that she wanted to invite some boys in her class as well. So I adapted the theme to Mermaids and Pirates: Under the Sea. For the cake, I decided what better than to have a treasure chest cake … Read more
A friend of mine was having a Shrek themed party for her son and asked if I could help her out with a cake. I jumped at the chance. Not only did she want Shrek on the cake, she wanted it to be a Topsy Turvy cake. This would be my first Topsy Turvy cake … Read more
We have a group of 6 moms that enjoy getting together. We try to do a little something for each other on our birthdays. For my friend Jill, I decided to make the cutest high heel cupcakes. I first found the cupcake liners to determine the color of the “shoes”. Baked the cupcakes and then … Read more
This cool golden birthday dragon cake was probably my best effort, ever, to date. I wanted to make a golden cake for my daughter’s golden birthday. I had already made one golden cake for my OTHER daughter, and I wasn’t entirely happy with it. So I kept thinking, what can I do besides just…gold? Then … Read more
I bake and decorate cakes as a side business, mainly through word of mouth. My customers have normally been friends, family, and local inns in our area who request cakes for special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, etc. I pride myself in making cakes that taste delicious so I am very particular about the type … Read more
I was surprised by my daughter, Jammie Hatfield. She told me she was pregnant. Well, grandma wanted to host the baby shower for her. And, that started it all! I asked her what kind of cake or theme she wanted . Previous, to this ,I started following my daughter’s friends on the Pintrest site. So,I thought, … Read more
Everything on this board is CAKE! Chocolate mud and ganach to be exact. Everything is edible. Five hours of love went into this Nike shoe cake and another two for the box. I created this cake for a friend that wanted to give his mate the coolest birthday cake ever! I personalized the label on the box … Read more
I made this Tequila cake for a friend’s 45th birthday. The base is an 9-inch round cake covered in marshmallow fondant. For the bottle I took a 12-inch square cake and cut it into quarters. I stacked them 4 high for a 6-inch cube and then trimmed the sides of the top layer to slant … Read more
I had a specific request for this Halloween graduation cake; it had to be text books because it was for a graduation. It had to have a knife stabbed into it and it had to have what was written on the ‘sheet of paper’ . The girl was graduating with a Social Work degree around … Read more
This was for a friends granddaughter’s birthday. I used a soccer ball cake pan and three 8″ and three 10″ rounds to make this snowman cake. Using a dowel to support the entire cake and supporting the layers with wooden dowels and cake plates I carved the bottom layer to give the impression of a … Read more