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I started this Halo Warthog cake by baking a square base for the ground then covered it with chocolate frosting and Giradelli chocolate that I blended into “dirt” pieces in the blender. (That was DELICIOUS!!) Then I baked the next cake in a race car mold because it was the closest shape to the Halo jeep. … Read more
I made 4 sheet cakes and layered it with frosting in between. Then carved the body shape and frosted it. I then made a lot of rice crispy cereal treats and shaped them into the fins of the fish. I had to shape them around bowls and cups and let them harden for a while … Read more
This Baby Boy ‘Converse’ Shower cake was made for a new mom in our church to celebrate the arrival of her first little boy. The bottom is two 10 inch round French vanilla cakes that have a vanilla butter cream filling. The top tier is two 8 inch chocolate rounds with vanilla butter cream filling. Both … Read more
My gorgeous niece wants to be a palaeontologist when she grows up, she’s seriously nearly one already, with all her knowledge on the subject! Anyway, she loves dinosaurs in particular. I thought she might be a little old now for a dinosaur birthday cake but when asked she REALLY wanted one, so I thought this … Read more
Smokey the cat…for a cat lover. My first attempt at an animal. I carved my cake when it was still slightly frozen. When covering the cake I had to work quickly to smooth into the grooves that I had carved. I used rolled fondant for the tail and mixed tylose powder with the fondant for … Read more
Bertha?!?! I had never heard of Bertha the toy making machine and had been asked to do a birthday cake with a Bertha theme. I trawled through Google and found few pictures that showed the full image. I had an idea of what this toy making machine was like, so I let my imagination run … Read more
When I made the sponges I had 1 rectangular sheet and 1 round cake…..OK, here goes. So I creamed the rectangular sheet cake and placed on the board, and cut the round cake in half, now I had these 2 cakes just sitting there. Where do I go from here I asked myself? My idea … Read more
I was asked by a friend to bake a lizard birthday cake for his son’s birthday. I am a novice cake decorator (the lizard was number 4) but I told him I would give it my best shot. The body of the lizard is sculpted chocolate fudge cake with milk chocolate icing, feet and tail … Read more
It’s soon my daughter’s birthday. I thought I’d make another handbag cake but a different look this time. And I wanted to incorporate things in her life that mean the world to her, this is what I did I had to do all the modelling first. I made the face and the legs of a pug … Read more
First I made the fondant flowers in different shapes and sizes and the topper of the cake. Then I made the chocolate ganache for the cake filling. When the cakes were ready I made the fondant, put some chocolate ganache in the middle of the cake, and covered them, one with baby pink fondant and … Read more
I made this party toilet birthday cake for a longtime family friend that is a plumber. I used two pound cakes and one yellow cake mix combined. I used an oval pan for the bottom bowl then used the same pan to mold the seat and cover using pastillage. I used two small square pans for … Read more
This lady came to me one day with a picture of a Smurf House cake that she had found on Google, and she asked me if I could make it for her daughter’s birthday. I had never made any 3D cakes before, but I couldn’t loose this client, so I didn’t even think, I just … Read more