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This In The Night Garden birthday cake was made for my niece’s little boy who is 22 yrs. Because of broken marriages I hadn’t seen her for about 18-20 yrs. Facebook brought me to see her mum Ruth again. Then I saw them both at a carnival. They had seen a few of my cakes on … Read more
My sister in law loves all things vintage elegant and Victorian so I made her a birthday cake that had all those elements. I stacked 2- 6 inch cakes and then made the rounded top by baking the top layer in a half ball pan. I used raspberry filling in a French vanilla cake. The cake is … Read more
I started out on this castle cake with only having made three previous cakes and only one of them fondant. So why might you ask did I attempt such an undertaking? Several answers come to mind with the first one being, why not? It’s a cake. Even if the decorating goes horribly wrong it is … Read more
My best friend asked me to make a “simple” birthday cake for her little girl’s birthday. So I decided to get my sister involved and whip up a Red Velvet Octopus cake with the works. My favorite part about making the cake would have to be the detail. Like the tentacles with their little suction cups or … Read more
My name is Cindy and I live in White Bluff, Tennessee just outside of Nashville and yes I love country music and baking cakes. This is my famous “Grill” cake. I have been doing cakes for 20 years but took a class recently on how to decorate with fondant and loved it. My dad is … Read more
Hi, My name is Cindy. I love baking cakes for family, friends and even the occasional stranger that hears about me. I had a call from the secretary of my son’s school and she said her daughter was turning 9 and having a swimming pool party. And she wanted me to come up with something girly. … Read more
This is the Froggy Prince birthday cake I made for my nephew’s 1st birthday! I also made a Dora and Boots cake for everyone to enjoy on that day. But this was his own personal 1st birthday cake that he could have all for himself. One of his nicknames is froggy prince and so I decided … Read more
This is Minion birthday cake from the movie Despicable Me. I made it for a birthday of a 4 year old boy. I used a regular cake, with fondant on it. Food coloring in colors: yellow,blue, black, white and brown. It was fun to do this, I also added a Minion doll from McDonald’s .
I was asked at the very last minute by my son to make a surprise birthday cake for his best friend and could I incorporate his favorite things, his favorite movie as a kid, Cars, with Mater being his favorite character, his favorite games, Skyrim and Minecraft and his favorite series, Sherlock. Now his birthday … Read more
This cake was created for my best friend and husband for his birthday. He is a hard core sneaker fanatic. He really wanted a new pair of sneaker that were being released called Breds 11. These sneakers were going to be sold out everywhere, that’s how popular they were so I wanted to make his … Read more
My aunt called me with this idea of having a lion cake for her birthday and if I would be willing to give it a try. Well I started with 1-1/2 sheet, 1-8’double round and a cupcake. I put the round in the middle and cut out the center of the 1/2 sheet (backwards I … Read more
I asked my nephew what kind of cake he would like for his 7th birthday and here it is, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles birthday cake. I made 2 x 8in chocolate round cakes and 1 x 8 in strawberry cake. I wanted 3 layers so it would be higher, (I made cupcakes with the … Read more