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My mother-in-law has always been the cake maker for our family. She’s made the kids birthday cakes for years. This year she recently had to retire due to injury. She has a small pool in her back yard that she has rarely gotten to use with the grandkids because of her working. This year, … Read more
This was my very first attempt at making cake pops, but I was up to the challenge. I bought a Babycakes Cake Pop Maker. It makes 12 little pops every 4 – 6 minutes, depending on the recipe. I actually bought another one to make them twice as fast! My granddaughter chose the flavors…”chocolate, vanilla, … Read more
My poor husband was away on business for 2 weeks over his birthday. I’m not sure who had it worse, him alone on his birthday, or me alone with the waking-in-the-night 6 year old! Anyway, I made him a cake on return to make up for it. It was quite quick and easy. I made … Read more
This Halloween monster cake was one of the most fun cakes I’ve ever made. It was brought to a Halloween party and got rave reviews. I have a Wilton ball pan that I’ve used to make everything except soccer balls. It took me about an hour of decorating after it was baked. My seven year … Read more
A couple of months ago, my niece asked me to make a groom’s cake for her wedding. Her then fiance/now husband is a big Duck Dynasty fan, especially Uncle Si, so we agreed on a design and I set out to make her cake. I started with the characters-all gum paste and fondant Because I had never made people … Read more
I cannot believe I actually agreed to make this cake! This was for a surprise party and the guy hated snakes – however I made sure the cake was irresistible in flavor! It was vanilla cake with almond butter cream! It looked so real that my dog barked at it! I took 3 round cakes and … Read more
After visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter last summer, my son insisted on a Harry Potter cake. He is always very…too…involved. He checks over ideas, debates colors with me, comes in and tells me when something doesn’t look right, but loves the end result each and every time. I make ONE cake a … Read more
I had a blast doing this Hawaiian Luau birthday cake. It was my niece, Faith’s 12th birthday. My parents, Faith and myself had a HUGELY anticipated trip to Hawaii planned in June and her birthday fell on our first full day there. We celebrated her birthday at home the weekend before our trip with what??? … Read more
This Noah’s Ark baby shower cake was 5 layers, and took 4 cake mixes, so I mixed and matched flavors just for fun. The bottom layer is just a normal 9×13. The next 2 layers I baked as 9×13, but then carved into a sort of “football” shape for the base of the ark. I … Read more
My friend’s little girl has a “Friends of the Forest” theme for her nursery so her first birthday I thought would be great to translate into an owl cake. This was her smash cake so it was intended to be mashed, played in etc. It was about 9″ high and 6″ round. This owl was … Read more
Just as we said last year, my husband and I decided to make a Fertility Idol birthday cake for Bruno´s 5th birthday, his love and admiration for Indiana Jones has not diminished one bit over this year, so we started to work in a fondant Fertility Idol actual size figure, so he could recreate the … Read more
This surfing cake was made to welcome a new baby to my friends who love the beach, Hawaii, and surfing. I usually just do two cakes a year, one birthday for each of my kids, but I make occasional exceptions, like this one. The best part is that mammoth wave. Hang Ten dudes! It was … Read more