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I really enjoyed making this pond birthday cake , it was for an 80 year old man. I was given a hand drawn picture of an idea they had George loved sitting in the garden by his pond and the rest was left to my devices. I started by making different shaped flower pots out … Read more
Well, last year for my boyfriend’s birthday I made him a simple R2D2 cake (2D and no fondant). After a year of practicing cakes I knew I had to up my last one. When we first started dating we played a lot of Star Wars: The Old Republic online together so Star Wars is just … Read more
To make the sea turtles I used a ball cake pan for momma and and only used half of the ball instead of making two as you would to form a 3-D ball. I had another pan that made four smaller cakes in one that I used to make her babies. All of the limbs are made … Read more
I only make 4 cakes a year, my 2 kids and my best friend’s 2 kids. But I love it! I would do more but it takes a ridiculous amount of time, my hat goes off to all those cake designers who do this on a daily basis. I saw the beautiful Albino anaconda cake … Read more
My son loved his John Deere tractor cake and thought it was a toy at first! From two frozen cake loaves I carved out the shape of a tractor body. I filled the layers with butter cream then did a crumb coat all over and then a final thick coat of butter cream. I did … Read more
My friend was turning 30, and as she was pregnant was having a low key afternoon bbq. Somehow I got roped into making her a birthday cake, which she requested, and had something to do with frogs. As I was new to cake making and working with fondant I wanted to keep it simple so … Read more
I made this Lego Chewie (Chewbacca) cake for my son’s 7th birthday. He wanted a Star Wars theme for his birthday and was wavering between Yoda and Chewie as his favorite character. I searched for images of Yoda and Chewbacca cakes and most of the ones I liked were totally awesome with lots of detail … Read more
My 5-year old son wanted a “Gary” cake this year so I set about creating this one using a simple Mary Berry sponge recipe (from her most recent book). Hers was in the shape of a bunny but it was easily adapted to a snail! With the 2x 7″ cakes from the recipe, I made … Read more
I made this Fisher Price Rain Forest baby shower cake for my neighbor’s baby shower. She didn’t know what she wanted, so I asked about her baby room theme, and she was getting the rain forest theme for her soon to be baby boy. I got her a cradle swing so I had examples of … Read more
My brother turned 40 recently. We’re pretty close and he’s recently separated from his wife of 13 years. So I thought he deserved a most awesome cake! He owns a business that exports logs and clears farmer’s forestry blocks. His crew only use Stihl chainsaws, so I wanted to make a masculine cake that was kinda cool … Read more
This sewing machine cake was a bugger to make but with persistence and the good Lord I was able to make an awesome cake for a great grandmother. The top horizontal portion, the vertical end and the case of the the machine are made of cake. The underneath of the head of the cake is made of ricekrispies. There is … Read more
I was asked to make a cake for my aunt’s 75th birthday and cousin. I decided to make a purse cake because I had just taken the Craftsy “Handbag” course by Ellisa Strauss. I followed her instructions but I still managed to carve more than I needed to carve off the cake and changed the … Read more