My friend’s daughter works at McDonald’s. She called one day asking if I would make a McDonald cake as a going away gift for someone at work. I told her of course, bring me the smallest cup and french fry holder they had and that I would use that on the cake. I made the … Read more

Will you make a cake for J__‘s baby shower cake next week?  Sure, tell me what you have in mind.  After hours of messaging back and forth with pictures from Pinterest, I read “I like the Winnie the Pooh Cake with no Pooh…just polka dots, a blue bow and his full name on the front … Read more

I baked 3 different flavors of cake, orange, vanilla and chocolate.  I baked the cakes a day in advance before I started decorating them.  I put the rectangular orange and vanilla cakes to make a big rectangular cake and covered it with butter cream.  I cut a horse template from a piece of paper and used … Read more

I love making things from scratch! So when my 30th birthday approached I thought about buying a cake but couldn’t find what I wanted, and decided that if I wanted to bake my own cake then I should. I made a classic yellow cake and made a simple butter cream frosting. My favorite part is … Read more

My 3 year old BEGGED!!! for a Boots cake.  She just loves her  monkey’s. Well my husband and I went all over the place looking for anything at all we could of used and you would be surprised how hard it was at this time to find Boots (he is easier now). So my husband … Read more

A friend of mine works out an is kind of a muscle man. I found the little smurf toy and it all came together, except for the figure the cake was all eatable!! I carved the cake into a basic mushroom shape using the carved off pieces to build up the top. No fondant just … Read more

My friend, Rachel was turning 40, and a group of her friends offered to throw her the grand party she wanted. She loves Phantom of the Opera, and wanted to be a “Princess”. She also wanted a black and white theme and to have an “elegant” party. Guests were asked to wear masks. One of her friends offered … Read more

My grandson loves the Toy Story DVD’s and asked me to bake him a Buzz Lightyear birthday cake for his 8th birthday. I couldn’t find a suitable image of him on the internet so I looked through several Toy Story coloring books until I found a nice picture of Buzz Lightyear. I bought the book … Read more

My little girl was turning 6 and decided she would like a butterfly themed party.  Making homemade cakes is my twice a year hobby (I have 2 kiddos).  So I began searching the usual sites for idea, yes, this site was my first stop :-).   I considered using some of the ideas found here, … Read more

I made this cake for my daughter when she turned 5. We wanted something different from the usual My Little Pony cakes that are made. I came up with this idea after shopping for her present and stumbling across the small pony figurines. I thought they’d be great, a cake and an extra “present” for … Read more

My niece loves Hello Kitty! She’s actually quite easy to make…an easy beginner cake. I bought the Wilton Hello Kitty cake pan. I froze the cake for about 2 hours to make frosting easier. I used homeade buttercream icing for all areas, coloring them red for her bow and yellow for her nose. I did … Read more