I made this Homemade Bakugan Birthday Cake for my son Luke on his 5th birthday. I used two square 6″” fruit cakes and after carving I still had plenty left over. I used a round Xmas pudding mould for the size of each Bakugan. I placed it on the fruit cake and cut round it. … Read more
This Betty Boop Birthday Cake was for my granddaughter’s 10th birthday as she loves Betty Boop. The cakes are chocolate sponge layered with chocolate buttercream. I coat the cakes with a good layer of buttercream all over before covering with the sugarpaste which I roll out to 5mm using guides. I purchased the Betty Boop … Read more
Here’s how we made this Oscar the Grouch cake… My wife and I found that we were both good at making creative cakes. We now sell custom cakes out of our house. It’s just me and her and our home oven with materials we buy at everyday cake supply stores. This Oscar The Grouch cake … Read more
This Baby Carriage Cake was made for a friend’s baby shower! I baked 2-10″ round cakes and crumb coated them to prevent crumbs from coming through! They were stacked and then final coated with homemade butter cream. I marked and divided the cake into 4 parts, 1/4, 1/4 & 1/2! The top left 1/4 was … Read more
I made this Handbag Cake for my friend who loved handbags. I made 3 10″ round sponge cakes, cut a portion from the top to give it some shape then jam and butter creamed them together onto a 13″ round cakeboard. I then put them in the fridge to harden a little about half an … Read more
I made this Baby Blocks cake for my Godson’s Christening. I baked a large sheet cake of yellow cake from scratch and also a 13×9 sheet cake to cut up and use for the blocks. Once the cakes had cooled I cut the 13×9 into squares and then froze them both. When it came to … Read more
I made this Fire Truck Cake for my littlest boy who just turned three!! 1x white chocolate mud cake into an 18cm square tin (7cm deep). 1x vanilla cake into a 20x30cm rectangle tin. The recipes I used were both Donna Hay ones – Melt & Mix White Chocolate Mud Cake and Melt & Mix … Read more
I made this Duckie Bathtub cake for my daugther’s first birthday. First, I made two 8″ round cakes and layered them using buttercream frosting. Then I colored the piping gel blue and applied this to the top to give the look of water. I added the rubber duck to the top. I then appiled graham … Read more
I made this Singing Victorious Doll Cake for my daughter Emmas’ 7th birthday. She loves the Victorious TV show and wanted a Victorious cake. The cake itself is just out of a box but the icing is from a homemade butter cream recipe of my cousin Melanie. I based the idea from my daughter’s singing … Read more
I made this Jess The Cat Cake for my daughter’s 5th birthday. Not being a fan of fondant icing I decided to try and make an all-chocolate cake. First I made 3 20cm round sandwich tins of cake, I used a recipe for intense and dense chocolate cake, but any sandwich cake recipe would do, … Read more
This Peppa Pig Princess Castle Birthday Cake was made for a friend’s 2nd birthday. It was my first attempt at making a birthday cake and I thought it came out quite good. The cake is made from 2 cakes to create the main castle and then has 7 torrents covered in edible glitter. The cake … Read more
I used two bundt cakes and cut them in half to make the body and cut a little of one in a triangular shape to make the head of the Homemade Snake Birthday Cake. Bought white icing and colored it with food coloring to make the green and yellow. Then I bought M&M’s to make … Read more