I made a Lightning McQueen birthday cake for my grandson’s 4th birthday party. For the 1st time I hired a Wilton’s Lightning McQueen cake tin and bought a packet of cake mix. I followed the instructions but suffered to get a bright red and a bright black color with my butter icing. At last I … Read more
I needed to make a Hannah Montana cake for my friend’s daughter. I used two 13 by 9 pans. I cut out the base of the guitar and on the other cake I cut out the handle. I used regular cake mixes which can sometimes be crumbly, so I froze the cake before I frosted … Read more
The Soccer Jersey Cake is a basic and very simple vanilla white cake I found on the Internet. It was baked in a 9 x 13 pan and I cut out my own template for the jersey and applied it on top of the cake and cut out the shape. The icing is some left … Read more
I made this Cat cake for a friend’s daughter’s birthday. She turned ten and she was in the middle of reading the ‘Warriors’ series by Erin Hunter. The cake was a hit on her birthday!
For my son’s 3rd birthday, we decided on a Bob the Builder theme. I had all the decorations and wanted to have the cake be something special that would be the showpiece of the table. I borrowed the Wilton half-sheet pan from a friend and bought the Bob pan on the internet. My son helped … Read more
My one-year old granddaughter is already enjoying the outdoors with jaunts (very slow) on her Dad’s ATV. With pink camo pretty visible in her wardrobe, making a pink camo quad birthday cake seemed appropriate. I used the 3D Cruiser shaped pan and then did a lot of sculpting to make it into a quad. The … Read more
My nephew is huge into soccer. The team he plays on is red, black and white. His mom wanted me to surprise him with a Soccer Ball Birthday Cake. He was so excited… The cake was a dense white/chocolate marble cake – both base cake and ball. It was filled with chocolate hazelnut spread. I … Read more
I made this cake for my daughter’s first birthday and I got the instructions from Woman’s Day magazine at http://www.womansday.com/Recipes/Mom-Cat-and-Kitten-Cakes I used 3 family-size frozen pound cakes and cut the pieces out according to the directions on the website. I found it easiest to put each cat on it’s own foil-covered foam sheet so that … Read more
Our son has loved the Cars movie for a long time, and is completely in love with McQueen, Mater, and all of the crew. So the choice for his 3rd birthday was obvious – I knew he’d LOVE a McQueen cake, and he did!! Before I started, I had a look on this website and … Read more
This is the Bass Guitar birthday cake I made for my twin boys’ 3rd Birthday Party. It was a huge success. Everyone loved it. This is also the very first specialty cake I’ve ever made. I think it turned out pretty fresh. Most of the party consisted of three year olds and a bunch of … Read more
I made this Golf Cake for my brother’s 30th birthday and it was super easy! It is made of 2 9 inch rounds and 2 8 inch rounds. The golf guy and flags were purchased from Wilton’s and are plastic. The golf bag and little golf balls around the front are wax and also purchased … Read more
I first found the hen cake idea on this web site. As I raise chickens, I wanted to make a hen cake to enter into the local fair. I had seen cast aluminum 3D hen molds on eBay, and finally lucked out winning one. I used a cake recipe that I found online, which was … Read more