My son has been into garbage trucks for sometime and when I asked what sort of cake he wanted for his 3rd birthday, sure enough he said a garbage truck birthday cake. I thought I’d better try and although it took me quite a few hours to decorate I was very pleased with the outcome. … Read more
This Bratz Birthday Cake is a cookies n cream cake with cream cheese frosting. Start with boxed white cake mix, follow the directions and then fold in a cup or more of chopped Oreo cookies. The frosting is store bought cream cheese, but I added about 1 tablespoon of Crisco and powdered sugar to thicken … Read more
This carousel cake is one of my very favorite. It was for my god-daughter’s 2nd birthday. The idea came from a cake that I saw in a Wilton book from years ago. The cake sizes are: 14″ single layer round, 10″ double layer round, 6″ single layer round, and a mini doll skirt on top. … Read more
This ship cake was made by me (July 09) for my mum’s family celebration. 50 years ago (1959) my mum and her family made the voyage from England to Australia to live. They came out here on a boat called the Fairsky, so using pictures of the Fairsky ship I made a cake that looked … Read more
this cake took a lot of time but was worth it. I made it for my daughter out of red velvet cake mix , and different color icing and I went out and bought different Littlest Petshop characters to top the cake off and surrounding the cake i made little cupcakes for all the kids.
I made this poker birthday cake for my boyfriend’s birthday the other year – was just starting to experiment with cake decorating etc. He is an avid poker fan and plays with his mates often at out place, so I knew something like this would be grateful. I made two sponges – both chocolate and … Read more
I was determined to do this Army Tank Birthday Cake. Local bakeries wanted way too much money for this cake. I have never done anything like this, so I was very proud of myself. Not crafty at all! This cake was done with a large 12 x 15 on the bottom. The next layer was … Read more
I made this Candy Land Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. I thought it was very appropriate considering 3 is the age when board games usually start being played. I used two 9×13 pans, one chocolate and one white, and frosted the entire thing in buttercream icing tinted with a few drops of green … Read more
This Elvis Cake I made for a friend’s mother who loves Elvis. She absolutely loved it. I was quite pleased with the way it turned out also. I baked a two mix chocolate cake and crumb coated with with buttercream. I cut a strip of fondant and sugar glued it around the side of the … Read more
For my son’s 3rd birthday, I wanted to make a very special cake for him. He was big into tractors, John Deere of course, since Papa just got one! I knew I wanted to do something that involved John Deere in some way. I decided to bake 2 9×13 in. cakes, one chocolate, one white. … Read more
A friend of mine decided to test my cake skills, and requested a Candy Land Birthday Cake. She had so many suggestions but I told her “I got it”. Her suggestions had nothing to do with the actual game board. I bought bags and bags of candy not knowing exactly what I was going to … Read more
One of my younger sisters turned 21 about a year ago and I planned a visit to go see her (we live about 150 miles away from one another). I decided I wanted to make her a special surprise cake. I ended up going through multiple ideas before I realized that a Nintendo-themed cake was … Read more