I spent a great deal of time looking for a small skiing figure for this homemade winter Olympic themed cake so I could have a little man skiing down the mountain but could find none. Last night I had a vision and OMG it worked! I made my own skier using a yellow marshmallow peep. … Read more
This Alligator cupcake cake was so much fun! Giving credit where credit is due, this idea came from a book titled “Hello, Cupcake” (I got mine at a local craft store). Using one cake mix, bake 24 regular cupcakes. Ice them with “gator-green” buttercream by piping on overlapping rows of “scales”. Arrange them in the … Read more
This Homemade Towmater Birthday Cake was my first attempt at a 3D cake. My youngest wanted a Tow Mater cake for his 2nd b-day. It took me a few days to finish. I used many ideas from photos to make this cake. A 9×13 cake pan was used and the body was white cream frosting … Read more
My step daughter is really into Hannah Montana this year so we decided to do her birthday in it. I originally went to local Bakery and was not impressed. So I decided to get on this website and see if I could come up with anything better for a guitar cake since I have already … Read more
I started making cakes about 7 months ago. I have never taken a class of any kind and have learned by doing. This was a soccer birthday cake idea for my nephew. This was only my second time working with fondant so it isn’t perfect but I was happy with the turn out. I used … Read more
I went on line for this Bears cake and found the bears logo and blew it up on my printer. Then I cut it out and placed it aside. I made a half sheet cake, frosted it in navy blue and let it sit to “dry”. Once the icing was dry to the touch I … Read more
I made this Disney Cars 3rd Birthday Cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. I used a black edible glitter for the pavement and dyed coconut green for the grass. I found the 3 plastic car set at a Dollar store.
I got most of the ideas for this Double Guitar Birthday Cake from this site and Howdini.com. My son picked the guitar he liked and I made a template based on that. I made sure I could get all the pieces out of the pan I used and adjusted things to be as big as … Read more
My granddaughter was having a roller skate party. She asked for a roller skate cake so this is my Roller Skate Birthday Cake Design.
This Bird Cake was a smash cake for my friend’s daughter’s first birthday party. I got the idea after seeing an internet picture of a Sesame Street cake with Big Bird sitting in his nest. For this cake I used half of the Wilton ball cake pan and two cupcakes. After baking, cooling and leveling … Read more
I made this Cars 2 Race Track Birthday Cake using 3 x basic chocolate cake mix, poured into a 23cm x 33cm tin. I had to guess the baking time, and relied on using a skewer in the centre of the cake to gauge when it was cooked, which was about 45 minutes. I had … Read more
I love this website and used it to spark my ideas. To make this grand piano cake I cut out cardboard in the shape of the cake with enough extra to allow for frosting. I then used 1/2″ dowel cut into 3 1/2″ pieces for each leg. My husband screwed the legs into the cardboard … Read more