I made this Dora and 3D Boots cake by baking an 11×15 half sheet cake, and then cutting out the Dora and grass shapes. The Dora shape was retrieved from the internet, cut out, and used as a guide when cutting the cake. The cake doesn’t have to be cut into the exact shape of … Read more
My son wanted a guitar hero party, so what better cake than the actual guitar. This Guitar Hero Cake is the very first cake I’ve ever made and it turned out very well! I had paid a stiff price for my youngest to have a first cake done professionally and decided I would do it … Read more
My mother-in-law and I made this Angry Birds cake for a friend’s birthday. This is a standard marble cake with butter cream icing. The fondant is just regular marshmallow fondant. We make our own fondant except for the black, brown, and red fondant. Those we purchased from the craft store. It is so hard to … Read more
My 3 daughters had a combined Alaska-themed birthday party, and this cake was for my 4-year old, who wanted a polar bear cake. I made a 9 inch round layer cake, and also a few regular and mini size cupcakes. I sculpted the bears and the north pole sign with ready- made Wilton fondant icing. … Read more
I made this Diego cake for my son’s second birthday. He and his sister had a Dora and Diego birthday. I used a 9 x 13 cake. I used a pattern of Diego and enlarged it. I used it like a stencil. I then used chocolate frosting for the hair and eyes. I used brown … Read more
My son recently started taking guitar lessons and is very involved with music. I made this guitar cake for his 16th Birthday. I used 4 boxes of vanilla cake mix, improved by adding buttermilk, melted butter, & almond flavoring using a Southern Living recipe for their “Anniversary Cake”. I also used 1 box of chocolate … Read more
I baked 3 chocolate 8 inch round cakes, layered and crumb coated them with vanilla buttercream for this Super Mario Brothers Birthday Cake Design. I used a light blue fondant to cover the cake. First I used an 8 inch cake board to make the circle for the top of the cake, using cotton string … Read more
This King Snake cake was made from 2 bundt cakes. Each cake was cut in 1/2 and place end to end to form the snake. A serrated knife was used to carve away cake forming the head and tail. Using buttercream icing (purchased from a local grocery store bakery by the pound) I piped on … Read more
I used two heart shaped pans. One bigger than the other. I used Dora figures for extra decorations. I used fondant for all the writing and extras like the flowers and stars. This was my daughters second birthday. I love using the grass tip. I find it makes the grass really look real. I made … Read more
I choose to do a Electric guitar cake for my husband’s 30th as the theme was heavy metal and his favorite band is Metallica so gave me the inspiration for this cake. I made the cake from two square cake tins. I then cut out the body with a stencil that I drew up from … Read more
My son is obsessed with Super Mario at the moment, and wished for nothing else but a Super Mario Birthday Cake for his 4th birthday! The finished product is a mix of ideas I got off this web site, it was my 1st ever try at baking and modeling with marzipan and sugarpaste. It took … Read more
I made this Monkey Birthday Cake using a 3D bear cake pan. I cut off the ears and used buttercream icing to reattach them in the proper location. The eyes, mouth, tongue and nose are fondant and the rest is Chocolate Fudge or Chocolate Icing applied with a start tip.