My pony cake was actually supposed to turn out more like a my little pony ( MLP ) cake, but instead I opted to keep it as just a white pony with black hair. It was made with all my love for my daughter who just turned 4. The beginning process wasn’t easy. Stacked two … Read more
My little girl loves Mickey Mouse so for her first birthday party I wanted to make a Mickey Mouse cake. I searched and searched but couldn’t find Mickey Mouse cake toppers or figurines anywhere in the UK. I ended up printing and laminating some pictures and then stapling pieces of drinking straws to them to … Read more
My son wanted a Pirate Birthday party for his 7th birthday. For this homemade pirate ship cake, I used regular white cake from a box and made 1 round cake to cut in half and 1 rectangular cake for the body. After cooking the cakes I cut the round cake in half and placed one … Read more
This Baby Block cake could be used for either a baby shower or a birthday cake. The bottom cake is a 1/2 sheet pan that I frosted flat and put a star border around the bottom with a #21 tip. The top border is also a #21 tip that I just drew a wavy line … Read more
My 2 year old, Saxon is mad on Iron Man. I made a 12 inch Chocolate mud cake. I then covered it in butter cram and royal icing for the top. This made it easier to get the finer detail of iron man. I then etched out my sketch from a picture on the internet. … Read more
I made this Pirate Ship Cake Design for my nephew’s 4th birthday. I used the fantastic ideas from this site to create this pirate ship cake, so thanks for the tips! First I baked a 9×13 cake, an 8 inch round cake and an 8 inch square cake (a total of 2 cake mixes). I … Read more
I made these baby booties cakes for a friend’s baby shower. I used 2 cupcakes. The first one I cut in curve to fit into the second one. Covered it all with buttercream icing tinted yellow. Also cut a hole in the second cupcake to give the shoe shape.
This Little Mermaid Birthday Cake was made for a co-worker. I used a 9 inch round and made buttercream icing. I iced it with blue americolor icing, then made the other colors for the body. Then I found a little mermaid picture on the internet and traced it on parchment paper. I used Wilton’s black … Read more
I made this Treasure Chest Birthday Cake for my stepdaughter’s son’s 5th birthday. The cover is made from rice krispie treats molded into the cover and all is frosted with buttercream frosting and accents are fondant. I held the cover up with the help of wooden dowels and put the candies in the front etc. … Read more
A good friend of mine is having a baby girl, and her name will be “Robyn”. I wanted to make a very special and memorable cake for her baby shower, so I decided to use the baby’s name as the theme for the cake! I sculpted a baby “Robyn” asleep in a robin’s nest complete … Read more
I got the idea for this Mickey Mouse cake from this website. I used a 14″ round pan and the “wonder pan” X 2 (1 for each ear). I used 2 boxes of cake mix for the round pan and 1/2 box (2 cups) of cake mix for each of Mickey’s ears. The black icing … Read more
I had a request to make a Pirate Ship Birthday Cake and then I found a picture of one on the CookDuke website. I followed the instructions and this is how my cake turned out. Everything is edible except for the plastic men and the skewers used for the flag masts.