For my niece’s 4th birthday she wanted a Wizard of Oz cake. I just made a Spiderman cake for her brother so I thought I’d give this one a shot. I used the marshmallow fondant and made the tornado and witches hat with it as well. This picture actually isn’t the finished product, I added … Read more
This butterfly cake was for a friend’s mother, turning 75. I baked 3 9″ rounds and used two full cakes for the top wing section. The third I used for the bottom wings. I drew out the wing pattern to the size and shape I needed. I then took a black sharpy and traced the … Read more
My daughter wanted a Barbie dress cake. But I already made one for her when she was 2. So I was browsing, and found a Strawberry Shortcake in a dress. I asked her what she thought of it and loved it. So I made a smaller dress just baked in a Pyrex bowl. I used … Read more
I made this for my son’s 10th birthday. I made the fondant Terminator/Arnold face a week in advance, using a cartoon image that I traced onto parchment paper. Using toothpicks I traced each individual element (hair, face, metal face, shirt, jacket) onto fondant colored accordingly and then cut it out. I made the flesh face … Read more
This Caterpillar Garden Birthday Cake was my daughter’s first birthday cake. I got the idea for the caterpillar from this website (thanks to all of you) but everything else was my own creation. I used a sheet cake for the base, frosted green, with grassy accents (using the Wilton grass tip). I used the Wilton … Read more
I had made a Thomas the Train cake before but my friend wanted a Thomas cake. I made this from 6 mini loaf pans. Cut the one loaf in half to make Thomas and stacked it on the other one, then used the rest of the cut one to cut for detail on Thomas. I … Read more
My niece was turning 12 and asked if I could make her a birthday cake based and the twilight book series, so I thought why not and came up with this. I started by making (2) round cakes and (2) heart shaped pan cakes. I then filled the layers with cream, and covered them in … Read more
I baked two cakes, one in a large round bowl for the body and the second in a smaller bowl for the head of the Ladybug Birthday Cake Idea. When cooled, I placed them side by side and frosted the body bright red, and the head black. I outlined to lady bug in black. I … Read more
This Tinkerbell cake is a direct steal from this site as you can see. I just wanted to show how super easy it is! This was my very first attempt at making a “real” cake. I used a Wilton barbie dress mold for the cake, and stuck a $7.00 Tink in the middle, her legs … Read more
This year my son is really into Winter the Dolphin, star of the movie “Dolphin Tale”. He saw the movie, has the book and has visited her at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, which is where he got a stuffed animal version of Winter and where I got my inspiration from. I traced and cut out … Read more
I made this Ladybug Birthday Cake for my daughter Tayla, for her 5th birthday.. She wanted a Lady Bug cake so I looked around for some ideas. I saw this idea on a web sight. I changed a couple of things around, so as to not copy completely and to add my own personal touch … Read more
For my son’s 3rd birthday my mother in law and I made a Thomas cake. I searched the internet for ideas and used some ideas I found from this website. I used small loaf pans to make all of the cars including Thomas. For Thomas I used 2 loaf pans and 2 cupcakes. I baked … Read more