My son woke up and said: I want a cake with a river, a big crocodile and with water lilies in it. On the shore there should be some mice running. On the water lilies there should be a frog. That was the beginning. Then it was a complete day. From 8 o’clock in the … Read more
I made this cake for my friend’s son for his 2nd birthday. I wanted to use the character cake pan, because he is so detailed – but I knew it would not be big enough. So I used a 14 -inch round 2-layer cake for the base, then used the Wilton character cake pan for … Read more
I made this Train Birthday Cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. I used cupcakes for the wheels and smoke. I used a 9 x 13 cake and cut it in the shape of the train that I wanted!
I made this 2 tier Cat Birthday Cake for my niece’s 7th birthday. I got the cat from the Dollar store, it was a glass cat. I used suckers to make the yarn balls. Once I stuck the suckers where I wanted them I used my writing tip to make the form of a yarn … Read more
My son loves the movie Cars. My husband wanted to make him a Lightening McQueen cake, but wanted to something more then the normal cake pan. He baked two 13 X 9 sheet cakes and one 8 1/2 x 4 1/2. He stacked the 2 large cakes and carved them into the shape of the … Read more
For my son’s 2nd birthday I decided to make a homemade Choo Choo train Cake for him as he loves choo choo trains. I worked from my imagination only and created a 3D sculpture of a train by stacking together various sponge cake shapes, iced with coloured frosting and lollies to create grass and train … Read more
My son wanted a Crocodile Birthday Cake for his 2nd birthday. I put together a few different ideas, some from this site and from another. I used a bunt tin and a loaf tin and carved out the pieces. The body is 3/4’s of the loaf tin – the remainder was used for the head. … Read more
I couldn’t decide what cake to use for my son Ethans first birthday, but I know I wanted it to be Disney car theme. So his Godmother Jodie and I came up with this Disney Cars Race Track Cake, and I think it worked quite well. It was a big cake, I used six packets … Read more
This Semi Trailer Birthday Cake was a cake my husband and I did for my father-in-law’s birthday. We used 6 loaf pans, 4 for the trailer and 2 for the cab and cut the cab to the desired shape. I then iced the cake with homemade buttercream icing, added pretzel sticks for the smoke stacks … Read more
I made this alligator cupcake/cake combo for my son’s first birthday – it turned out amazing! The head was made from a bachelor party novelty cake pan. Who knew you would ever be able to use it again?? I decorated it to look like an alligator then added miniature cupcakes and regular cupcakes for the … Read more
This Lightening McQueen Cars Birthday Cake I made for my little Blakey Bear when he turned 3 this year. It is a triple layer cake made with 3 boxes of Rainbow Chip cake mix. Rainbow Chip frosting between layers for the car. The 3rd layer is cut and leveled off to make the front window. … Read more
My ideas came mainly from others on this site so THANK YOU so much for providing this site for awesome ideas. I LOVE this site! I always go here before I start to build my cake idea. My 6 year old son wanted a Hot Wheels birthday party this year. So, I made something similar … Read more