This Fire Truck Birthday Cake is my second cake I ever made, this I made for my son’s 3rd Birthday, as he loves fire truck’s and all other trucks. After I made my daisy cake I got inspired and thought I should make a cake similar to the daisy one for my son, also so … Read more
I made this monkey cake for my son Blake’s 2nd birthday. He LOVED monkeys so he had a monkey themed party and I made a monkey cake and a jumbo cupcake monkey just for him. I used regular boxed yellow cake mix and baked it at 350 for about 40 minutes in a well greased … Read more
This Cinderella with her coach cake was for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. It was a standard 9×13 cake with icing dyed green (for grass) and pink (the birthday girl’s favorite color). The stones/pebbles on the path are chocolate rock candy. The body of the coach/carriage was shaped with rice crispy treats, frosted with icing. The … Read more
I made this sunflower cake for my cousin. She is in love with sunflowers. I have to say this was sort of difficult to do; being a sunflower is round you have to bake two cakes, an 8 in round for the center and a rectangle cake to be able to cut triangle pieces for … Read more
My 4 year old asked for a Garbage Truck Birthday Party this year. I’ve always wanted to do a 3-D cake and this turned out to be the perfect opportunity with this Garbage Truck Birthday Cake. This was also my first time working with fondant – I was pretty anxious about it, but it ended … Read more
My four year old daughter wanted an owl cake like her favorite character, the good snow owl, on Legend of the Guardians, mask and all. My twelve year old daughter and I designed and made this cake. This is our first prototype. It is my first attempt at “cake boss” type of cake! We made … Read more
For anyone who’s ever made any cake, this Dora’s World Cake is simple and rewarding. This ‘Dora Cake’ we made for our daughter features a tootsie roll bridge, gel icing stream, nerds for wildflowers, gumdrop bushes and everyone’s favorite, fudge mountain! Complete with trickling chocolate syrup and topped with powdered sugar. First use any cake … Read more
This was a potted plant cake I made for my niece’s housewarming party in her new apartment. I was looking for something to fit the theme and thought a plant was a very common gift for someone’s new home. The cake is 4 layers of homemade cake, 2 chocolate and 2 vanilla. The 3 bottom … Read more
This Homemade Dumptruck Birthday Cake Design couldn’t be more simple. I made it for my son’s 3rd birthday party at his daycare. I baked and froze a 9×11 chocolate cake. Once frozen I took it out and broke it apart into pieces and set them into the dumptruck box. I had some mini chocolate cupcakes … Read more
For my son’s 2nd birthday we decided to go with a farm theme. I found some pictures online of other pig cakes and thought I would give it a try and make him a Piggy Birthday Cake. I had a cake pan that was rounded (so that I could make a ball shaped cake) and … Read more
I made this Dora birthday cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. She really wanted a Dora cake and I decided to use a puzzle technique. This was my first attempt at using this technique. I made a round sponge cake and filled it with chocolate mousse. That was the easy part. I decorated the cake … Read more
My friend always reads in the bath so thought it was apt for me to make her a bath cake, with that in mind. I first baked 2,9″x13″ rectangle cakes. When they were cool, I shaped the edges to appear like a bath. I used an already prepared vanilla frosting and added some almond flavour … Read more