I have made many cakes for my boys. We went through the Spongebob cake along with the Gary the Snail cake. I was able to come up with some great ideas from this sight but when my oldest wanted Mr. Krabs I was stumped. I couldn’t find anything. I decided to print a picture of … Read more
This Elmo Birthday Cake is the second decorated cake I have ever made, so I was worried. I used an oval cake pan for the head and king sized muffin tin to make the eyes and nose. I just used Wilton’s buttercream icing and regular chocolate cake. Red is the worst color to try to … Read more
I came across so many wonderful caterpillar cake ideas on this site – I just had to make one for my daughter’s first birthday party. I am SO thrilled with the results. It came out so adorable – I didn’t want to cut it up. I used the Wilton sport ball pan with boxed mixes … Read more
My niece loves Strawberry Shortcake so much that I have made her the new and old version of Strawberry Shortcake from the character cake pans. So this time I made it a bit different. I rented a slab cake pan and after the cake cooled I spread on the store bought icing with a spatula, … Read more
I made this Elmo cake for my best friend’s son’s 1st birthday. We have a deal going on that I make the cakes for her kids and she makes the sausage rolls for my kids, its a great deal. Anyway she waned an Elmo cake as Jed was so into him and just had to … Read more
We asked my niece what type of cake she wanted for her birthday and of course she had no idea. We did a few searches on the internet and she really liked a lady bug flower cake. I purchased a Wilton flower cake pan for the flower itself. We used a rectangular cake for the … Read more
Hi, I baked and iced this cake for my friend’s daughter-vanshika, I got this wilton pan as a gift from my sister in law (she stays in houstan – USA and I stay in mumbai- India) but when I made this homemade Strawberry Shortcake birthday cake I really thanked her for the pan. I used … Read more
I made this Elmo 1st Birthday Cake for my nephew’s 1st birthday. Bottom cake is ten” Madeira, middle is 8″ lemon, top is 6″ chocolate. I used plain sugarpaste and coloured with americolour electric colours, stacking them together using dowells as support. The stars are made from sugarpaste with gum traganth added. I used edible … Read more
1. Using a round pan bake the cake as instructed on the box, after both are baked place them in the freezer until firm. (I made two 9″ round pans) 2. Remove from freezer and cut in half. Flip cake sides the the straight edge is out: () – )( Cut out a triangle 1/3 … Read more
For my son’s fourth birthday he wanted a superhero party… not Batman or Spiderman, but ‘all three’ as he put it. He wanted Batman, Superman, and Spiderman! So I decided the easiest way for me would to do a Homemade Superheros Birthday Cake. I used box cake mix, which actually everyone really liked. I used … Read more
This homemade Sesame Street 1st birthday cake with the accompanying mini-cakes was a HUGE hit at my twin boys’ 1st birthday! I started with the Wilton “#1” pan. I used a chocolate cake mix. I used Wilton’s decorating class butter cream icing recipe and to change the flavor of the icing I used clear almond … Read more
These pretty little butterflies were surprisingly easy to make. I drew out some butterflies onto wax paper and traced the lines with melted milk chocolate. I also used milk chocolate to make bodies for the butterflies. I filled the middle of the butterflies with melted white chocolate but have tried many other colors. While the … Read more