For my nephew’s seventh birthday both cakes were done using the image transfer method. I just printed out a picture of Darth Vader that I liked online and used clear piping gel to outline the image on wax paper and transfer it onto the cake, then filled in the image. I was happy with how … Read more
This Popcorn cake I made for my daughter’s 12th birthday. I make my kids cakes and for others every year. Every year its a surprise and all the kids get a big kick out of it. So this time I made a bowl of popcorn for my daughter because she loves popcorn. I baked the … Read more
This Taylor Swift Birthday Cake was my very first fondant cake. My daughter is a huge Taylor Swift fan. I just became familiar with marshmallow fondant and have been using it to decorate sugar cookies. I decided to give it a try on a cake. I saw a pink and white “music” cake on bakery … Read more
My 9 year old son wanted a cake of Commander Fox from the Star Wars Clone Wars movie. I have been making cakes for my children for 10+ years but this cake was the most difficult for me. Probably because I didn’t have templates for cutting out all the pieces. Fortunately, my husband helped me … Read more
I made this My Little Pony cake for my little girl’s 2nd birthday, she is crazy about My Little Pony! This cake is 2 slabs of chocolate sponge with butter icing and licorice out lines. This is how to make it: Make the slabs in a roasting pan with a basic sponge recipe. Print 2 … Read more
I made this Apple Computer Cake for a friend’s brother-in-law’s 40th birthday. He works in IT. I baked two high rectangular chocolate cakes which I then cut and sandwich with chocolate mouse and set them into a Notebook shape. I was given a very short notice for the cake and I was doing two cakes … Read more
I came to this website looking for ideas for an R2 D2 cake. I combined a few ideas and came up with my cake. I baked 3 11x 18 sheet cakes (each with 3 boxes of cake mix). When I baked the last layer, I also used enough cake batter to bake a few cupcakes … Read more
This Baby Einstein cake was done for my sons 1st birthday! I used the Wilton ball pans for the circles. I used Wilton icing with a star tip for decorating the cake. I had to use sugar free on the end for a certain guest so it didn’t turn out but it ended up working … Read more
These are ordinary frosting covered vanilla cupcakes with details done in Chocolate, various lollies (candy) and fondant. Lollies used include, red licorice (which you can roll flat and cut shapes out of) white chocolate drops, mini M & M’s, marshmallows, and sprinkles of various types. You can roll out all sorts of lollies and cut … Read more
This was my homemade R2D2 Birthday cake. It was made in 4″ x 8″ round pans, except for the dome head which was baked in a stainless steel mixing bowl. The legs were made of rice krispie treats and the whole thing was covered in fondant. It stood about 17″ tall and was simply awesome!
I started by surfing the web for ideas for a Bratz Rock birthday cake. I took several designs and combined what I like in each. Nonny, (or grandma to most) wanted to make it and did all the hard work. The cake is made from Duncan Hines cake mix into a 12 inch round on … Read more
I made this for my 2 yr. olds b-day. He crawls into everything, We nicknamed him “dozer”, so I thought a construction site birthday party would be good. I made 2 cakes, one a 13X9 and a 8X8. Yes, I had extra cake mix so i made a small cake just for him. I layed … Read more