This Wizard of Oz Birthday Cake was made entirely with buttercream icing and candy. It was filled with a whipped chocolate genache and was made with both butter yellow and devil’s food cakes (made side-by-side so people could choose their cake flavor). First, I did a crumb coat. Then, I made the yellow brick road … Read more
I made this Ducky Birthday Cake for a friend of mine for her daughter’s first birthday. I didn’t have a ball cake pan so I stacked a bunch of 8″ round cakes together, froze them and carved out the shape, same for the head. It’s covered in MM fondant and everything like wings and feet … Read more
My son was really into Indiana Jones and I wanted to make him something special for his birthday. I searched and searched and had brought together lots of ideas from lots of different places for this Indiana Jones cake. The main “volcano” is hollowed out in the middle and there is a cup inside which … Read more
To make this Teddy Bear birthday cake, I used the Wilton teddy bear cake pan and then just iced the bear in both light and dark chocolate icing. It was actually very easy and, as my twins were turning one, I thought they could share their first birthday cake.
My daughter Paige is totally in love with Dora so when it came to choosing a theme for her 2nd birthday, Dora was definetly the go. When I have a party I like the whole lot to be in one theme so I went Dora mad. First we had the Dora cake which I made … Read more
This Hungry Caterpillar birthday cake was really fun to make. I used a 10″ cake tin and this to was double up to be able to fill with homemade butter cream and strawberry jam. It was left in the fridge and straightened all the sides to look perfect (hopefully). The cake itself was quite difficult … Read more
My son was turning one and he goes crazy for owls. quirky huh. I tend to go over the top for my kids birthdays. But owls aren’t that popular, so we had to make everything from scratch. I made a double recipe chocolate cake. I found two med sized glass bowls in my cupboard. Greased … Read more
I used my daughter’s Dora place mat to trace Dora’s face onto wax paper with a marker. It was a little bigger than I had intended for the Dora cake but I just ended up using the whole cake surface. Then I flipped over the wax paper and followed the outline of the marker with … Read more
In true Miffy fashion I made a simple carrot spice cake for my daughter’s second birthday. Then I made cream cheese frosting to ice the cake with. For the background I mixed some blue and green frosting using food coloring to create the grass and the sky. My daughter not only loves Miffy but she’s … Read more
This teddy bear cake was for a gift at a baby shower. I used the mini bear cake pan and ball cake pan, baked as directed. The ball and bear were decorated using a #16 star tip with colored buttercream frosting. I use Wilton’s recipe but instead of just vanilla I use a mixture of … Read more
For her 4th birthday my daughter begged for a Cinderella party. After looking at several options she decided she wanted a Cinderella cake with a doll in the middle. I was a little intimidated at first because all the pictures I saw looked so fancy. After making this cake I can honestly say this was … Read more
