This cake was for a friend’s eighth birthday. I took 14 inch coma cake for the island on a blue cake board. I took the giant cupcake for the hut. The hut roof was made of shredded wheat. I took crushed vanilla cookies for the sand. The rocks were candy covered chocolate. The palm trees … Read more
For the baseball cake, I took a ball shaped pan and filled approximately halfway with butter recipe cake batter. Once it was done, I cut across it to make it completely flat on the bottom and turned it upside down on wax paper. I let it cool overnight in the fridge. To ice it, I … Read more
I borrowed from a friend the LEGO blocks and men mold’s that she purchased from LEGO Land in San Diego on vacation. However, you can also purchase the molds online from several different sites. I believe they are called “ice cube molds” I made this Double Decker Lego Cake for my son’s 6th birthday, he … Read more
I made this Handbag cake for my Mum’s birthday. I used ready made orchard icing to decorate two pieces of cake, cut into the handbag size. I used licorice to make the handles, and a knife to slightly cut the icing to make the illusion of cushioning on the handbag.
For my husband’s 30th birthday, I wanted to do something special. Since he’s originally from Hawaii, I decided to make him a Hawaii Beach Cake. I started with a regular 9” x 13” chocolate cake that I made from a mix. I made tan icing from plain vanilla icing mixed with a little of Wilton … Read more
I made this round two layer basketball cake for my daughter’s 12th birthday party. I used a half a ball mold and carved out a round space for the ball to be lowered into the cake. We decorated the ball with orange color and black licorice. We used a towel to dab the ball for … Read more
My sister-in-law was having a Barney themed birthday for my nephew, he just loves Barney and all his friends so she asked me to make him a Barney and friends cake and told me to do whatever I fancied. So I came up with this picture. The cake itself is a three layered vanilla sponge … Read more
I made this Spa Lady cake for my daughter’s 9th birthday party. I used one box of cake mix and divided it into two round cake pans (9″ and 8″, using the smaller for the top). I placed the smaller cake above the larger. I trimmed off the bottom round edge, so the pieces would … Read more
I made this Flower Birthday Cake for my grandmother’s 95th birthday. I wanted to make her a ladybug cake, but got the idea to do a ladybug sitting on a flower from this site. The cake is marble, and the frosting is basic white. I used a star tip to color in the flower and … Read more
I made this Rainbow Trout cake for my flyfishing obsessed husband. Best catch he’d had all season! I apologize in advance for the photo, my cat got hold of the fish tail before the camera did! It’s done with chocolate cake. Freeze the cake before icing to prevent crumbling. Started with the white icing for … Read more
I made this Ben 10 cake for my nephew’s birthday as he is mad on Ben 10. I used a rectangular cake tin to make the sponge which had a buttercream filling and then I covered it with green sugarpaste icing which I purchased from my local cake shop. I found a picture of Ben … Read more
I made this Flip Flop Cake for a fourth of July BBQ. It was a big hit! It is a strawberry cake with vanilla icing covered in white Fondant. I used a ready-made cake mix. I used a 13 X 9 inch cake pan. I traced a flip-flop onto a piece of paper and then … Read more