This Homemade Minnie Mouse Birthday Cake was made after getting ideas from this website and it turned out cute and delicious! I made two round cakes (one 8-inch and one 9-inch) and cut the ears out of the cooled 9-inch cake. I made the ears round except for one side that went next to the … Read more
I made this First Try Dinosaur Theme Train Birthday Cake for my 4 yr old girl whose favorite show is Dinosaur Train and got my inspiration from this site and the how-to video by Betty Crocker. This whole cake was made from scratch, except for the candies and licorice and ice cream cone. The ‘island’ … Read more
My twin nieces requested a Homemade Castle Birthday Cake. I used 2-8×8 squares, 1 6 inch round and I used cupcakes on the corners. If I ever do this cake again though, I will bake and extra layer and cut out the circles for the corners because it was hard making the cupcakes stay. I … Read more
It is this site that has encouraged me to try more cakes at home and it keeps me motivated. I did this Homemade Minnie Mouse Cake for my daughters fifth birthday to be celebrated at school. I baked a 9 inch round cake, drew the Minnie mouse on paper of the same size and printed … Read more
For my son’s second birthday we decided to do a truck theme, since trucks are his absolute favorite thing in the world. I loved the idea of the farm/pick-up trucks with the pumpkins in the back, that I saw on this site, for an October birthday. I made two loaf pound cakes and froze them … Read more
I made this castle cake with chocolate cake mixture from Tesco, 7 packets I think. I then used Betty Crockers chocolate butter cream filling. I iced it with pre coloured icing in lavender (which was the hardest part) then decorated it with silver candy balls and marshmallows dipped in sugar granules dyed pink. The turrets … Read more
This Minnie Mouse Birthday Cake was an easy two tiers cake. It was made of chocolate and strawberry. The fondant is marshmallow and confectioner sugar. The ears at the top is rounded foam covered with butter cream frosting and fondant.
Our son Matthew LOVES semi trucks. I started this Homemade Semi Truck Birthday Cake Design by making a double recipe of chocolate cake & filled three loaf pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper and use bakers spray on the sides, they popped out of the pans no problem! I stored them in the fridge … Read more
This haunted castle cake was such an easy project. I did cheat a little by using prebaked pieces. Take the time to MAKE YOUR OWN royal icing. You will be able to avoid issues like prolonged drying time, not hardening sufficiently to hold candies, etc. A recipe of orange, and one of black should be … Read more
I had decided on using Minnie Mouse decorations for my 2 year old daughter’s birthday. I searched the internet for Minnie cakes and ideas and happened upon this website. Immediately I knew I wanted to make this kind of cake (store bought ones are so pricey!). So here is my Minnie Mouse Birthday Cake. I … Read more
Well first we baked the cake, crumbled it up, mixed in a few tablespoons of icing to thicken and hold together the cake. Then, we pushed the mixture close to the edge of a round cake pan. The next day, we pulled the cake out and iced it. We smashed graham crackers to make it … Read more
My daughter was turning one and I have a sister who makes cakes on a semi-professional basis. I wasn’t trying to compete with her but being an artist, I did feel I had to hold my own at least. We love all things fairy and magical so we knew my daughter’s theme right away. We … Read more