My daughter was crazy about the Little Mermaid so I wanted to make her a special cake. I made this Little Mermaid Birthday Cake using 2 2.5 quart Pyrex bowls and 2 “regular” boxes of cake mix. I baked them for about 55 minutes at 350. Once cooled I leveled out the cakes saving the … Read more
I created this Pirate Theme Birthday Cake using 12″, 10″ & 8″ round pans. The first layer was chocolate, the second was marble and the last was white. I usually do this to ensure all guests have what they like. I used buttercream icing to ice the entire cake and on the second layer to … Read more
I did this Baby On Clouds Birthday Cake for my niece’s 1st birthday. She was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and has been on oxygen her whole life (hence the oxygen tube in the nose). The baby is a doctored white cake mix, I added an extra egg and a 4 serving box of … Read more
My son wanted to have a Kung Fu Panda themed birthday party. So this Kung Fu Panda bear cake is what I came up with. I got the directions from Betty Crocker website, just changed it up a bit. I used a 8 inch pan for head and 9 inch for the body. You will … Read more
My son asked for a pirate ship cake for his 3rd birthday. We went online and looked at pictures of pirate ships, and I chose one with as simple a design as possible (not so easy since pirate ships are very intricate!). I used the picture as a template. I baked a 1/2 sheet cake, … Read more
My daughter wanted a OSU Buckeye Block O Birthday Cake for her birthday. I started with an 11×15 cake and cut off the sides to form the block O. The red icing was colored with Wilton paste (red red). I find that this makes the right color of red. I printed a picture of Brutus … Read more
My daughter’s 4th birthday was an “under the sea” party. She wanted a Little Mermaid Birthday Cake. This cake is a 14X11 sheet, with the hill made out of icing. Crushed graham cracker crumbs give it it’s beachy look. Our mermaid is simply a Wilton cake doll. We happened to have a “top” that fit … Read more
I was inspired by other treasure chest cakes on this website to make this Pirate Treasure Chest birthday cake for my son’s 4th birthday. I made 3 square butter cakes measuring 10″x 10″. I made them a few days in advance and popped them in the freezer to make life easier, and also because I’d … Read more
For this cute cake I purchased the baby topper and added a pink pow secured in place with a glue gun. I used a Wilton bowl separator set. I filled the bowl with pink transparent basket wrappers and positioned 4 pink baby blocks spelling out baby inside the bowl as well. The top tier is … Read more
This Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Cake was inspired by one that I saw searching for cake ideas. I used 3 layers of 8″ round cake for the bottom tier and 2 layers of a 6″ round for the top. Frost each tier with buttercream to prepare for fondant. I used ready made red fondant from Satin … Read more
Lots of butter icing and a little fondant sharks fin. The water was simply blue icing mixed with white. the cake was two rectangular cakes cut to shape.
This is the First Birthday Cake I made for my youngest son’s first birthday (December 2009). This was my first attempt at making and using fondant. I found some ideas online and an easy marshmallow fondant recipe. I had a little trouble with cracking in the fondant, but I think it turned out okay for … Read more