I used a straight roasting tin and made two sponge cakes. I placed them on top of each other to cut them straight so they are exactly the same size. I then stuck them together by filling it with raspberry jam and frosting. I cut the top of the cake flat and covered it in … Read more
This Noahs Ark Cake was done for a baby shower. The base is a 9 x 13 vanilla cake, covered with buttercream then topped with fondant. I rolled white, pastel blue and primary blue together to get the look of water. The ark portion is a Wilton’s football shaped pan filled with vanilla cake. I … Read more
This is my in-laws 40th anniversary cake I made them. It is covered in marshmallow fondant. The roses and the swag is fondant. I learned how to make the fondant roses on Youtube. The curly-que hearts and the pearls along the bottom of the cake is buttercream. First time decorating with buttercream. The ribbon is … Read more
I made this Hi 5 birthday cake for a friend of mine. She requested a Hi 5 Cake so I found a picture of the hand and drew it slightly bigger. I doubled a Mud Cake recipe and baked it in a slab pan. Once baked I cut out the hand shape and placed on … Read more
I created this Homemade Yo Gabba Gabba Cake Idea for a little boy’s 1st birthday. I began working on the fondant characters almost 2 weeks in advance, since this was the first time I was doing a Yo Gabba Gabba cake. They took some effort and patience, but overall, it wasn’t as hard as I … Read more
This Over the Hill Toilet Cake was for an Over the Hill Birthday party for two brothers. They wanted something funny, not too black and Grimm Reaper style. I carved the toilet from styrofoam and covered it with white fondant. Then my friend Michelle and I created the small details such as the lettering, the … Read more
For my niece’s bridal shower she wanted an 80s theme shower so I made her a cake representing the 80’s at it finest, a Pacman cake. I made a board using foam board and frosting as the Pacman video game. Then I made Mr. and Mrs. bridal party Pacman cakes, bow tie and veil included. … Read more
I made this coffee cup cake for my Grandmother’s 66th Birthday. (hence the 66 oz. ;)) It originally was suppose to be a standing cake but fell over giving me this pretty neat idea. I started with two 13×9 cakes and used a simple circle object from my house imprinting them on the cakes and … Read more
I made this Ninja cake for my oldest son on his 21st birthday. “Ninja Plz” is one of his favorite sayings and everyone jokes that he’s a Ninja, as he was once a semi-pro wrestler. He later admitted that it was not easy to eat a face! I used a 9″ round pan for the … Read more
This over the hill cake is a variation of a Wilton design. Instead of having the person climb out of a hole I decided to have her climb a hill. The hill is made of 2 yellow cupcakes cut and stacked. I used spray color for the cake to save time. Then I used edible … Read more
My co-worker needed a wedding cake for a family member coming to Tybee Island to get married on the beach. I have never made anything like this, but after looking at the site I decided to try. I started with a basic yellow cake and butter cream icing. The cakes were a 10in round, 8 … Read more
I made this apple cake for a teacher that I work with that was honored through our district as “Teacher of the Year”. I started with three eight inch round cakes (two chocolate and one vanilla) layered with chocolate ganache frosting with almonds. Once the cakes were stacked, I carved out the shape of an … Read more