Coolest Riverboat Cake

Homemade Riverboat Cake

This Homemade Riverboat Cake was made for a retirement party, after the Barefoot Princess was sold to new owners. I did my best to make the cake look as much like the real boat as I could, and learned a lot from the process. I used three 9×13 inch cake pans, baked different flavors…chocolate, yellow … Read more

Coolest My Little Pony Rainbow Cake

Homemade My Little Pony Rainbow Cake

My daughter wanted a Homemade My Little Pony Rainbow Cake for her birthday, and her favorite pony is Rainbow Dash, so we went for a rainbow themed cake. The cake is one I saw some time ago on Martha Stewart’s show. A Google search for “Martha Stewart Rainbow Cake” yielded the recipe and a video … Read more

Coolest Purse Cake

Homemade Purse Cake

I made this purse cake for my daughter’s 5th birthday! She asked for a purse so I decided I would make it more interesting by adding makeup and accessories to go with the purse. I found my inspiration from this website! All accessories are made of fondant. The handle was a bit tricky (should have … Read more

Daisy Cupcakes

A few days in advance I made the orange and pink fondant and cut out the daisies with a fondant/cookie cutter. I layered 2 cut outs on top of each other and rolled a ball for the center. I then baked the cake in regular ice cream cones. After they were cool, I dipped them … Read more

Cool Homemade Football Cake With Helmet and Mini Footballs

UT Football Cake

I made a football cake for my companies UT tailgate party and won first place! I made a checker board sheet cake and a four layer round checker board cake that I cut to look more like a helmet. I put the round cakes on a cardboard circle with three cut dowel rods underneath it … Read more

Coolest My Little Pony Cake

Homemade My Little Pony Cake

I became inspired by all the other My Little Pony Cakes on this site. I scanned and enlarged a picture from a free kids colouring pages website. It is made with a large glass Pyrex dish – basic slab cake, lolly snakes and licorice straps cut into strips and basic icing and food colouring.

Coolest Sparkling Sandals Birthday Cake

Homemade Sparkling Sandals Birthday Cake

I bake the cakes , but my husband is the artist who crafts them into the master pieces that they end up as. The Sparkling Sandals Birthday Cake, was our last ditch effort at something original for our daughter’s 10th birthday. Our girls never know what their cake is going to look like until the … Read more

Sofa Cake

Sofa Cake

This cake is perfect for that lazy person! I made this cake in a large baking tray which i then cut up. First you need two pieces the same size to make the seat so you can have a layer of jam and icing between. Then you need a back that comes about an inch … Read more

Coolest Football Field Cake

Homemade Football Field Cake

I made this Football Field cake for my fiance’s 22nd Birthday. I did it last minute after I ran across the extremely inexpensive plastic toppers (the football players, field goals)at Party City. I had planned on making him a two layer round cake so when I found these pieces and decided to do a theme … Read more

Coolest Sock Monkey Birthday Cake

Homemade Sock Monkey Birthday Cake

I made this Sock Monkey birthday cake because my grandson had a favorite Sock Monkey. I made a triple round layer cake with lemon filling. A 15 inch round I believe, but that’s a lot of cake. I like to make everything big as I can. Is more fun that way. Then smooth iced it … Read more

Coolest Purse Birthday Cake

Homemade Purse with Hankie Birthday Cake

I used loaf pans to make the Purse Birthday Cake and cut it and then stacked it with buttercreme. Then shaped it some more. I put it in the fridge for the frosting to crust. I made my own marshmallow fondant (which tastes better to me than bought). I covered it with fondant. I Added … Read more

Coolest Pink Daisy Cupcakes “Petit Fours”

Homemade Pink Daisy Cupcakes "Petit Fours"

I made these Pink Daisy Cupcakes “Petit Fours” for my niece’s baby shower. We went a little more modern with the colors. Instead of traditional pastel colors, we chose to do hot pink, black, and white. I call these cupcake Petit Fours because they are simply upside-down cupcakes with poured fondant icing. The flowers are … Read more