This Dragon Birthday Cake was made for my child’s 4th birthday with ideas I found off the net. If you look carefully there is a hole inbetween the nostrils where there is a straw place through the cake and the cardboard box underneath the cake. The straw was connected to a Tupperware lid which had … Read more
I made this Soccer Birthday Cake for my grandson’s 13th birthday. The cake is a three tier Topsy Turvy with a soccer ball cake as the top layer. Top and bottom are chocolate and center tier is vanilla. I covered the cake in MM fondant. I made the MU logo by printing it from the … Read more
For my baby’s first birthday we had a Barnyard Bonanza! So it was only fitting to make his cake a “MOO COW” This is where I found your awesome site! My best friend Katie, told me to look on here for ideas. I followed the directions from a sweet lady that had submitted this similar … Read more
I did this Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake for a good friend’s grandson’s birthday. The cake was a hit with everyone! I enjoyed doing this cake as with all the cakes I have done. I am getting better all the time. I think the clouds and sun makes this cake stand out. I changed up the … Read more
My son wanted a standing T-Rex cake for is fifth birthday. My husband and I have always tried to make cakes for the kids but this is was our biggest challenge. We started with a frame made from a cake plate and PVC piped to support the body and and neck and to make the … Read more
I was asked by a friend of a friend to make a boy’s baby shower cake for her friend (already three degrees of Kevin Bacon!). I was sent five idea photos ranging from a Louis Vuitton diaper bag to a teddy bear. The only stipulations were that the cake be two tiers and decorated in … Read more
I made a lemon cake with lemon curd buttercream covered in white sugarpaste. I covered the bottom board in white sugarpaste also. To clean up the edges between the cake and the covered board – piped back icing in pearls. Then made the cat and constructed on top of the cake securing with royal icing. … Read more
This Cars Birthday Cake was an easy cake to make. I started by making a sheet cake for the bottom. The car is made out of pound cake, which is good to use. It carves easier and does not crumble like a box cake. I shaped the car from the pound cake. I then rolled … Read more
my son is turning 4 this summer and is really into dinosaurs. I was trying to figure out a theme for his party and SUPRISE, he said dinosaurs mom, so dinosaurs it is. I have never really decorated a cake before other than putting a can of icing on it and I decided that since … Read more
This WWE Wrestling birthday cake was made for a friend whose husband is totally into professional wrestling! Like many of you, I don’t really like using fondant because it doesn’t taste great, but I did use some on this cake. The black is frosted with regular frosting, and the emblems are fondant. There’s plenty of … Read more
My now 5 year old loves the show “Swamp People” that comes on The History Channel. So for his 5th birthday I decided that I would make him is own Swamp. The Swamp water that is under the Gator is poured sugar that I added food coloring to, to make it turn out the right … Read more
To get the design of this Carebear Cake, I got a blank design from the internet, and edited and enlarged it on the computer, then printed it and cut out around it. I made a simple vanilla cake mix times two or three, then used a large baking dish (as I did not have a … Read more