My step daughter wanted a butterfly cake for her 8th birthday. So I traced a picture of a butterfly on to paper and placed it on top of a chocolate cake. I made the chocolate cake in a rectangle tin. I then pinned the picture down and cut around the shape of the butterfly using … Read more
I made this Strawberry Shortcake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. The tiers are 6 and 10 inches, 2 layers each. The cakes are frosted in strawberry flavored buttercream and draped in pink marshmallow fondant (Marshmallow fondant tastes better than Wilton fondant and is easy to make). I made the pink swirls on the bottom layer … Read more
This is a 3 layered cake with cupcakes around it.10 inch circle 7 inch circle and a 3 in circle. you can use any circle sizes..I used yellow moist cake mix for the cake and cupcakes about 4 to 5 boxes of mix… I then used vanilla frosting in the tubs and used food coloring … Read more
My dad and I made this butterfly cake for my mum’s birthday as she likes butterflies. We made it using two square cake tins. We then cut around wing templates that we had got off the internet to make two wings. A leftover strip from the cake was iced pink and made the body. We … Read more
I made this Spongebob birthday cake for my son Fletcher’s 2nd birthday. I used a homemade chocolate cake recipe that I knew was very dense and tended to hold up to the fondant better. I baked one cake in a 9×13 pan, chilled the cake, cut it in half, then stacked one half on top … Read more
I used a 10″ round cake pan, which holds one cake mix/recipe. It was a basic yellow cake, decorated with white buttercream frosting. For the top of the cake, I used a star – shaped cookie cutter to give the star outlines, which I filled in with aqua colored stars, and then I added the … Read more
I made this Caterpillar Birthday Cake for my daughter’s first birthday. I used the sports ball cake pan. I coated the pan with Crisco and dusted with flour before adding the cake batter. Let cakes cool then they will come right out of pan, no sticking. I made five cakes and shaved the top of … Read more
I made this Thomas the Train cake for my son’s 3rd birthday party which was themed Thomas the Train. I used an oval cake pan and made a homemade confetti cake with chocolate chip buttercream filling. Two days in advance, I made the rocks and railroad ties out of store bought fondant. I cut sugar … Read more
I made this iggle piggles cake for my niece 1st birthday a few weeks ago, iv never made anything like this before and it was so easy to do, the best part of it was seeing her little face light up, it looked to good to eat…lol
This Ladybug Birthday Cake was a two piece, 3 dimensional cake. I baked this cake in two different Pyrex bowls, one larger than the other. I have never made a cake in my life, so wasn’t sure if I could do it. After a lot of research, I added a cup of sour cream to … Read more
I made this Thomas the train cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. He loves Thomas the train and anything trains! I found a lot of inspiration and instructions from this and other cake sites. I started by baking a scratch vanilla pound cake recipe. You need a dense, heavy cake for the carving. I baked … Read more
My son wanted a power ranger cake that stood up. So, I had to think. I took one 12 inch round cake pan and baked the cake in that then I cut in half to lay the the flat sides down. This made the shoulders. I put them side by side to have the desired … Read more