I have been doing cakes as a side business for about six months now and love experimenting with different decorating techniques. A co-worker of mine asked if I would do a Thomas the Train cake for her stepson’s fifth birthday; she had seen a picture that looked similar to this one. She bought the topper … Read more
The Homemade Pirate Ship Birthday Cake – EASIER THAN YOU THINK! Start with 2 square slabs. One will be 3/4 base of the ship and the other one needs to be cut 1/3 off to put on top of the first cake to form the back of the ship. Next cut the remainder of that … Read more
Want to make a cake for your little one? If I can do this – you can too! I tried doing a fondant covered cake for my little one last year – Lightning McQueen – and it turned out really well for my first time ever using fondant. This year, my now 4 year old … Read more
Got many great ideas from other train cake posters (thanks!). Baked one rectangular cake and one circle cake (one box mostly did the trick). Cut the rectangular one in two and used that part for the long ends. Cut the circle cake to make the rounded turn of the train track. Put this all on … Read more
This pirate ship cake was made using loaf shaped cake tins, I made 4. Two were used for the ship itself stuck together with frosting. I used Betty Crocker fudge frosting. My husband builds model boats so he shaped the front of the boat with a Stanley blade. We then used slices of cake to … Read more
This Chipmunk Stump birthday cake all started around my niece just liking chipmunks. So I started looking on the internet for ideas and couldn’t find just one I really liked so I came up with this. I started by baking 5 8″ round cakes. I took 2 of the cakes and stacked them on top … Read more
I made this Tinkerbell Birthday Cake for my niece! She absolutely loved it! The 1st layer is 12″ round cake. The 2nd layer is an 8″ round cake. The 3rd layer is a 6″ round cake. The 4th is half of a 6″ round cake. The first layer has graham cracker crumbs for the sand. … Read more
I saw on this site several ways to make a pirate ship cake. I desperately wanted to make one for my son’s 2nd Birthday Party. Yes, he is only two, but is obsessed with pirates. I thought this came out great! I made three 9×13 cakes. I evened them all out, and then layered 2 … Read more
It was my girl’s 2nd and 3rd birthday party. They were really into Thumbelina this year. I decided I would give a shot at making Thumbelina Barbie Birthday Cakes and make them each a cake. The Thumbelina dolls are fairly skinny and small, so its easier to make two. I looked around the stores to … Read more
This Tinkerbell 5th Birthday Cake was the second cake that I had made for my granddaughter Sydney. The icing could have been a little bit neater and a bit more, but at that time, I didn’t know how to smoothen it out. I baked one round large and one small round cake and covered the … Read more
I used a sheet cake which I frosted white and then spray painted blue and dragged my knife thru it to create waves. I then used a small round pan to bake an island which I frosted white and then added Graham Cracker crumbs for sand. The palm trees and pirates were found at the … Read more
After seeing so many wonderful Barbie Doll cakes on this website, I am so eager to make one of my own. So without any training, I just started to make this Barbie cake. Just by feeling, I started to shaped the skirt out of fondex / fondant, and put butter cream all over the doll. … Read more