This Finding Nemo cake came out so great thanks to ideas from this site! I made it with an 11×15 inch rectangle for the base then a 10,8,6 inch rounds on top. Instead of tinting an entire batch of frosting blue, I used Wilton’s spray food coloring to do the “all over” blue color. I … Read more
This Topsy Turvy Crazy Birthday Cake was for my daughters 25th birthday. Her birthday is on Valentines Day and I’ve always done hearts, etc, but wanted to do something as unique and special as she is. The bottom cake is sour cream pound cake with strawberry filling and buttercream icing. Top is Red Velvet with … Read more
I made this Guinea Pig cake for my one of my best friends birthday! We both work at a pet store and love animals but she is absolutely crazy about guinea pigs and owns two of her own! It was actually pretty easy to make once I came up with an idea of how to … Read more
I browsed and found many ideas from the other Finding Nemo birthday cakes on this site. I managed to come up with an original looking three-layer cake, with lots of tropical-colored candies and icing to border and be visually appealing. I ordered a set of mini figurines off of EBay and used the characters on … Read more
My 7 year old wanted an all girls birthday party, and what is more girly than a tea party? Not wanting to spend a fortune, I Googled teapot cakes and found this site. I picked from my favorite ideas for a Teapot Birthday Cake here and added some of my own. I have never made … Read more
My son’s favourite giraffe that never leaves his side (TY Pluffies Tip Top Giraffe) cake that I made for his third birthday. Materials: 1 10″ cake pan, 1 Betty Crocker cake mix, 1 jar white icing Betty Crocker, 1 pkg. Wilton white rolled fondant, Wilton frosting tip # 233, chocolate sprinkles, Wilton gel food colors … Read more
I carved a double layer sheet cake for the face of this Hello Kitty cake. Her ears is a separate cake as well as her bow. I used licorice for her whiskers. I used a star tip all over her face.
I made this Zebra Topsy Turvy Cake for my birthday because I wanted to try and make a Topsy Turvy cake. On top of the cake I piped happy birthday in a funky handwriting. I used one 6′ and two 8′ cakes for the bottom tier. For the top tier I used one 4′ and … Read more
This was a race horse cake made for a birthday party for a former horse racer. They had asked for a horse done in icing on the cake but I decided that I would try a 2D sculpture. I used a few images of horses on the internet and drew a sketch of the size … Read more
I have a great 12×16″ cake pan that I use for all of my kids’ birthday cakes. To make the Hello Kitty cake, we printed out a picture from the web and enlarged it so it was 11.5″ high. We cut it out and traced it onto chocolate cake (from a box) with a knife … Read more
This Space Shuttle Birthday Cake was for my son’s 4th Birthday. He was having a space party. The shuttle came out a bit fatter looking than I planned but I was happy with the end result and most importantly my son loved it. I got some inspiration from some of the other great shuttle cakes … Read more
I took all my inspiration for this Horse Birthday Cake from the cakes on this website! My daughter was turning 8 and had asked for a horse cake for her birthday party. I started with a 9×13 sheet cake that had been put in the freezer for a couple of hours, and cut a triangle … Read more