For the octopus cake I used a large rectangular sheet pan. I made 2 cakes and filled them with a chocolate mousse. I also made a 3rd batch of cake mix and poured it in a glass mixing bowl to get a dome shape for the octopus to sit on, as well as some cupcake … Read more
My daughter was having her First Holy Communion. I have made a doll cake before, but felt that this one needed to be all that much more special for her. I usually just iced the cake with regular frosting and maybe added some sprinkles. I decided to be fancy-shmancy this time and invest in a … Read more
My kids love Yo Gabba Gabba and I knew I wanted to give them a Yo Gabba Gabba birthday party. I was really excited to create a Homemade Yo Gabba Gabba Birthday Cake for them. I don’t have any training. I did all my research online and taught myself how to make the designs for … Read more
I used a Wilton football mold for the Jaws Birthday Cake. Fondant for the teeth and logo, buttercream for the the rest. My nephew loved his cake and said it was the best he’d ever had.
This Homemade Barbie Doll Birthday Cake Idea was made for my niece who is turning 8. She wanted a Barbie cake and I searched this site to find one. I found about four pictures that I truly liked and incorporated parts of all of them into this one. I used my nieces’ favorite colors. I … Read more
To make this Wow Wow Wubbzy Birthday Cake I used two square cakes. One for the body and one to carve the arms, ears, tail, and feet. I should have kept it in the freezer longer to avoid all the cake crumbs. Iced with yellow butter cream frosting and outlined with black. Also made Wubbzy’s … Read more
This Shark birthday cake was a simple 9×13 cake using a box mix. One can of blue frosting, then piped on homemade cream cheese frosting for the shark. I used mini marshmallows cut diagonally for the teeth and a chocolate chip for the eye. Added some green licorice for seaweed, Swedish fish, gummy turtles, and … Read more
I made this Barbie Princess Cake for my daughter Kyrah’s 4th birthday party and I was very happy with how it turned out. You will need to bake three cakes using a round cake tin ( I made three different flavoured cakes to make my cake more fun for everyone) and you will also need … Read more
This Veggie Tales Birthday Cake was so easy to make! We used a butter-cream icing recipe we found online. To make their noses we thickened up the icing with corn starch and rolled the noses into big balls. The eyes are raisins! ha ha! and Larry’s mouth is a piece of an index card that … Read more
I made this Shamu Whale Cake for my little sister after she went to San Diego and saw the Shamu whale show five times. I used a chocolate cake mix. I used a 13×9 cake pan and cut out the torso and tail separately before I stuck them together. Black food dye was a little … Read more
I took some ideas from other brilliant cakes on this site for my Princess Birthday Cake. I used a batter bowl for the “dress” of the cake and stuck in a princess Barbie, using her real dress for embellishment on the top of the cake. I used marshmallow fondant (you can find the recipe on … Read more
My kids thought that the movie Wall-E was too scary for them, but figured that their Dad would like it because it’s a “boy’s movie.” So, it has become a joke in our house that whenever someone’s birthday comes up, we discuss what kind of cake to make. My kids are adamant that Daddy wants … Read more