My 3 year old wanted a Minnie Mouse theme for her party, so I used the Wilton Mickey Mouse cake pan and changed it to Minnie with a few tweaks. I used the tips #3 and #16 for the icing. I also used the Mickey Mouse clubhouse coloring for the icing and added Minnie Mouse … Read more
My daughter requested I make her a red fondant wedding cake. Having never made one, I was a nervous wreck and began to make practice cakes in March for an August wedding. I also did a lot of research on the web for a Country Themed Wedding Cake Idea. This was the end product. I … Read more
I made this castle cake for a 1st birthday party where the birthday girl was the “princess”. The cake base is a two layer 1/4 sheet, half sour cream white and half chocolate. The small top layer is a 6-inch round white cake. I filled and covered the cakes with pink buttercream. After the buttercream … Read more
I first took a small picture of Mini Mouse that I liked, cut that out, took to print shop and blew up to a little less than the size of a half sheet cake pan for this Minnie Mouse Cake. Once I iced the cake and let the icing crust over, I cut out the … Read more
For my son’s first birthday we had a costume party for Halloween and decorated with all pumpkins. I got a lot of my inspiration for the Pumpkin and Mini Pumpkin Cake from this site and added some of my own touches. I made a big cake and a small cake for my son to eat. … Read more
After browsing this website for ideas, I created a pretty princess castle cake for my daughter’s 1st birthday. The day before the party, I baked 3 boxes of Duncan Hines Chocolate double fudge cake mixes and split them between two 12″ round Wilton cake pans. I baked each cake 55 minutes at 350. After baking, … Read more
My 14 year old daughter wanted a NMBC Birthday party and didn’t want a store bought cake. Being the creative dad that I am I jumped on the chance to make a cake for her even though I’ve never baked a cake before or even decorated one. I found this page during my research for … Read more
This Homemade Graveyard Birthday Cake Design was for my niece’s sweet 16 birthday. She wanted a grave yard cake. I made homemade marshmallow fondant to cover the cake. I made butter cream icing to decorate. I used gum paste and fondant combination to mold each piece by hand. The pieces were painted with an air … Read more
My future stepdaughter is mad on Disney Princess’, so last year I decided to attempt my first ever cake and make a Disney Princess castle cake. It took me 7 backbreaking hours to decorate it, was it worth it. Yes! Lil’s loved it so much that unfortunately for me she’s asked for the same cake … Read more
My boyfriend’s son has become a big fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. For his 3rd birthday I decided I was going to make him a TMNT birthday cake, since everyday his favourite character changes I decided to use the image of all 4 turtles. To make the cake I used a 12″ cake … Read more
I started out this Homemade Cross Cake with a plain yellow boxed cake. The cake was really moist and cracked in the middle so I froze it. While it was still frozen I cut the shape out. After it thawed I put a crumb coat on then frosted with homemade buttercream icing. The flowers I … Read more
My granddaughter, Ellie loved the movie Tangled. So she wanted a Tangled cake. I have made all my grand children’s birthday cakes but I have never made a castle cake. I baked and decorated this cake in 6 hours, however, I have been decorating cakes for 42 years so if you are a beginner I … Read more