My daughter’s first birthday had a flower theme. This Flower Birthday Cake was great because all the older kids just grabbed a flower and didn’t have to wait to be served. I made a carrot cake in a springform pan, but a round layer cake would work well too. I iced the cake in green … Read more
I made this Homemade Plane Birthday Cake for my son’s 2nd birthday and I can tell you he was very excited when he saw it! Luckily he didn’t realize it was a cake or else I don’t think it would of lasted all day till his party. I think I ended up baking 5 loaf … Read more
I made this special Lego Birthday Cake Idea 11 X 17 (½ white, ½ chocolate) for my grandson’s 6th birthday after looking online for ideas for Lego cakes. Here is my completed birthday cake. I made two different Lego guys using fondant which I did a week before I made the birthday cake. I shaped … Read more
My son has an iPhone3. His wish is to have an iPhone 4. So I decided to bake him an iPhone 4 cake on his 14th birthday. I baked a rectangular sheet cake, making sure it is not too think so as to keep to the actual phone’s proportion. The cake is then cut into … Read more
My daughter loves Dora and when she turned three I themed her birthday party Dora the Explorer. I had the idea to make her cake in the form of a box birthday cake, so I decided to make it as a big square and a smaller square. The cake was made from a chocolate mixture. … Read more
For the base of the Army Tank Birthday Cake, I used a standard 13 x 9 rectangle pan with just regular cake mix. The top part where the gun sticks out is a meatloaf sized pan. After cooling, put the smaller cake on top of the larger one. Frosted both together using chocolate frosting and … Read more
This Littlest Pet Shop cake was made for my niece. I used white cake mix. It is a twelve by twelve square cake with a nine inch round cake on top. I used butter cream icing for the whole cake and tinted it green to go with the jungle theme Littlest Pet Shop set I … Read more
Looks complicated but it is simple. This make up table cake is a 4 layer jelly roll cake. I built a wood platform with gorilla glue and a plywood board (13x 18 the size of a cake board that I bought at AC MOORE) and glued legs on them. Total cost less then 10 dollars. … Read more
I made this Hawaiian Luau Cake for my grandaughter’s 10th birthday. She wanted a luau cake and she told me the way she wanted it. She would like a beach, palm trees, tiki bar, an umbrella, sandals and dolphins. I made the beach with piping gel and the sand with brown sugar. The tiki bar … Read more
I made this Homemade Army Tank Birthday Cake for my sister-in-laws boyfriend who just came home from Korea. I have developed quite a niche for baking and cooking these days. She loves my creations so I was privileged to make this for her. Sheet cakes are still new to me so I was a little … Read more
Driven by my 3 year old’s obsession with the Toy Story movies (includes sleeping with a Mr. Potato Head each night), we decided to make his party with a Toy Story theme. So, trying to be somewhat practical I thought that Mr. Potato Head would be the easiest to re-create. I started this Homemade Mr. … Read more
I made this Sombrero cake for a friend’s 29th birthday party. I was asked to make a cake to suit a Mexican themed surprise party that would feed 60 people. Well, that was a challenge, since I’ve never made a custom cake before. Here’s how I did it. I baked 2 giant chocolate chip cookies … Read more