This is a cake I made for my grandson’s 1st birthday. I am very new at cake decorating and this was the 1st time I had ever worked with fondant and I had a ball making all of the animals. The cake was pound cake covered in buttercream with crumbled Oreo cookies for dirt. The … Read more
Kipper was a PBS program. The star was a great dog with a basket, a blanket, a ball, a bone, and a toy rabbit (that he treated like a teddy bear). This Kipper the dog cake was made using a double sheet cake as a base, which is frosted and set aside. The dog itself … Read more
I’ve made several Hannah Montana Guitar Cakes. I start off with making a template of the guitar shape, appropriate to the size of cake I need (how many people it will feed). I downloaded a picture of a Hannah Montana guitar, and traced it to scale on paper and then used that as a guide … Read more
I baked this surfer Joe birthday cake for my daughter’s boyfriend’s 20th birthday. He is an avid surfer so this was perfect for him. He loved it so much he didn’t want to cut it! But we did and it was delicious! I used a 9x12x2 pan, a 2 cup Pyrex bowl and one box … Read more
This Jungle Cake was made for my niece’s baby shower. Was easy to make, I just used white cake and the filling was jet marshmallow puff and cream cheese and strawberries. First thing I did was dye the coconut green, in a big bowl add water and green food coloring, mix well, let sit for … Read more
I used a 9″ round cake pan for the face and two ceramic cremé brulé cups to bake the ear cakes. The Mickey Birthday Cake was chocolate (my mother’s egg free crazy cake recipe). Crazy cake worked well because it is easy to frost. I usually make it with a peanut butter frosting – but … Read more
I have recently gotten into baking and decided to make a Homemade Guitar Birthday Cake for my son’s 16th birthday, modeled after the guitar that he was getting for his birthday. I went with a scratch white cake. They seem to be better to cut out when frozen compared to a box cake mix not … Read more
I made 2 cakes made in jelly roll pans frosted in the middle. Then for the ramp, I used rice krispie treats. I made chocolate butter cream frosting. For the finish line, I found a picture of the real monster finish line and edited it in my Photoshop and printed it out. I took 2 … Read more
This is the lion cake I made for my daughters 3rd birthday party (I also made a giraffe cake for the same party). The theme was safari. We made a lion and a giraffe. This lion cake was a store bought “orange” cake, which I added chocolate pudding and dark chocolate chips to. The frosting … Read more
For this Little Einstein’s Rocket cake, I used the 10″ Wilton oval pan and half of the 8″ Wilton 3D egg pan. I made two cake mixes and used the extra batter to make cupcakes. I used 4 Twinkies for the engines and attached them together and to Rocket using toothpicks. Then I carved a … Read more
My sister-in-law turned 45 this year and I wanted to make a cake with a 45 theme in mind. After brainstorming with my husband, we decided what better than a record! Step 1 completed. I had an idea! Step 2, what to make the record out of? A little more challenging if you have limited … Read more
I made this Pacman cake for my brother’s 40th birthday. He was a huge fan when we were kids. I baked two layer cakes, stacked them and when I cut out the mouth for Pacman, I used the leftovers to make the dots and ghost. I covered it with buttercream icing, using stars and the … Read more