This Blocks Baby Shower Cake was for my sister-in-law’s baby shower. The theme was baby blocks. I wanted to incorporate the blocks as well as make it personal. The letters on the blocks are my nephew’s initials and the objects on the blocks are both typical items you might find on baby blocks with a … Read more
This was a birthday cake that I made for a friend of mine, she left the theme entirely up to me but it had to be based on Mickey Mouse. I made a 12″ square cake and cut an oblong which I covered in butter cream and then fondant icing. I had to make the … Read more
I made this homemade beer bucket cake using two 8” round cakes (it could have been made larger). This is a chocolate cake with Oreo cream filling between the 3 layers. This cake required only one box of cake mix and about 5 cups of filling/frosting (I iced the cake thick on the outer edges … Read more
This was my first attempt at making a cake with fondant and stand up bears, I like the way it came out but I know I can do better and Im going to keep trying and looking at all these cakes I am falling in love with all the cakes that are on this website … Read more
I made this Mickey Cake for my son’s 6th birthday. The bottom is a single layer 14 inch chocolate cake frosted with chocolate frosting and covered with rainbow sprinkles. My favorite chocolate cake recipe is the Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Chocolate Cake recipe right on the can of Hershey Cocoa. For this pan I doubled the … Read more
Lego Cakes . . . FORGET USING THE MARSHMALLOWS or mini-muffins! I’ve decorated cakes for over 30 years and hold myself to a very high standard as far as to what my finished cakes look like. Buttercream-frosted marshmallow halves or mini-muffins just didn’t measure up! My Tip for Lego Birthday Cake? I removed UNSCENTED TEA … Read more
I made this 1st Birthday Cake Idea for my grandson Mac’s first birthday. Its a butter Madeira sponge cake which I split and filled with jam and vanilla buttercream. I crumb coated it with buttercream and covered it with sugar paste which I coloured green with gel food colouring to make a marble effect. I … Read more
For my daughters 5th birthday she wanted a little Mermaid party theme. So I used three different circular cake pans and used Wilton’s candy melts and the molds to get the under the sea characters. For the seaweed I used my decorator bag and make lines on wax paper and hardened them in the fridge. … Read more
I am self taught at cake making and over the years have made numerous cakes for family and friends. I was asked by a friend if there was any way I could make a cake like a VW camper van for a friend’s son’s 18th birthday. Not ever having attempted to make a cake in … Read more
This Crib Cake for Baby Shower was for my 11th grandchild’s baby shower. The cake was made with 2 half sheet pans that were cut in half and stacked making it a four layer cake. The cake flavors were strawberry and vanilla with strawberry mousse filling. Each layer was frosted with a light coat of … Read more
This Iron Man cake was made for a friend’s little boy’s birthday. The head is made from RKT and the body from sponge cake (chocolate for the shoulders). All covered in butter cream and then fondant.
I made this graduation cake for my son’s graduation from kindergarten. I got the idea from the Mars candy “bright ideas” site. I used one 9×13 pan for the bottom layer, an 8×8 pan with an inch trimmed off one side for the second layer, and a medium glass oven-safe dish for the bottom of … Read more