I made this Golf Cake for my brother’s 30th birthday and it was super easy! It is made of 2 9 inch rounds and 2 8 inch rounds. The golf guy and flags were purchased from Wilton’s and are plastic. The golf bag and little golf balls around the front are wax and also purchased … Read more
I first found the hen cake idea on this web site. As I raise chickens, I wanted to make a hen cake to enter into the local fair. I had seen cast aluminum 3D hen molds on eBay, and finally lucked out winning one. I used a cake recipe that I found online, which was … Read more
I found a lady who had step-by-step instructions on how to make a Lightning McQueen Birthday Cake – awesome! The best advise I can give is to buy pre-coloured red and black fondant. The next best bit of advise is to freeze the cake as it makes it a breeze to carve into the shape … Read more
I made this Hannah Montana Guitar Cake for my niece’s 5th birthday. I used a Wilton Guitar Cake pan and followed the instructions for the electric guitar. I used a yellow cake mix and cut the cake in half to put frosting in the middle, for a little extra something! I iced the whole cake … Read more
I baked this Manchester United Cake for a friend of mine for her grandson, his favorite football team is Man Utd. I started by making the football badge. I printed the picture off the net as a template. I used ½ flower paste ½ fondant and cut out the shape of the badge. This was … Read more
My brother’s nickname is Matty Moo so for his 21st Birthday we made him a cow cake! It was really simply, the cow was really easy and looked great. The 2 and 1 were just tins I hired and covered with butter icing (made with Solite to make sure it stayed white) and the black … Read more
This Lightning McQueen cake is just a 9X11 that I cut in half and stacked, then shaved to the shape I wanted with a knife. I was inspired by many cakes on this site and decided to try my own version with what I thought I could “handle”. The donuts are tires (which were almost … Read more
I made this Guitar Cake as a surprise for my niece’s 16th birthday, and boy was she surprised. I even surprised myself on how great everything turned out. With my husband’s help with the construction to my kid’s taste testing. This cake is my most challenging to date, but I intend on making more. The … Read more
I made these Whirlm cakes for my son’s 9th birthday. They are characters from Viva Pinata, an X box game and TV show in the UK. I used two bundt cakes and cut them to the shapes I wanted and crumb coated them with buttercream frosting. I decorated with a star tip, mostly in the … Read more
I made this puppy dog cake for my son’s first birthday since he loves our two pet dogs. First, I baked a two layer 12 inch round cake and iced it in blue buttercream icing. Black icing was used for the paw prints and I used fondant letters to spell my child’s name on the … Read more
This Tow Mater Birthday Cake was a first attempt at using marshmallow fondant. I am terrible with buttercream, so when my nephew wanted a Mater cake, I decided to try the fondant that is supposed to taste good! I used 2 carved Sara Lee Frozen Pound Cakes for the truck, and a single cake mix … Read more
I made 2 very large cakes, and then froze them. Once frozen, I cut the body out, then the neck of the guitar. I then frosted the cake and connected the neck to the body of the guitar. I rolled fondant until it was thin, then placed over body of the guitar, and the same … Read more