well this truck cake was very easy. Boxed confetti cake for the ground and pound cake for the trucks. I dyed the pound cake blue since there were two boys and two trucks, they each had their own. Bought chocolate rocks for the decoration. I frosted the cake green then put the rocks on sides … Read more
This is a three tiered giant Cupcake cake. The top is a giant cupcake made from the Wilton Giant Cupcake Pan, the second tier is an 8 inch round that is 3 inches deep, and the bottom tier is a 12 inch round, that is 3 inches deep. The cake is a almond sour cream … Read more
My sister asked for a camping birthday celebration, so I decided to make her a tent cake, in the shape of our traditional rectangular cabin-style tent. This cake was created based on a “doll house” pattern from the old Bakers coconut cut-up cake books. It’s two square layers. One is cut corner to corner, both … Read more
This Gravedigger Monster Truck cake was a little tricky! I baked four loaf yellow cakes. I used a six pack of Krispy Kreme glazed donuts. I cut two of the donuts in half and placed on the cake pan. I piped on white vanilla icing. This gave the monster truck a “lifted” effect. I used … Read more
My best friend’s son was having a pool party for his 10th birthday. She was traveling that week and wouldn’t have time to make it, so I volunteered to make a M&M Birthday Cake. I used Wilton’s sports ball pans for the M&M and made it chocolate (of course, right?). The halves are held together … Read more
I got this idea for a farming cake from looking at numerous cakes on this site. The cake is a 11X15 mock angel food. I frosted it with white buttercream and added some grass with cows grazing in the corner. I used tip #233 for grass. The field is made of chocolate graham crackers and … Read more
My friend recently purchased a Toyota Hiace – and as we were doubling up her birthday celebrations with our annual pre-camping meeting it seemed an ideal opportunity to try out a Camper Van Birthday Cake. I purchased a very cheap, large, disposable silver foil roasting tray from our local supermarket and made a standard sponge … Read more
I made this Beer Bottle Cake for our friend’s surprise birthday party. He’s quite the beer connoisseur so I made this cake using his favorite beer as the idea. There are actually quite a lot of recipes that use beer in the cake mix, but I was short on time and couldn’t risk the cake … Read more
The numbers were made from 2 12″ square cakes. They were placed on a 14″ thin board then covered in sugarpaste. I then did the lace effect by piping random wiggly lines all over both cakes with a thin nozzle (no 1 I think), then I piped round the bootom of the cakes with a … Read more
My son is in love with anything cars, trucks, or motorcylces so I thought it would be cute to make him a Pickup Truck Birthday Cake. It’s one of the few words he can say so far. Since he’s turning 2 I thought I’d put the number 2 on each door panel. I knew I … Read more
This Beer Bucket Cake is a 5 layer yellow cake with chocolate filling. I used 2- 8 inch rounds for the bottom and 3- 10 inch rounds for the upper layers. I froze the cakes overnight then shaved to create the bucket look. I covered the whole cake with fondant. I used crushed graham crackers … Read more
I made this Big Smile cake for a friend when she finished dental school. I just used a regular long cake pan, and just free handed the shape. The icing is done by using the star tip and adding two layers of icing around the lips, to make it stand out. It was a big … Read more