I had to make 2 cakes at the same time so this one is a little messy. This Cinderella cake was for a little red head turning 7. I wanted to make something she could keep from the cake. The carriage was her keepsake. It is 100% edible. The carriage was much harder than it … Read more
I used a Wilton guitar pan to make this Jonas Guitar Cake Design. I used a basic chocolate cake recipe. Rice paper was used to trace Nick Jonas’s face on the front of the guitar. My daughter’s favourite Jonas brother is Nick, that’s why I chose this one for her. She likes purple and black … Read more
This is a Super Mario Brothers Birthday Cake Design that I made for my son’s 7th birthday. It is a dark chocolate fudge cake with buttercream and chocolate ganache filling. The mushroom on top is made of rice krispie treats covered with fondant. These are my first gumpaste figures ever. I started about 2 weeks … Read more
I looked all over for a snake cake idea for my son’s 7th birthday. Then I found this site and was rewarded with SO many cool ideas that inspiration hit and I thought “why can’t I make a coiled snake?” So, I tried it out and this was the result. I baked two bundt cakes … Read more
I made this Cinderella cake for my friend’s daughter’s 5th birthday party! I really enjoy making and decorating cakes. This is the fourth character cake I have made so far and I love doing it!! I decided to make a cake under the doll cake so there was enough for everyone to eat. That one … Read more
I made this Guitar Birthday Cake for my son’s 18th birthday. I had bought a Wilton guitar mold, but it was too small. I decided to draw a picture of a guitar on parchment paper. I did this by looking at his guitar. I used four boxes of banana cake mix for the body and … Read more
My Nintendo-mad girlfriend turned 23, and since I bought her a Zelda-statue, I wanted to make a Zelda birthday cake. I started by baking three thin layers of rich chocolate cake in a small pan (about 20 x 15 cm) and then cut the shield shape out. I then filled the cake, using one layer … Read more
Part of my son’s birthday party consisted of making stuffed animals, teddy bears and the like. The gym where we had the party supplied all the paper goods so I didn’t need much for a theme, but decided I wanted to do a teddy bear cake to go along with the teddy-bear idea. I had … Read more
I made this Dora the Explorer cake for my niece Emily’s 3rd birthday, and she wouldn’t let anyone cut her Dora cake. I made 4 butter cake mixes in a 14inx10in tin. I got a pic of Dora and used this for the template and cut the shape out. Covered it with a crumb coat … Read more
This is the guitar cake that I made for my friend’s graduation party after much thought and research (including this site!). For the guitar handle I used some spare wood that my dad had and cut for me. I painted it with a black gloss paint and glued painted silver noodles onto it for the … Read more
My son wanted a Homemade Super Mario Brothers Birthday Cake, so with all the pics online, this is what I came up with. This is my second cake I’ve made using fondant.
I looked everywhere for ideas for a Monkey Birthday Cake. My son LOVES monkeys. This monkey is made out of fondant. The bananas and coconuts around the bottom are fondant as well, but can be made from gum past.