This Little Mermaid cake was specially made for Alecx, my great niece. It was a beautiful one. It was a vanilla and chocolate swirl cake with strawberry preserves. I covered it with rolled fondant. All the shells,fishes and Sebastian were made using the rolled fondant. It a conversation piece;and as always I get inspired with … Read more
I made this small Treasure Chest Birthday Cake for my friend from work. I had made a larger one for my husband a couple of weeks before and she loved it. His was made with 3 13×9 sheet cakes so it was a lot bigger. All I did for this one was bake a 9×9 … Read more
I made a chocolate cake in an aluminum lamb mold. I added toothpicks in the ears and part of a wooden skewer in the neck. I had too much batter so I made the remainder of the batter into cupcakes. Once the lamb cake was cooled, I put a buttercream frosting crumb coat on the … Read more
The shell of this Little Mermaid cake was molded from a shell dish using Wilton gum paste. The water and glittery decorations are pulled sugar. The rest is buttercream piped onto the cake. I used a doll for the torso and head. The tail is made from fondant with a cake center.
I made this homemade pirate ship cake for my son’s 7th birthday. I used 2 boxed marble cake mixes and canned frosting to make the base of this ship and 1 yellow cake mix for the island and the stern of the boat. The island is a round cake with frosting and covered in brown … Read more
This Jungle Safari cake was my first big order for a cake I received from a friend for her 2 sons, Caden and Jack! She presented me with the invitation for the party and when I saw Jungle Safari, so many ideas popped into my mind. This cake also needed to be gluten free, so … Read more
The Little Einsteins Rocket cake is made from 1 cake mix using a 9 inch round cake pan for the bottom and an oven safe glass mixing bowl for the dome top. Ice cream cones topped with a half of a vanilla wafer were used for the rocket boosters and fin. To make sure the … Read more
For my Son’s 7th Birthday we had a treasure hunt theme so a treasure chest was the obvious choice for the cake! I baked three 9 x 14 cakes. Two of them stacked made the bottom of the chest while the third was used for the lid. I cut a piece of stiff cardboard for … Read more
I prepared this first birthday cake for my nephew’s birthday. I got the idea from the Wilton book from 2004. It’s a two tier cake covered with fondant. The upper tier is a 8 inch vanilla cake and the bottom tier is an 12 inch carrot cake (Emeril’s recipe from FoodTV.com) I prepared the number … Read more
I made this Little Einsteins Rocket cake for a friend and it turned out really cute and it was fairly simple to make. I used the 3D Wilton egg pan for the top portion and a Wilton oval pan (10 3/4 x7 7/8 inch). I used the ready made Wilton frosting and I think it … Read more
I made this Homemade Treasure Chest Cookie Cake for my son’s third birthday. He has a severe egg allergy and therefore cannot eat your everyday birthday cake. He can however eat cookies. The treasure chest is made of chocolate sugar cookies. Then fused together with royal icing. Fondant and butter cream icing were used to … Read more
My good friend from work was having a baby shower. She was having a boy so I wanted to give this cake a fun theme yet a little more blue than any other color. The cake is made up of a 6″, 2-8″ layers, and 2-10″ layers. The flavors were lemon, orange, and strawberry cake. … Read more