I made this Beehive Birthday Cake for a baby shower for my daughter’s preschool teacher. The school threw her a shower and they asked me to make the cake. Each class had a different bug for their class and her class was the “Busy Bees” hence the beehive cake. This cake was a white almond … Read more
I used a 9 x 13 pan for the base of this Spongebob Birthday Cake Idea. A 9×13 cut into thirds and layered, for the middle, and a 4″ round for the top. The cake is made from “boxed” confetti cake mix. I always add 1 box of instant pudding per box of cake mix … Read more
My aunt found a teapot cake similar to this in a magazine and sent it to me. My friend collects teapots so I did this for her birthday. I used the sports ball pan from Wilton and one cake mix and baked according to directions. Let cool and trim the very top and bottom. Reserve … Read more
I made this Bumblebee Birthday Cake for my son’s 4th birthday. For some reason he had insisted on a bumblebee cake with a blue 4 on it! Both the head and the body of the cake were a standard chocolate cake mix. I used an oval shaped casserole dish to bake the body of the … Read more
This homemade Spongebob Birthday cake was a huge hit! I made this cake using a regular rectangle pan. I then frosted 3/4 of it yellow with vanilla icing and yellow food coloring. I frosted the other 1/4, half vanilla and half chocolate; this part represented his shirt and pants. I frosted cookies for his eye; … Read more
I made this rocket birthday cake for my son Dexter’s fourth birthday. I made two cakes using the Wilton football cake pan (one cake mix per cake). Using a toothpick I sketched an outline of the top layer of rocket. I cut out a rough shape of the top layer of rocket out of one … Read more
I made two different types of Bug Cakes. The ladybugs are all chocolate. The bees are all confetti. I made 12 cupcakes from each type of cake batter. The remainder of each batter was then baked in two separate glass bowls. Baking in a glass bowl takes A LOT longer than expected. I lowered my … Read more
I decided to make this Homemade Spongebob Cake for my daughter’s 5th birthday party when none of the stores that makes Spongebob cakes impressed me. I just bought a Wilton 12×18 pan and colored the Wilton icing with Wilton icing coloring to get true colors. I drew freehand the face with a toothpick after icing … Read more
My daughter’s 3rd birthday was a cowgirl party, so of course I had to make her a homemade cowgirl hat cake! For the hat, I used (3) 8 inch round cakes… I used Wilton’s cake release all over the pan before pouring in the batter (make sure to cool it COMPLETELY before attempting to remove … Read more
I made this Bees cake for my son’s first birthday; he’s very active, like a busy bee, so the cake theme is Busy Bees! I made the base of the cake with a blackforest cake mix and prepared the bees the night before. He loved his cake and wanted to pick out all the bees … Read more
I made this Homemade Strawberry Shortcake and Friends for my daughter’s 4th birthday. I thought it would be fun to have a 3-D cake with the Strawberry coming out of the cake as a house. It was tricky, as I made the house out of rice krispie treats and frozen it earlier in the day. … Read more
This Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake was my first attempt at a Topsy Turvy cake and my first time working with fondant. I first made 4 10in round white cakes. I made 3 8in, and 3 6in white cakes. I used different colors of Wilton icing coloring to dye each of the cakes a different color. … Read more