I made the fruit cake using a traditional Christmas cake recipe weeks before my son’s birthday and kept adding brandy to the baked cake (intended for the adults!!)to keep it moist! I had another cake for the kids! I then covered it in warm apricot jam, allowed to cool then covered in marzipan. Leave for … Read more
My 23 year old daughter wanted a Barbie birthday cake, so I decided to make one for her myself. I used the Wilton Barbie Cake pan and the Wilton Barbie instructions. I used an extra 8″ layer below the cake to add enough height for the Barbie to fit. The cake is covered with fondant … Read more
This Barbie Doll Birthday Cake Idea incorporated a real Mintel Barbie doll (not a pick doll) which was inserted through the middle of the cake. The gown was created using fondant icing in 3 different stages. 1. Base of cake was covered using White fondant 2. Using Pink fondant, I then created the bodist a … Read more
This Halloween spider cake was more of an engineering challenge than cake decorating. The legs were gum paste over coat hangers cut and bent to fit. The base was spray painted cardboard with a built up cardboard pedestal (four layers) for the cake). For the top layer of the pedestal I used a piece of … Read more
I made this Barbie Princess Birthday Cake for a 4 year old little girl. I used a whole Barbie, double wrapped her bottom half with seran wrap. Baked a cake according to directions for a “Doll Cake”. Baked my cake in a 5″ stainless steel bowl and a 5″ round cake pan. I took a … Read more
I wanted to make an owl cake for my son’s first birthday because I love owls and he being a baby always makes owl like “hooting” sounds when babbling. So I thought it would be cute. I got my idea from Lore C. from Venice, FL. I just followed her directions and that’s how I … Read more
I made this cake for a 5-year-old girl’s birthday party. It is made with strawberry flavored cake and is covered with butter cream frosting under a layer of fondant. The cake serves 36 people. I used double layer round 9″ cakes for the base, and the body part of a doll dress cake pan for … Read more
I made this Chips and Dip cake for a retirement potluck. The retiree was known for always bringing ruffled potato chips and onion dip to our potlucks, so I decided to make a cake version in his honor. Making the Potato Chips The first step for this cake was to make the chips. I added … Read more
I made this cat cake last year for my friend’s little girl. It was Madeira cake inside and when it was finished it weighed a ton!
This Giraffe Birthday Cake was made for my cousin’s daughter Maya for her 3rd birthday. I used a small ball pan for the head and a pampered chef small batter bowl and small round for the body. The legs were made with two small pampered chef prep bowls cut to size. I used skewers to … Read more
I did this Me to You Teddy Bears Cake for a girl who is a great fan of the Me to You teddy bears. First of all I did the bears two days beforehand so that they would dry up. I made two sugarpaste balls one on top of each other and attached the arms, … Read more
This Baby Cake was baked in Wilton’s Special Delivery pan. The cake board was cut in the shape of the cake, a kick stand like on a picture frame was taped to the back of the cake board so it stands up.