My son wanted a superhero themed cake for his 5th birthday; his favourites being Spiderman and Batman. I decided to make him a Homemade Superhero Birthday Cake myself. This is my second attempt at a homemade fondant cake. The cake is a basic round sponge cake with a marshmallow fondant icing. I downloaded the Batman … Read more
I made these Cookie Monster Cupcakes for my son’s first birthday party. As this was the first time I’ve ever made cupcakes, I wanted to go as simple as possible while keeping with the theme. I was crunched for time because like a mom with true type A personality, I insisted on doing EVERYTHING myself. … Read more
This Homemade Ladybug Birthday Cake was so much fun to make, and my first ever try at a fancy cake like this (besides ‘Foods class’ in grade 12)! Okay, to start with I mixed up a chocolate pound cake as my mom has always done. Mix together 1 Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker cake mix; … Read more
My boyfriend Matt is a huge Spongebob fan, and the previous year I’d given him a shop bought cake that tasted horrible and thought “I can do better!” This Spongebobs Pineapple House Birthday Cake is the result! (for those of you who aren’t Spongebob fans, he bizarrely lives in a pineapple under the sea). I … Read more
I made this Homemade Elmo Cake using a 10″ round pan and cupcakes. I cut the outer ring of the cake off and saved the pieces to form the Elmo head, then using the pieces I formed his shoulders and arm. A cupcake for his hand and a little nub for a thumb. For the … Read more
This Dragonfly Cake is the first cake I’ve made, it was for my sister’s 18th birthday. I didn’t have a lot of tools to work with, iced the cake with chocolate icing, then made a template for the dragonfly. I traced around the template with a toothpick then drew the outline with a icing tube. … Read more
I made this Spongebob Birthday Cake Idea for my son’s 6th birthday. The crabby patty is made from 2 – sixteen in round cake pans. I used 2 – 9 x 11 cake pans for Spongebob. The crabby patty is made of devils food cake mix and brownie mix together so that it would be … Read more
My latest cake is of Cookie Monster, done for a 1 year old named Samuel. The main part of the cake is homemade chocolate cake with vanilla butter cream frosting and covered in vanilla fondant (I use Satin-Ice fondant). Cookie Monster is made of chocolate cake (the middle) and his head, arms and legs are … Read more
I decided to make a caterpiller cake for my daughter’s 1st birthday after seeing one in magazine. I baked a number of muffin and smaller rounded shaped cakes in 2 different pans. I used 4 of the muffin cakes and 4 of the smaller cakes in making my caterpiller. The middle body part of the … Read more
My youngest daughter is in LOVE with Spongebob, haha. So I decided that I would try to make a cake that would be a big hit with her. I have no training, I am what I like to call a “kid trained” baker. Always liked to bake, just got more creative when I had kids. … Read more
My grandson [turning three] was very much into King Kong. My daughter asked if I would make the Empire State building for his birthday cake. Wow what a challenge. I used square cakes for the bases of the King Kong in New York cake. Used rectangle pans and cut squares to stack for the high … Read more
I made this bug birthday cake from a pan that I found at a yard sale a couple of years ago. My granddaughter loved it. It is made with a box of yellow cake mix and butter cream icing colored yellow and black. I love the gym shoes on it. I used a small tip … Read more