I make all sorts of cakes for family and friends. My daughter requested a Tinkerbell cake for her birthday. I finally came up with the idea of making Tinkerbell with a big ballgown. I used my Wilton doll pan tin and baked a sponge in that, and I also baked a plain round sponge to … Read more
This Stormtrooper birthday cake was my first cake completely covered in fondant. I have used it only for decoration before. This was made out of three cake mixes. One cake was baked in a 9″ x 13″ pan, the second in a 9″ sq tin and the third in a pyrex bowl. The cake was … Read more
My 12 year old daughter needed a cake for her project on the State of California. I decided to carve the shape of California out of two 9×13 sheet cakes (used two boxes of cake mix per 9×13 pan so they were fairly tall). I iced it with buttercream icing and sprayed the green areas … Read more
After spending weeks making this Tinkerbell and Friends cake for my five year old granddaughter, I couldn’t bear to say the final goodbye to it. The base and trunk etc. were made from polystyrene and covered with sugar paste, but beforehand I put lights around the trunk and the waterfall. By the way the waterfall … Read more
I was asked to make a Star Wars cake for a friends daughters birthday. I got my inspiration from the other cakes on this site – thank you. I made 2 oblong sponge cakes using the fabulous Lakeland multicake tin. I lay these in a line and trimmed to make the ‘sabre’ shape. I sliced … Read more
I got asked by a former boss if I would be able to make a cake in the shape of the Baconator sandwich from Wendy’s. I thought it would be a hard job but I DID IT! For most of this Baconator Cake I just used homemade buttercream icing. I used pieces of fondant and … Read more
I borrowed a lot of great ideas from this website to create this cake. I used the Wilton flower cake mold and 6-inch cake pans to create the two tiers. The Tinkerbell fairies are a set from the Disney Store (which carries all kinds of these figurines… princesses, Toy Story, etc.). I wrapped wire around … Read more
My son loves Star Wars, the Clone Wars, and wanted Captain Rex on his cake. I found a drawing of Captain Rex on the Clone Wars Website. I traced the drawing and then made a pattern out of card stock. I cut the card stock pattern so that I could lay it on the Clone … Read more
This Coin Birthday Cake is simple and easy to make. I baked a round cake and let it cool. I colored white icing with a copper food coloring. I used the same icing to write on it. I took a picture of my dad and printed it out in septia color in my printer, lined … Read more
I got this idea for a Homemade Thomas The Train Birthday Cake from another picture. I got a cake mix and put it in 2 nine inch cake pans, cutting the one in 1/2 and stacking it. I just made the different color frosting and started decorating. I had a choc cake so was easier … Read more
My 5 year old insisted on a Star Wars Storm trooper cake so I searched the internet and only found two examples that I liked. It looks more difficult to do than it actually was to make. This cake was made with two chocolate cake mixes and a rice krispie treats. I cooked one cake … Read more
I made this Igor cake for my son’s 6th birthday. We had our party at Cineplex Odeon and we saw the new movie “Igor”. I thought an Igor cake would be a good idea to go along with the theme. Igor sort of looks like the Hunch Back of Notre Dame. I found a photo … Read more