My daughter Kelsey was turning six and she decided she wanted yet another princess party. Last year she had a princess theme and she went with her favorite princess Ariel and I paid a friend to make that cake. This year my mom talked me into giving it a try myself. Now I am not … Read more
My son wanted a Scooby-Doo themed party for his 4th birthday, so I decided to try my hand at making a Mystery Machine Birthday Cake with marshmallow fondant. He wanted vanilla and strawberry cake, so I baked two cakes in bread loaf pans. The bottom cake was butter pound cake and the top layer was … Read more
I have a 4-year-old who is crazy about sharks, so I had to make him a shark birthday cake this year. I got some inspiration from this site and a few others, as well as looking for a real pic of a Great White through Google Images. It is made with a regular chocolate cake … Read more
I made this diaper castle cake for my best friend’s baby shower, she is the girliest girl ever and was having a boy, so I decided to do a prince theme shower. I had so much fun making this as it was my first attempt at making one. It was pretty easy and took about … Read more
For my son, Abe’s fifth birthday he requested a Scooby Doo Cake. After looking at this website, he decided he wanted Shaggy on the cake as well. I decided to try fondant for the first time and was pleased with how easy it was to use. I downloaded and printed off a circular color image … Read more
For my son’s 1st birthday we decided to go with an ocean theme. I wanted to start a tradition of making fun and original homemade cakes for my kids. We have a rather large family so we needed a cake that would feed at least 25 people. I thought cupcakes would also be an easy … Read more
Oh my, I am just too excited about how this Pregnant Belly cake came out. I have absolutely no fondant experience. I took the first 2 Wilton classes at Michael’s. I wanted someone to make this cake for the shower of my new God Baby Due on Oct 19, so I started searching for it. … Read more
For my daughter’s 2nd Birthday I chose a Scooby Doo theme since she loves the show. I made two cakes one with Scooby Doo which is just a 9 inch round cake iced with butter-cream and then I free handed scooby (for those who don’t feel confident in drawing you can use the transfer method- … Read more
I made this Octopus Garden Birthday Cake after seeing all of the ideas on this site. I’ve not made many cakes and this was the first time I’d tried fondant so I was very surprised that it turned out so well. The fondant recipe is 1 cup of mini marshmallows melted for 20 sec in … Read more
I made a sheet cake and iced it, then used 1/2 of an egg pan for the belly and the small molds of doll cakes for the breast of the pregnant lady cake. I iced the pregnant belly and put fondant in the desired color of dress on it. I added pearls to dress it … Read more
My son loves Perry and all he has been talking about is having a Platiborg cake (my thought “where in the world am I going to find one). Well its a good thing my sister in law Denise L is very creative. The body is cake, the feet, tail, beak are rice treats. The eyes … Read more
This Aquarium Birthday Cake is so far my most ambitious creatively and proudest cake thus far. Everything is homemade with the exception of the “plants” which are cuts from faux single stems from my local craft store. The “aquarium” is two metal photo frames with the glass removed, plexi-glass and window screen on top all … Read more