I’ve made this Castle Cake Idea a few times now. I have improved and changed the cake each time. The base is a two layer hexagon filled with buttercream, the second layer is a small round sponge also with butter cream. I wanted as much of the cake to be edible as possible so I … Read more
I made this Spiderman cake for my co-worker’s sons. I wanted the practice before my son’s birthday. I made an 8×13 cake. I then leveled the top mound of the cake with a $2 leveler I found in my local craft store. Then I put that aside for later. I cut the remaining cake in … Read more
This ship cake was made by me (July 09) for my mum’s family celebration. 50 years ago (1959) my mum and her family made the voyage from England to Australia to live. They came out here on a boat called the Fairsky, so using pictures of the Fairsky ship I made a cake that looked … Read more
This Homemade Disney Princess Castle Cake is a 2 tiered funfetti cake. The bottom tier is a 12in square pan. Top tier is an 8in square pan (got my pans at Wilton.com). I used 2 cake mixes in each pan. I then stacked and used wooden and plastic dowels to keep the cake sturdy. The … Read more
I made this Shrek Cake for my husband’s 30th birthday party. He is getting older but he is truly a kid at heart! We decided to do an “Ogre the hill” party with all Shrek related things. I made this cake using the frozen buttercream transfer method. It was my first time and I am … Read more
I was determined to do this Army Tank Birthday Cake. Local bakeries wanted way too much money for this cake. I have never done anything like this, so I was very proud of myself. Not crafty at all! This cake was done with a large 12 x 15 on the bottom. The next layer was … Read more
I made this Castle Cake Idea for my daughter Jamie’s 5th birthday party. It’s a Cinderella castle cake. I used two round sponge cakes on top of each other for the base. I used empty toilet rolls joined together with tape for the sides and iced on top of them. Ice cream cones where used … Read more
I made this for my friend’s daughters’ birthday party. They love Princess and the Frog so we thought this would be a great theme for them. I used a Pillsbury yellow cake mix for the cake and baked 2 nine-inch rounds and a dome shaped cake in a medium Pyrex bowl. I did a crumb … Read more
For my son’s 3rd birthday, I wanted to make a very special cake for him. He was big into tractors, John Deere of course, since Papa just got one! I knew I wanted to do something that involved John Deere in some way. I decided to bake 2 9×13 in. cakes, one chocolate, one white. … Read more
I made this Dragon Castle Cake for my son’s 7th birthday party. It was my first time making a cake like this. I found it to be easy as long as you prepare the materials needed. I made my own butter cream frosting and fondant. I started with a square medium size cake pan for … Read more
I made the picture on this Batman Spiderman Cookie Cake Idea with royal frosting and let it harden, then transferred it onto and huge sugar cookie and decorated the rest with buttercream frosting.
This VW Bus Cake took three 1/2 sheets stacked and filled, WHEW! It needed to be tall for all the decorations, iced in buttercream and smoothed out using Rice krispies for wheels and tip #18 in black to cover them. Using a smaller cake to carve out on top for the tent, and using buttercream … Read more