This was my son’s 4th birthday party theme, Bob and his gang! The cake was two tiers, the bottom was vanilla with butter cream and strawberries and the top was chocolate. The people figurines were bought but I decided to try making the trucks with modelling chocolate which was a very good idea as I discovered that … Read more
For my daughter’s 4th birthday she was very clear that she wanted ‘a Ben and Holly cake’. Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom is a cartoon from the makers of Peppa Pig, Ben is an elf and Holly is a fairy princess. It is very popular in our house! My daughter’s party was at a play … Read more
I made this Ni Hao Kai Lan Birthday cake for my daughter for her birthday. Everything was cut out by hand, with the exception of the flowers. I had a picture up of the character and cut things out one by one. You will need to cut out a sun, the character, green grassy hills, the … Read more
My son and his best friend did their 5th party together, with a Sponge Bob theme. Which means I had to make two cakes for the two boys. I studied Sponge Bob and discovered that every dot on Sponge Bob’s face has a specific place and size. I enlarged a picture of Sponge Bob and then I … Read more
Making this Wow Wow Wubbzy and Dora cake was pretty simple until I started making Dora and Wubbzy. The fondant kept breaking between other ball and the characters. If I do a cake like this I have to figure out a way to make it stronger. This cake was a party cake and vanilla bean butter … Read more
My granddaughter loves the Dora & Boots DVD’s and asked me to bake her a Dora & Boots birthday cake for her 5th birthday party. Long before the time I searched the internet for suitable images of both of them until I found two nice ones. Then I enlarged them on a photocopy machine to … Read more
I wanted to try an idea that I had about sculpting butter cream. Most people I know, don’t like the taste/texture of fondant. So, I wondered if I could try something I never heard of before…..sculpting butter cream. I only use a crusting butter cream on my cakes because it tastes great and is easy … Read more
I made this Dora the Explorer birthday cake for my 3 year old Dora mad son. I tried to make it not too girly. The map was hand painted onto the fondant covered cake board and the number 3 was carved from 2 9 inch round cakes. He was thrilled with it and the look … Read more
My neighbor Cindi called me and told me that I had made her daughter’s graduation cake a few weeks ago (ordered by someone else) and she was wondering if I knew what Bubble Guppies were. I did not but told her I would investigate. I went online and watched the cartoon and fell in love … Read more
I finally decided to make this Bubble Guppies cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. It took her months changing her mind to decide she wanted a Bubble Guppies cake. The cake was a simple French vanilla batter and the filling was half peaches and half strawberries. The frosting was a Swiss meringue butter cream colored … Read more
My 5-year old son wanted a “Gary” cake this year so I set about creating this one using a simple Mary Berry sponge recipe (from her most recent book). Hers was in the shape of a bunny but it was easily adapted to a snail! With the 2x 7″ cakes from the recipe, I made … Read more
I used a Wilton Sponge Bob cake pan and a 2′ square pan as the base. Baking time for the Sponge Bob was about 20 mins, while the square pan took about 45 mins to bake. I used pound fruit cakes. The square base was coated with butter cream icing and covered with blue (sugar flair navy blue) fondant. I … Read more