Cool Stacked Ninja Turtle Cake

Ninja Turtle Tier Cake

My oldest wanted a Ninja Turtle party for is 9th birthday.   I made each cake and stacked them the morning of the party.  I did end up looking like a leaning tower despite my best efforts.  And I did miss covering some of the cake with frosting after I stacked them, but my son still … Read more

Coolest Shark Breach Cake

Shark Breach Cake

This is my oldest son’s 8th birthday cake.  We had a shark themed party.  He wanted a 3-D shark cake. I did about four test cakes on this one.  I was wanting to make a shark’s head with its mouth open. (I have included a pic of the test cake)  I made this same cake … Read more

Monster Truck Cake

Monster Truck Cake

This was a super easy cake to make for my son’s 5th birthday. I used a chocolate sheet cake-2 layers.  I also made a cake in a loaf pan to make the ramps.  I did the sides in a black/white checkerboard.  The top was chocolate frosting with ground chocolate to make “dirt”.  I also make … Read more

Cool Wild Kratts Cake

Cool Wild Kratts Cake

Here is my oldest son’s 7th birthday Wild Kratts cake. He LOVES the show Wild Kratts so we had a Wild Kratts party.  I had a lot of fun planning this cake.  I used chocolate and vanilla cake for all the layers. The bottom layer is a sheet cake that I used to make the … Read more

Cool Scooby Doo Triple Layer Cake

Cool Scooby Doo Triple Layer Cake

Here is my son’s 6th birthday Scooby Doo Triple Layer cake. The bottom layer, with the mystery machine on it,  is a tye dye cake.  The middle Scooby print layer is chocolate and the top paw print layer is a combination on both cake flavors. On the Scooby Doo collar layer I put my son’s initials … Read more

Coolest Hot Wheels Racetrack Birthday Cake

Coolest Hot Wheels Racetrack Birthday Cake

For my youngest son’s 4th birthday, we went with a Hot Wheels theme.  He LOVES cars, so it was a no brainer. To create this Hot Wheels racetrack birthday cake I made two 11×15 sheet cakes, one in chocolate (Wilton’s chocolate grooms cake) the other white (Wilton’s yellow cake).  I made one 6″ round cake … Read more

Simple Sesame Street Cake

Simple Sesame Street Cake

This Sesame Street cake was for my youngest’s 2nd birthday. At this point I was just doing simple cakes. Boxed cake mix and tub frosting. Making homemade cakes became a necessity as the price of store bought cakes became too expensive. I used an 11×15 sheet pan and made 2 cakes (4 boxes of mix).  … Read more

Coolest Pirate Ship Cake

Coolest Pirate Ship Cake

My son’s 5th birthday was pirate themed.  I have been enjoying making 3-D cakes, and I had seen lots of great ones on this site for inspiration! The “ocean” was an 11×15 white sheet cake. I colored in blue to make it look like the ocean even after it was cut. For the ship I … Read more

Coolest 3-D Sock Monkey Cake

Coolest 3-D Sock Monkey Cake

I am a SAHM of 2 and started baking their birthday cakes out of necessity (have you seen the cost at a bakery?!).  But is has definitely evolved from there. I have gotten so many wonderful ideas from this site. This Sock Monkey cake was my first attempt at a 3-D cake. It was for … Read more

Coolest Green Eggs and Ham Birthday Cake

Coolest Green Eggs and Ham Birthday Cake

After looking at so many great cakes off this site, I became very ambitious and decided to make a Cat’s Hat cake for my youngest 3rd birthday.  Thinking that it wouldn’t be enough cake, I also make a sheet cake of the cover of Green Eggs and Ham. I used a 11 x 15 sheet … Read more