Cool Homemade Building Blocks Cake

I made this building blocks cake for my niece and nephew’s first birthday. I am a self taught cake maker and knew it would be a challenge. But wanted to give them the best cake ever. My sister in law found a picture of some building block cakes and said can you make something like … Read more

Coolest Building Block Cakes

Coolest Childrens Birthday Cake Recipe and Photo Gallery

I made the ‘first birthday cake’ from “What to Expect the First Year”. It is carrot cake made with wheat flour, raisins and apple juice concentrate for sweetening. The brown frosting is cream cheese/raisin sweetened with apple juice concentrate. It was dense and fruity and enjoyed by carrot cake lovers. The white cake is buttercream … Read more

Awesome Homemade Pink Baby Shower Cake Design

Homemade Baby Shower Cake Design

A friend asked me to make this Baby Shower Cake Design, the only thing I had to go on was that it needed to be pink! I had a rough idea in mind, but it actually took two weeks to make all the little squares, which are made from sugar paste. I also made individual … Read more

Awesome Homemade Baby Blocks Cake with Teddy Bear

Homemade Baby Blocks Cake

I made this Baby Blocks cake for my Godson’s Christening. I baked a large sheet cake of yellow cake from scratch and also a 13×9 sheet cake to cut up and use for the blocks. Once the cakes had cooled I cut the 13×9 into squares and then froze them both. When it came to … Read more

First Birthday Alphabet Blocks Cake

First Birthday Alphabet Blocks Cake

This alphabet blocks cake provided my first experience with using royal icing to cover a cake. It took 10 hours from the time I started preparing the cake until I put the last little worm on it. It took A LOT of effort, but I really wanted to bake something special for my daughter Aliya’s first birthday. … Read more

Coolest Block Trolley Cake

Coolest Block Trolley Cake

I always use packet mix – Betty Crockers Chocolate Fudge, because you can freeze it a couple of days prior, then carve and slice out the shape. And the kids LOVE the cake – seldom any leftovers! I froze the cake, and cut out the trolley shape. I used off cuts to ice as the … Read more

Cool Baby Shower Cake for a Boy

Cool Baby Shower Cake for a Boy

I baked two double round cakes in different sizes and cut a cake board to the size of the top tier so I could work on it separately before stacking on the bottom layer using wood dowels for support.  Each cake is filled and covered in butter cream then covered with fondant.  Using the flat side of … Read more

Sweet Homemade Baby Block Cake

Baby Block Cake

I was hostess of a baby shower for one of my good friends and I was in charge of the cake. I love making things for other people, but this baby block cake was a lot different than making birthday cakes. I made a 12×15 cake with 2 cake mixes. It could’ve used 3 for … Read more

Coolest Baby Block Cake

Homemade Baby Block Cake

This baby block cake is ideal for a baby’s first birthday. You can make any number of blocks. These instructions will produce 9 blocks that are each 3 inches square. Bake a cake in 2 9×9 square pans. When the cakes are baked and cooled, remove them from the pan, and slice off the top, … Read more

Cool Homemade Baby Block Cake

Baby Block Cake

This Baby Block cake could be used for either a baby shower or a birthday cake. The bottom cake is a 1/2 sheet pan that I frosted flat and put a star border around the bottom with a #21 tip. The top border is also a #21 tip that I just drew a wavy line … Read more

Coolest Building Blocks Baby Cake

Homemade Building Blocks Baby Cake

This homemade building blocks baby cake was for a friend. I made this cake with buttercream and yellow cake. I use 6 cakes of 6″ each one and I made fondant figures.