I had a blast making this strawberry cake. My cousin wanted a strawberry cake so I decided to give her one inside and out. I started with a strawberry flavored cake mix and a large heart shaped pan. I used one cake mix. I also used strawberry flavored icing then I used Wilton’s ready to use fondant. … Read more
I made this cake for 4th of July. I made cupcake sliders and a half watermelon cake. The sliders are the top of a white cupcake and the bottom of a cupcake. Add a piece of chocolate cupcake to look like the meat. With icing add some lettuce, ketchup and mustard. Put together to look like a … Read more
This cool Basket of Daisies and Apples cake took a lot of work, but I love how it turned out. First I colored half a batch of fondant light brown, and made 4 ‘ropes’ with it. Then made 4 white ropes and twisted them together. Then I rolled them with a rolling pin until they were … Read more
My sister has been “Auntie Pickle” to the whole family since our kids were small. She was SO surprised when I made this for her surprise birthday party. I added the Necco wafer bouquet after putting a huge crack in the fondant when moving the “pickle” onto the cake. No one noticed the crack, and … Read more
My daughter’s birthday is in May and she was getting a bit bored with the usual cakes & parties. She was 11 and decided on a strawberry themed party – her favorite fruit. The strawberry cake is really simple, a sponge cake in a heart shaped tin. I then covered it in red fondant icing. … Read more
I wanted a strawberry theme for my daughter’s first birthday cake. I used a small heart pan to bake layers for the strawberry shape, stacked on top of cake layers from a basic 9×13 pan. I made both chocolate and white layers to please the variety of guests. The chocolate layers are a basic one-bowl … Read more
I made this apple cake for a teacher that I work with that was honored through our district as “Teacher of the Year”. I started with three eight inch round cakes (two chocolate and one vanilla) layered with chocolate ganache frosting with almonds. Once the cakes were stacked, I carved out the shape of an … Read more
I had some free time one day and decided to try out a recipe that had been lying around the house. The cake batter (vanilla egg-white-based) is squeezed out in ovals on a cookie sheet and baked, then cooled. For each “potato”, two oval cakes are held together with raspberry jam, then wrapped in almond … Read more
A friend wanted a 4th of July watermelon cake for him and his family. He’s diabetic so I made the small watermelon made with a diabetic cake recipe and the icing was half sugar and half splenda. They really enjoyed this cake.
This apple cake was made for a teacher’s birthday. The cake itself is one 9″ round cake topped with a medium sized Pyrex bowl of cake. I stacked the two together and trimmed down the edges to form the shape. I then took the shavings and laid them on top of the apple to create … Read more
I constantly tried to perfect my baking, this Strawberry cake is another result of that. The filling is buttercream and the cake itself is chocolate. The icing is made using egg whites and icing sugar. I decorated the strawberry seeds with sliced almonds. Those who saw my cake said I should use mini M&M’s (well … Read more
This is a strawberry flavored cake with strawberry cream filling. I used a heart shaped pan and covered the cake with fondant. I airbrushed the red color but mixed the green in by hand. There are many ideas for creative cakes on this site; we chose this one because of our love for strawberries.