Coolest American Flag-Shaped 4th of July Cakes 0

My husband is in the Army and while we were stationed overseas we had a party to celebrate the 4th of July. I was asked to make the 4th of July cakes and came up with this design. The cake was baked in an 11×15 pan. I then iced it with butter cream icing, dyed … Read more

Coolest State Of California Cake 6

Homemade State Of California Cake

My 12 year old daughter needed a cake for her project on the State of California. I decided to carve the shape of California out of two 9×13 sheet cakes (used two boxes of cake mix per 9×13 pan so they were fairly tall). I iced it with buttercream icing and sprayed the green areas … Read more

Coolest Air Force Cake

Homemade Air Force Cake

This air force cake I made for a family friend who was soon to be leaving to the air force. His mother wanted something partiotic so I thought the flag was the most patriotic thing I could think of. The cake itself is a vanilla chocolate chip cake with a vanilla buttercream, baked on a … Read more

Coolest Islands Of Fiji Cake

Islands of Fiji Cake

I first printed off a map of the Fiji Islands from Wikipedia. Since there are over 300 islands, I decided to just do the 2 biggest ones. I baked a 9×13 cake and a 9 in. round cake. I covered the board with aluminum foil and sprayed it with blue color mist. If I did … Read more

Coolest Patriot Cake

Homemade Patriot Cake

I was asked to make a cake for the cake walk at my niece’s school carnival. Their mascot is a patriot and I wanted to make something that really stood out from the rest. I baked a large bakers sheet cake (2 cake mixes) the night before. As I do with all cakes I need … Read more

Coolest 4th of July Cake Idea

Homemade 4th of July Cake Idea

I made a flag cake for my son’s Great Grandfather. He loves anything with flags on it. It is a 9×13 cake but it is 2 layers so you will need to make 2 cake mixes. The cake is chocolate and the frosting is vanilla and I just colored it. I had to add 6 … Read more

Coolest American Flag-Shaped 4th of July Cakes 2

This is just a 1/4-sheet cake iced with buttercream. My father-in-laws birthday party was held on Flag Day and he is very patriotic so I thought I’d do a flag. It’s one of those easy and quick to make 4th of july cakes. I made thirteen stripes and fifty stars. The stripes are just zigzags … Read more

Coolest Map Cake

Homemade Darwin's Map Cake

This map cake was to celebrate Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday. (Yes it’s a science geek thing). The cake is vanilla cappuccino (you can make a buttercream icing but add a bunch of espresso instead of milk or cream to get an incredible flavor). To get the map (which is a map of the route that … Read more

Coolest Edible Monument Memorial Day Cake

Homemade Edible Monument Memorial Day Cake

My husband and his friends just returned back from a year long overseas deployment right before Memorial day. I felt that creating the coolest Memorial day cake, would be a good way for me to show my gratitude and appreciation for the soldiers. I am very proud of my husband and his battle buddies for … Read more

Coolest Patriotic Cake Design

Homemade Patriotic Cake Design

This is a Patriotic Cake Design I made for a friend’s daughter’s birthday/8th grade graduation party. It’s 2 10″ chocolate fudge cakes with fudge filling, then a 6″ cake, layered with fudge filling also. I covered both layers in white marshmallow fondant. Then decorated it with stars and stripes, and handsculpted firecrackers, also all made … Read more