Coolest 50th Wedding Anniversary Cake

Coolest 50th Wedding Anniversary Cake

Friends of ours were due to have a special wedding anniversary, their 50th. They asked me if I could make a 50th wedding anniversary cake for them and obviously I said, “yes!”  They wanted a heart cake with a topper on it and they sent me a picture of the sort of cake decoration they had … Read more

Carved Heart on a Tree Trunk Anniversary Cake

To make this tree trunk anniversary cake, I baked two 10″ round cakes and one 4″ round cake from my favorite bakery style white cake recipe. A few days before I made 5 gorgeous red roses from chocolate clay. The chocolate clay is made of melted chocolate, 14 oz and 1/4 cup of corn syrup, … Read more

Coolest Cardiac Cake

Cardiac Cake

After some troubling recent bouts of arrythmia, my Dad, who has an oddball sense of humor, requested a birthday cake that would reflect his recent difficulties (including two hospitalizations, a host of EKGs and catheterizations, and the installation of a pacemaker and defibrillator). So, for this cardiac cake I made a one-layer white cake using … Read more

Coolest Human Heart Cake

Homemade Human Heart Cake

I made this Human Heart Cake for my oldest brother, he is currently on the heart transplant list in New York. He recently had a procedure done, they had to install whats called an LVAD unit, it assists the flow of blood thru the left side of his heart. This should help him until a … Read more