I had a lot of fun making this cake and learned some useful tips. This wasn’t my first fondant cake, but it was the first one that I made my own homemade fondant. All the lessons I’ve learned are self taught by trial and error. This cake was my response to my daughter’s request for … Read more
Wow! This one was a challenge! “You can do an electric guitar, can’t you?? ” Sure!! I went online and downloaded lots of photos of Fender guitars–the whole guitar, and each part of the guitar at a time, for the details. I was actually able to find a set of plans for a Fender online, … Read more
This guitar cake was for a surprise 50th birthday party. When the person ordered it they asked for a cake that would feed about 20 and didn’t want an “ugly” guitar. Well being that the party was being held at a beautiful mansion, I couldn’t have just a plain guitar. I got a little carried … Read more
My husband and I decided this last year that we were gonna start making our children’s birthday cakes at home. You see between my husband and myself we have 8 children from collage to diapers. So this was just the challenge we were looking for, WE THOUGHT. As we were making this particular cake we were … Read more
So there was this 8 year old boy who was having a Rock Star party… he loves music and plays the guitar. His mom said his favorite colors are red, white and black. he hates chocolate cake but the majority of the guests do. So…I made an electric guitar cake! 2/3 of the cake was … Read more
I baked this red guitar cake for myself for my 32nd birthday. I’ve wanted to make a guitar cake from last year already and I love my gospel music, my favorite color is red too, that’s why I made it red and added my favorite Cd’s as an accessory. I baked this cake 3 days … Read more
My favorite cousin’s birthday was not to be ignored. I would do my very best to make him a cake he would always remember. My cousin has been playing guitar since he was nine, he is so amazing. I didnt want to make one that people would look at and say’ oh nice job’, I … Read more
It’s my first time to post a cake I made here. I was asked to make a guitar birthday cake by a customer and gave me the design she wanted. The cake is moist chocolate cake with butter cream frosting covered with fondant. I baked a 12 by 9 inches rectangular cake and cut out the edges … Read more
This guitar 21st Birthday Cake was one of my biggest challenges. The birthday girl is guitar crazy and this was a fitting birthday cake. I tried to replicate one of her guitars and came very close. The construction was chocolate cake, one level, fondant covered. We made all the pieces from colored fondant. The guitar neck is a … Read more
This guitar cake was for a first birthday party for our friend’s son. They had the rockstar theme with red and black color scheme throughout and wanted me to bake a cake. What better could it be but a guitar cake for such a theme and the lil rockstar who was turning one. I made … Read more
I made this guitar cake for my husband’s 50th birthday. He plays bass guitar, so I wanted to make it as close as possible to the real deal! I drew a template of the shape and all the details of the pick ups and bridge, etc. His favorite flavors are chocolate and cherry, so I made the … Read more
Though as an artist I love the abstract and surreal, when it comes to designing an aspiring guitar player’s 6th birthday cake, I’m all about making it look as realistic and detailed as possible. My friend’s son Andrew, who has been taking guitar lessons for about a year now, wanted a really cool guitar cake … Read more