Coolest Dr Seuss The Lorax Birthday Cake

My granddaughter is obsessed with the Lorax. When she comes to visit me, she goes straight to the computer, looks for the N for Netflix, clicks, and then scrolls down until she finds her movie. We knew no other cake would do. So I set out to make a simple Lorax birthday cake, just never … Read more

Amazing Cake Ideas for Hungry Caterpillar Cakes

Amazing Cake Ideas for Hungry Caterpillar Cakes

My nephew’s favorite book when he turned one was the Very Hungry Caterpillar. For his birthday cake I decided to make the Caterpillar and it turned out to be an amazing cake. I used three bunt cakes that I cut up to make the body. I made two different colored green icings to cover the … Read more

Coolest Curious George Birthday Cake Ideas

Coolest Curious George Birthday Cake Ideas

This is a boxed cake mix made in a 13×9 cake pan. I searched and searched for a Curious George cake pan without any luck so we decided we’d have to freehand one. First I frosted the entire cake in yellow. I then outlined George’s face from a coloring book page and piped that in … Read more

Coolest Homemade Curious George Cake Ideas

Coolest Curious George Cake Photos and Tips

I used several ideas from this site to come up with this Curious George cake. I baked two 9-inch rounds and made two batches of buttercream frosting, one chocolate (some light for his face some darker for his hair) and one vanilla. I use the Wilton buttercream recipe. I used the darker chocolate frosting for … Read more

Coolest Tigger Birthday Cakes

Coolest Tigger Cartoon Cake Photos and How-To Tips

For my son’s first birthday we threw a Tigger Party and I came up with this cartoon cake to match the theme. I baked a 9×13 vanilla cake (vanilla cakes are easier to ice than chocolate because the crumbs don’t show as much!) and made icing with shortening and icing sugar. I iced the cake … Read more

Coolest Eeyore Cakes

Coolest Birthday and Celebration Cake Photo Gallery

I made this celebration cake by cutting an 8″ round in half to make a half circle then I stuck it together with whipped cream icing. The nose and legs are wedges cut out of a second 8″ round. I used a grass tip and whipped icing to make the fur. The ears are Graeme … Read more

Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale Cake

I made this Rainbow Fish cake for my little boy’s second birthday. He was a huge fan of Rainbow Fish and we were constantly reading an over sized book called Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale. I knew I was going to make a Rainbow Fish cake and after much thought I decided to copy the … Read more

Original Winnie the Witch Birthday Cake

Original Winnie the Witch Birthday Cake

I was asked by a family member who works for Oxford Publishers to make her daughter a Winnie the Witch cake, in line with Halloween. She and her daughter loves the Winnie books! Alison turned 6 on Halloween this year and so her mom swayed her to go with something a little different to the … Read more

Coolest Curious George and the Balancing Cone Birthday Cake

Coolest Curious George and the Balancing Cone Birthday Cake

When my grandson turned 2 he was in love with Curious George and I love challenging myself to make cute and fun cakes for his birthday. I searched the internet for ideas and pictures and finally settled on one with Curious George balancing a multi-scoop ice cream cone. The easy part was baking the sheet … Read more

Cool Cat in the Hat Cake

Cool Cat in the Hat Cake

This is a cake I did for a little boy’s first birthday. Everything is edible (minus the tooth picks). The hats, fish, thing 1 emblem, the lorax, and the trufella tree trunks are made from melted chocolate. The most difficult part of this cake was keeping the cotton candy from melting! I had to change … Read more