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I made this Pharaoh cake for some graduates of a local high school. The head was made from 3 layers of strawberry 11×15 sheet cakes, layered with strawberry icing. I cut the outer shape of the headdress and then cut and sculpted the face out of the uppermost layer of cake. I then baked a … Read more
I made this Spongebob cake for a family friend’s 16th birthday! Spongebob was made of 2 layers of 11×15 marble sheet cakes with chocolate icing in between. The legs of his shorts were made with cupcake bottoms. I then made homemade marshmallow fondant and tinted a good sized amount with Wilton Golden Yellow. I covered Spongebob in … Read more
This Around the World Travel cake was inspired by my sweet nephew. He has been planning his “world party” for about nine months. He is turning seven and is a huge fan of coffee, chocolate, and cooking shows. His love of coffee and chocolate inspired me to make a cake that really knocked is socks off! … Read more
“What kind of cake do you want me to make you for your birthday this year,” I asked my son. “I want a Star Wars cake!” he replied. “Do you want me to pick something and surprise you with it?” I asked. “YES!” was his reply. And so the adventure began. A Google search for … Read more
I made this dragon and castle cake for my daughter’s 10th birthday. I had started the tradition of making my kid’s birthday cakes because my Mom used to do the same. My daughter has been into dragons and wanted another dragon cake. However, I like to do different cakes so I recommended a castle cake … Read more
This pregnant belly cake was my first attempt to make a cake using a lot of fondant. There results were thrilling. The cake was for a baby shower for my oldest niece. I used a modified box cake mix for all my cakes. They always turn out very moist. 1-yellow cake mix, 1 box of vanilla … Read more
This is the 3rd year in a row we made a skate park cake for our son ( 7 this year). It’s always a joint effort. Taste is important even if the cake looks great it’s got to taste good too. I always use the basic butter cake recipe (in most cake books, ) and … Read more
One of my friend’s is having a shower for her first boy. Her husband is away at boot camp, so I thought it would be nice to make her the cake!! All it is, is two 8″ rounds decorated in fondant! The arms are made from molding rice treats! Such a fun, simple, yet clean … Read more
I made this cake as a spring chicken cake. I used a Wilton sports ball pan. The cake itself was strawberry cheesecake flavored. Once the two halves of the ball were cooled I leveled each half and cut a small piece off the bottom half so it would sit without wobbling and topped it with … Read more
I made this Jake and the Never Land Pirates birthday cake for a friend who’s nephew turned one. I had fun doing this cake. I got a coloring book and traced the character,s taped the picture to a small cookie sheet and covered it with wax paper. Then I used icing to trace the picture and … Read more
I especially like this style of cake. The present cake is always a good cake because it can be used for any occasion. Around Christmas time I would decorate the present with snowflakes or Christmas colors. The same can be done for any holiday. This particular one was for a birthday. I used a quarter sheet cake, that was … Read more
This Super Mario Brothers birthday cake I did for my fiancee’s nephew’s 5th birthday party. It was a Mario themed party and he wanted Super Mario Brothers on his cake. Me being me I had to make it epic which it was. I started off just flat icing it then I hand drew everything into … Read more