I made this 3D Finding Nemo birthday cake for my son. I am very passionate about making my children’s birthdays very memorable and special, and one of the ways in which I try to make them memorable is to make cool birthday cakes for them. It also helps that I find cake decorating very enjoyable, though. … Read more
My new supervisor at work found out I make cakes. He wanted me to make a Sulley from Monsters Inc. birthday cake for his son. I did not know if I should attempt a fondant Sulley shaped cake or go with an easy, furry monster cake with buttercream. I decided to make a Sulley shaped head … Read more
I made this Mike from Monsters Inc. cake for my son’s 2nd birthday. He loves the Monsters University movie and Mike Wazowski is his favorite character. This is a gravity cake and I learned how to make it from online videos and Google. Just like any other gravity cake, I used metal rods for his legs. … Read more
The Nemo cake was for my little girl, who turned 3. She loves the movie “Finding Nemo” and she loves visiting aquariums. Hence, the Nemo themed party for her 3rd birthday. The cake was made with two rectangle cake tins and decorated with a combination of buttercream and fondant. The tails and fins on the … Read more
I have been cake decorating for exactly 1 year :-). This Toy Story birthday cake all started when I decided to make my little guy’s 1st birthday cake last year. I fell in love with cake decorating! I finally attempted ganache, and got my super sharp edges that I had been working so hard for! … Read more
As my son loves turtles and I love Disney, I chose Squirt as a cake for his 6th birthday. I used a ball-pan to get the shape of the shell and two muffins to build the head. First I colored some fondant blue and then I kneaded it together with some white fondant until it … Read more
This Monster University cake was fun to make. It was made for a 7 year old boy. He was so surprised when he saw it. He loved the movie Monster University. This cake was three tiers. Each layer was colored the same as the outside. So it was a white cake colored with food coloring gel. … Read more
My sister and I made this Monsters Inc. cake. I’m 14 and she’s 16. We just started a cake business last year because I’ve always loved to bake and she’s really artistic. We got this order for a four year old’s birthday a couple months ago, the only problem was that our house was under construction … Read more
I used to be a cake decorating show addict (Food Network Challenge, Ace of Cakes, Cake Boss, etc.). My husband used to make fun of me because I don’t cook and I don’t bake, but I would watch these shows incessantly. Those who can’t do, watch others do on TV! Then I had kids and … Read more
I made this Sulley cake for a friend at work. She made several subtle hints that’s she would like a Sulley cake for her birthday. So I started by searching the internet for a picture I liked and found this one which I copied. I started by drawing a template for the face shape. I … Read more
I baked an 8″ cake then when cooled covered it in vanilla butter icing then in fondant which I had colored green. Then I rolled a large ball of white fondant the size of a golf ball for the eye. I added some green fondant halfway over the eye as an eye lid and rolled … Read more
My grandson, Dylan, was Sully from Monsters Inc for his 1st Halloween and his mommy, my daughter, decided that that would be the theme of his 1st birthday party in January! She asked if I would be up to doing cookies, cupcakes and a smash cake for it! Well, of course I said YES especially … Read more