Coolest Pug Birthday Cake

Coolest Pug Birthday Cake

This Pug birthday cake was made to look like the birthday girl’s pet pug. It was also a mustache party, which is why there is one on the pug! I baked two 11″x15″ cakes and layered them with white butter cream icing. I smooth iced the top 2/3 of the cake with butter cream icing tinted sky blue, and … Read more

Coolest Monkey Cake

Coolest Monkey Cake

This monkey cake was made for a baby shower. A week in advance, I made the monkey head from gum paste so it could dry. I baked two 10″ strawberry cakes, two 8″ vanilla cakes, and two 6″ marble cakes. The strawberry cakes had strawberry butter cream filling, the vanilla ones had white butter cream  and the marble ones had … Read more

Cool Homemade Lego Batman Cake

Coolest Lego Batman Cake

A week in advance, I sculpted the figures and trash cans from gum paste so they would have time to dry. The details of Joker and Batman were hand painted. Each building was made from six 8″ square cakes. One was strawberry, the other white. For each building, I first leveled and stacked 3 cakes, placed plastic … Read more

Coolest Minnie Mouse Cake

Coolest Minnie Mouse Cake

I made this Minnie Mouse cake for my daughter’s 7th birthday. About 5 days in advance, I made the black gum paste ears so they would be dry in time. The bottom tier is two 10″ yellow cakes, and the top is two 6″ strawberry cakes. The yellow cakes were layered with white butter cream filling and the strawberry … Read more

Coolest Red Velvet Anniversary Cake

Coolest Red Velvet Anniversary Cake

This cake was made for a couple’s 20th wedding anniversary. I made two 10″ round red velvet cakes, leveled them and layered them with cream cheese icing. The top tier is actually a football-shaped chunk cut out of the round cake and placed on top. Both were coated in cream cheese icing and covered in … Read more

Coolest Gender Reveal Owl Cake

Coolest Gender Reveal Owl Cake

This owl cake was made for a gender reveal. The mom received a sealed envelope that contained the baby’s gender from the doctor, which was given to me and the party hostess. It was a boy so I tinted two 11″x15″ cakes sky blue. I then leveled them and layered them with white butter cream,  also … Read more

Cool Homemade Purse and Shoe Cake

I first baked two 12″ round chocolate cakes for this purse cake. I put a paper thin coat of chocolate butter cream icing on each cake because  my friend wanted raspberry jam filling, and I find the filling can sometimes makes the cake a little soggy when it’s made a few days in advance. I put some … Read more

Coolest Owl Birthday Cake

Coolest Owl Birthday Cake

I started this owl birthday cake by making two 11″x15″ chocolate sheet cakes and then leveled and layered them. I made a template from poster board to cut out the owl shape and then used that to cut out the cake. I iced it with chocolate butter cream and then made some homemade chocolate fondant. I lightened a small … Read more

Cool Homemade Beach Wedding Cake

Coolest Beach Wedding Cake

This beach wedding cake was made for a friend’s son’s wedding. The bottom was two cakes baked in the medium sized hexagon pan (from the Wilton 3-piece set), and the top was made from 2 8″ round cakes. All of the cakes were white and layered with raspberry jam filling. I always apply a thin … Read more

Coolest Deer Hunter Cake

Coolest Deer Hunter Cake

I made this Deer Hunter cake for a customer’s groom’s cake. I started by baking 2 of each: 6″, 8″ and 10″ circles. They were all vanilla cake, and I dyed most of the batter with Wilton moss green and brown (1 batch dark, 1 light) and left some white to make a camouflage effect. I covered … Read more

Coolest Monkey Birthday Cake

Homemade Monkey Birthday Cake

I made this Monkey birthday cake for my youngest son’s 1st birthday. I used the Wilton Monkey pan to bake it. I iced the sides in white icing and then made the outlines on the cake with tip #3. I tinted some icing brown and some with a tiny bit of peach and brown and … Read more