Patricia W.
I made this music cake for my pastor’s wife. Yes, she was “13” because she is a leap year baby so our church threw her a 13th birthday party! She is also our music director and plays the piano, which is why I went with the music theme. The top tier was made of 2 … Read more
This animal print cake was made for a customer whose daughter was turning 21. She’s a model and is apparently really into animal print. First, I worked on the gum paste bow since it needs a few days to dry. I tinted some gum paste with a very small amount of Wilton brown icing color … Read more
This Winnie the Pooh cake was requested by my husband’s coworker’s granddaughter for her 16th birthday. She absolutely LOVES Winnie the Pooh. When she asked, I remembered that about 10-12 years ago, I bought a 3D Winnie the Pooh pan that I never used! I made the cake, which took a little less than 2 … Read more
My friend’s daughter is really into “Monster High” so she found a cake like this one online and asked me to make it. But the cake online was made with fondant, which she hates, so she asked me to somehow make it in butter cream. Before even messing with the cake, I first made the … Read more
I made this fall basket cake for a school fundraiser this past fall. I baked 2 8-in round cakes. After doming and stacking them, I put the “dirty icing” coat on. I then used tip #48 to do the basket weave and tip #18 to make the rope border on the top and bottom. The … Read more
I made this Berry Basket Cake for a summer cook out. I alternated layers of white and strawberry cake, each 8-inch squares. I then used strawberry buttercream for the basket weaving and rope border (used tip #18). I topped it off with fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. My husband didn’t even want to cut … Read more
I made this Snake Birthday Cake for a friend that has a “reptile zoo.” This was made to replicate her red tailed boa. It’s 3 single layers of cake (head and tail were molded from the scraps), and I covered it in chocolate fondant.
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