Coolest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

HomemadeTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Cake

I made this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Cake for a friend’s son. The cake board is covered with a brick-print scrapbook page, and then with clear contact paper and then edged with ribbon. Most of the decorations were made with candy melts. For the name plaque (my favorite part of the cake!), I found a … Read more

Cool Homemade Crown on a Pillow Cake

Princess Tiara Crown Cake On A Pillow

I used these directions as a starting point for this crown cake… However, I did not use royal icing for my crown, I used white candy melts. (The design of the crown needs to be simpler, because you cannot get as fine a line with the candy melts.) And I added small jelly beans (jelly … Read more

Coolest Tea Pot Cake

Homemade Teapot Cake

I had seen such cute teapot cakes, and I finally got a chance to make my own teapot cake! A couple of days ahead, I tinted some Wilton gumpaste with Wilton delphinium blue gel food color, and formed the spout and the handle and the little ball on the top of the cake. I inserted … Read more

Coolest Graduation Cake

Yearbooks and Mortarboard Cap Graduation Cake

This graduation cake was made in 2008 for a friend. Bottom of cap: I baked the bottom of the cap in one-half of the Wilton ball pan (if you don’t have that pan, you could also use an ovenproof bowl). Iced it, then covered it with fondant, making the fondant come to sort of a … Read more

Coolest John Deere Tractor Cake

Homemade John Deere Tractor Cake

I used the Pantastic Plastic Tractor pan and followed the directions to make the John Deere Tractor Cake out of candy melts. Then I baked a cake in that pan, and another in a large oval pan. I stacked the cakes and covered them with green fondant, then attached the tractor to the top with … Read more

Coolest Roller Skate Cake

Homemade Roller Skate Cake

Use a VERY sturdy cake recipe like pound cake for this roller skate cake. You will need one half of a large egg pan and 6 ovals (I baked them in disposable small casserole pans.) The toe of the skate is half of the large egg pan. Use extra batter to bake 2 small ovals … Read more