Christine
I iced this white baby shower basket cake with sky blue buttercream. Mark off the top quarter and then use a dough cutter to mark a circle for the face. Fill in the circle with skin-colored buttercream. Then pipe features in black. Now, cover the remaining 3/4 of the cake in the basketweave design. Pipe … Read more
This Uniqua cake was fashioned after the Backyardigans “Master of Disguise” party invitation that you can print off the web. Start with one 9-inch round and one 10-inch round cake. Shape a body from the 10-inch cake by carving away bottom and side pieces to form knee and elbow. Use one of those pieces for … Read more
I made this Calculator Cake for a friend’s husband who was celebrating a big event in his career as an accountant. The bottom cake layer was made in a 9×13-inch pan and the top layer was made in a 6×9-inch toaster oven casserole pan. The cream cheese frosting was tinted with barely a drop of … Read more
Here’s an easy Valentine cake made with the techniques I learned in my first cake decorating course. I used the middle-sized pan from a set of three heart-shaped cake pans to make a white cake with raspberry filling (be sure it is seedless). If you’re making cake from a mix, use only the egg whites … Read more
The girls wanted a birthday cake they could help make. So when we saw this idea of a Surfing Birthday Cake in a book, we knew it was the perfect candidate. And we love how it turned out. It is our favorite cake yet! We used pre-made blue fondant: 1.5 lbs for the cake and … Read more