Mary
My friend wanted a cake for an aunt who loves tropical flowers. Can I do orchids? Oh yes, and those big orange ones—birds of paradise flowers? Sure!! Thank goodness for YouTube! After watching a bunch of videos, picking up one hint here, another there, and the general principles from all over, I bought three sets … Read more
Wow! This one was a challenge! “You can do an electric guitar, can’t you?? ” Sure!! I went online and downloaded lots of photos of Fender guitars–the whole guitar, and each part of the guitar at a time, for the details. I was actually able to find a set of plans for a Fender online, … Read more
This castle cake is probably one of the most complex cakes I’ve made so far, and as always, it was a learning process, with some things that worked well, and others that needed to be done a little differently for future cakes! Overall, I was really pleased with how it turned out. My granddaughter wanted … Read more
My grandson’s class is completely nut free (serious allergies), so these little monsters that I made for him to share as a birthday treat are “safe.” I made fondant from scratch (microwave marshmallow recipe), and got nut-free colorings. It took ages to cut and roll and put them all together. It was impossible to make … Read more
This fairy garden cake was made for my granddaughter’s 11th birthday. The cake is an oval two-layer lemon cake, sandwiched and covered with pale green butter cream frosting. At one end, a mirror “pond” is surrounded by flowers holding colored candles, and scattered with tiny edible silver stars. The candle flames are colored too. One candle is a … Read more
This year, our grandson is into Skylanders Giants. And fortunately, McDonald’s have just had them in their Happy Meals, so I had four action figures all ready. Let me say right now, I really, really don’t like black frosting LOL! But you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do. The cake is a nine inch 2-layer … Read more
I made this for a young lady who’s a big Marilyn fan. The cake is lemon supreme, two 9x13s sandwiched with cream cheese frosting and lemon curd. I used the same frosting for a crumb coat, then covered the cake with fondant icing (homemade–Wilton’s Marshmallow recipe with a little lemon flavoring–messy to make, but much … Read more
This beautiful homemade princess cake was made for my granddaughter’s 8th birthday. I baked one cake in a mixing bowl, and two more 9” rounds (it’s amazing how tall a Barbie-type doll is from waist to tippy-toes! I still had to build it up a bit at the waist with cake trimmings). I wrapped the … Read more
I made this homemade pirate ship cake for my grandson’s 3rd birthday. I baked two 13″x9″ rectangles, and cut the pieces I needed to build up the shape of the ship with a curved raised deck at the front, and a two-level deck at the rear. Then I covered it in chocolate icing. I did … Read more