Someone-Special
This harvest cake was for my daughter-in-law’s birthday. I started watching Ace of Cakes and decided I would like to try my hand at decorating cakes for my family. I should have used Rice Krispy treats for the base for the pumpkins. I had no idea how heavy fondant could be. The top layer of … Read more
My Son wanted BB-8 from Star Wars for his birthday cake this year. It did not turn out how I wanted, but at a 10 inch diameter, it weighed a good 3 1/2 kilos. It is iced with rolled fondant. I used orange butter cream to smooth between the cake and fondant. It was unfortunate as I spent … Read more
This is a tin of wine gums I made for a teenage so simple to do but it had the wow factor. I made 8in mud cake hollowed it out slightly covered in red fondant filled with wine gumsi used 3 small dowels to support the lid. Everyone loved it and was talking about it … Read more
I’m a mother of three. When I thought of making a cake for our anniversary so many funny memories came into my mind. But most of all I hate when there’s cricket matches starts at 3. 00 o’clock in the morning but my husband keeps the alarm and wakes up at that time but never … Read more
I made this sunflower cake for my grandmother’s 80th birthday. Her favorite flower is a sunflower. Being that it was a big birthday for her I wanted to make a cake that was out of the ordinary, and not a typical number 80 cake or a cake decorated in sunflowers. So, after hours of sketches and ideas … Read more
My little sister was turning 13 and I knew I was going to make her a tiered birthday cake (I make and decorate cakes at every opportunity. But this one had to be awesome! The day before her party I cleared everyone from the kitchen and set to work. I made enough cakes for three tiers, the first and … Read more
This Seashells wedding cake was a lot of fun to make. I traveled 7 hours with the baked layers and then completed the cake the day before the wedding. The cake is chocolate fudge with chocolate buttercream, ivory vanilla fondant covers the 10, 8, 6″ layers. The ceramic cake top was provided by the bride … Read more
The Groom caught a 42 inch salmon on the day the wedding was announced, so it was an easy theme for a surprise Groom’s cake. The fish is made of Rice Krispie treats and covered in fondant. I found some great ideas from other contributors on this site… thanks so much! I used a cheese … Read more
I made this castle cake for a friend’s wedding. The cake is made up of five 14 inch round cakes and five 8 inch round cakes. The castle was made up of turrets made out of circular cardboard tubes wrapped up in pink fondant. The body of the castle is made up of cake and … Read more
I made this Angry Birds cake for a friend who has me make all of her sons’ cakes and they do it big. They have large, super fun birthday parties with everything from magicians to pony rides to big, bouncy slides. This was a cake I made for her son Luke who was turning 5. … Read more
A few days ago, a woman asked me to make an engagement cake for her daughter because she was going to get engaged to her boyfriend and to celebrate, they were going to throw a big party. The day of the party was also going to be her daughter’s lucky birthday so it was indeed … Read more
I created this travelers’ luggage wedding cake by special order from the bride and groom. The couple wanted their cake to represent their traveling adventures… their engagement in Malta, their wedding ceremony under the Vulcan at Robin Hood Airport in England, and also their honeymoon to Australia to see the Formula 1 race. They also … Read more