Someone-Special
This cake was made for my 8 year old son Jonathan. He happens to be a huge fan of the hit show The Walking Dead. My biggest inspiration on making this cake was making my son happy. I planned for weeks on ideas for his cake. After looking up so many different ideas I just couldn’t find something that … Read more
It was July in Iowa, hot and humid. My oldest son’s love of owls inspired me, so I scoured the internet for pictures of owls and owl cakes. I had never attempted a vertical cake, and I thought it would be fun to try. I saved my favorite pictures on my computer and sketched out … Read more
This drop dead cat cake is a funny cake chosen by my granddaughter for her 16th birthday. First I made my favorite butter cake recipe and cooked it in a 10 inch round tin. Slightly needed to cut the top to flatten then covered with butter icing and then blue fondant. Then it was time … Read more
I used a square bottom followed by 2 round cakes to make a total of 3 tiers. I used a 1/4″ pegs to support the cake and instead of draping the fondant in 1 piece I cut the square and round pieces to cover the top and then lengths of fondant for the sides. The … Read more
This cake was done for a friend’s mom. It was a regular slab cake, with large, cubed rice krispie treats, covered in fondant. The poker chips and playing cards were done in fondant (denominations were hand-piped) left to dry overnight. Polka-dot ribbon trimmed it and the finishing touches were a paper (non-edible) sign I printed, and … Read more
Hamburger – Made 4 round cakes. Two 9 inch and two 8 inch. Bottom bun -9 inch round covered with tan rolled butter cream. Burger – one 8 inch round covered in black fondant. Top bun 9 and 8 inch round shaped to look like a top of a bun. Covered in rolled butter cream. … Read more
It started with tablet… with free Minecraft demo version. Than with tablet Minecraft Pocket edition, and than grand ma asked my son Nitzan: ” what do you want for birthday?” And the answer was:”Minecraft for PC!!!! So 1.7.5 version arrived in our home and in our lives. As many will understand, it is simply Minecraft. … Read more
I made this jersey cake for my friend for her birthday party, she is a huge Andre Johnson fan. The cake was made with a 1/2 sheet pan, no layers, wanted the cake to appear as a real jersey. The sleeves were a bit of a challenge. This was my first jersey cake and I … Read more
This cake was for my son’s 12th birthday. He and his friends love the game Minecraft and so I make a “Creeper” cake. It was pretty easy. I just baked two rectangular cakes. One I turned into a square for the head and cut two smaller squares from it to form the feet. The other … Read more
I love to bake and I am very creative. I took one Wilton class at a local store, got sick and could not finish, so what I learned was pretty much nothing….lol. My great grandson was turning 6 and I wanted to make the cake. He loves Angry Birds, so his Mom told me “YES” … Read more
My soon to be four year old granddaughter really wanted a Barbie cake for her birthday, and as she was having a dual party with a best friend, I got to make two cakes! I bought two Barbies-one with a purple streak and one with a pink hair streak- Harper wanted a purple dress and … Read more
This cake was fun to make and see the minion come to life. I used butter cream frosting, chocolate frosting, chocolate cake mix, neon food coloring, and a frosting bag with a smooth tip. When I started I did not know what to start with so I made the white of the eye I … Read more