My partner decided he wanted a Bathurst 500 cake for his birthday, he didn’t really expect to see one though. After Googling for some time I found NO Bathurst 500 cakes so it was up to me to be creative. At the beginning of the week I made some gumpaste signs that indicated different corners … Read more
This cake was fun to make. I made it for my cousin’s birthday that is really close to Halloween, which is a day they love. I started with Wilton Pumpkin Pan and then went to work. I used classic vanilla cake with vanilla and chocolate icing. I used a sour lollipop and green sugar crystals … Read more
My son was turning 5 and he wanted a Ninja Turtle cake. I usually don’t make my own birthday cakes, so I found a design I liked and modified it for my son’s party. I made a total of 4 round cakes and stacked 2 on top of each other and iced them with vanilla … Read more
I made this cake two years ago when my daughter turned three. It was a lot of work, but well worth it in the end. My daughter wanted a tangle birthday party so I set out on a mission to make her a fun cake. I had no idea what I was doing but was … Read more
As I was overseas for my husband’s birthday, I decided to make him a late birthday cake. With some encouraging words from my husband we decided to make the old TV favorite, Mr Squiggle. I wanted to try something completely out of my comfort zone, a standing cake. I made the whole thing in 2 … Read more
I baked 1 dome cake in a glass bowl and 1 cake in a flat circular cake pan. I baked chocolate cakes. I made butter cream icing and colored them pink and purple. I used a cake piping tube to decorate the cake and made an upper part of the doll’s dress with pink fondant. I made the crown … Read more
I made the Winnie the Pooh and friends a few days before I baked the cake out of fondant by hand. I must say they came out quite lovely. I only had pictures on my phone as guidance. I baked chocolate cakes in 2 separate rectangular pans. I covered them with liquid chocolate icing between the layers and … Read more
This “Kid-Friendly” pre-school Graduation cake was intended on being just a simple cake for forty, excited little pre-school children. When we scheduled our pre-school graduation we had decided on having cake and refreshments, after several different parents donating over 25 cake mixes, we were told that school rules was no sweets until after school hours, … Read more
I did this cake for a co-worker. She needed a cake for her brother and since it was mid October what better thing to do, than an Autumn cake. They both loved it, and she was able to add some fall touches to the table, that gave it real punch. It is yellow cake, with 3 … Read more
My daughter wanted a tiger party at the beach for her 7th birthday. So I searched for pictures of ‘kiddy-tigers’. I enlarged a tiger-picture that was cut out to use a stencil to cut the sponge cake, that I baked. I then covered the cake with butter icing so get a smooth finishing and then … Read more
Bake 2 13×9 cakes and level. Make favorite butter cream recipe. Tint 1/2 cup blue , 1 cup light green, 1 1/2 cup dark green and tint 1 tsp. black. Leave 4 cups white. Frost and layer cakes with white icing. Cover top with light green and smooth. Make “water” area in one comer with blue. Make sand trap with crushed vanilla … Read more
I had a fall/pumpkin theme cake for my daughter’s 8th birthday! I made a half sheet and used the tip that pipes icing to look like grass. I covered the half sheet with butter cream icing tinted green for the grass. The small pumpkin on top was made with a 3D pumpkin pan. I tinted … Read more