This Harry Potter birthday cake was my first attempt at making a fondant cake. My cousin helped work some of the detailing. I was stupid enough to even make my own fondant on this one. Would not recommend that trick. Nice but totally unnecessary. Who eats it anyway? My son was turning 8 yrs old … Read more
This police officer cake was for my nephew who graduated from the police academy. The hat was made out of rice krispies covered in black fondant. The cake was covered in blue fondant with the city patch and state and USA flags. The shield on the hat is an edible image. All the decals are edible .
I am not a pro and only make cakes for friends, family and friends of family. My first attempt at making an animal was a daunting one. This die-hard University of Georgia fan wanted a cake resembling Uga, the college mascot. He is not only a huge fan of this college and their football team … Read more
Every year I do a birthday bash for 10 to 13 people who live up on the hill with us, here in Naivasha and all have birthdays in August. I try to do one large cake that incorporates everyone. This was one of these cakes done for my “rafikis” (Swahili for Friends). All the figures … Read more
This is a celebration cake. My grandson has autism and had a rough couple years at elementary school. But things were looking up. He was making great effort and for this grading period. He came home with a great report card and we all felt it was worth a celebration. We took him to our … Read more
My gorgeous friend Leah was throwing a surprise party for her hubbies big 3-0 and asked for a Pirate themed cake to follow their dinner at a well-known Mexican cafe. So what else could I make but a chili-chocolate, swashbuckling pirate with as much swagger as Mr Depp himself! Thus, this pirate-treat was born and devoured … Read more
My husband and I worked together on this muddy Monster Truck birthday cake. We used the Wilton Race Car pan for the car body, following the instructions for the cake pan. Then we used 4 mini Angel food cake pans to make the monster tires. Baked one additional chocolate cake to cut up for the … Read more
I made this float tube fishing cake for my adult son that loves to float tube fish. I looked and looked online for ideas and couldn’t find a float tube cake so here it is. The cake is German chocolate and pecan frosting, candy rocks, little Debbie logs, gummie frogs, ice cream cone trees and a fondant fish. My son was so impressed … Read more
This 3-D Sponge Bob cake was made with a sheet cake cut into four sections then stacked filled and curved. I used a small melon scooper to mimic the holes in Swiss cheese and then covered in modeling chocolate. Sponge Bob’s pants and shoes were also covered in modeling chocolate. I used a 3 inch round to form the hamburger and … Read more
I made this building blocks cake for my niece and nephew’s first birthday. I am a self taught cake maker and knew it would be a challenge. But wanted to give them the best cake ever. My sister in law found a picture of some building block cakes and said can you make something like … Read more
My husband wanted a specialty cake for our anniversary so I made him a sushi cake seeing as we were having sushi. I made a 9 x 13 cake and basically cut it in half for two plates and frosted it with buttercream icing. It would have been easier to decorate the sides with the … Read more
I scoured pictures of birthday cakes on this site for inspiration and came up with this cake. I love making plate cakes as they are easy to do. This cake was made for my daughter-in-law who loves spaghetti Bolognese. All you need is a round cake for the base, fondant icing to cover (glazed icing … Read more