I was asked by a friend if I would make a Homemade Power Ranger Birthday Cake for her little boy’s 4th birthday. I have never attempted anything of the sort, but I always love a challenge! After doing some searching on this site and the internet in general, I came up with this idea. I … Read more
I am possibly THE worst cook, so if I can do this Dorothy the Dinosaur Cake anyone can! I traced the picture of Dorothy from my daughter’s colouring book to use as the template. I used 2 x packets of Betty Crocker cake mixes for the cake, made the night before and refrigerated before I … Read more
I made this Upsy Daisy Cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I hired a Raggedy Ann Wilton cake tin from my local cake shop, and made two cakes which I sandwiched together with jam and buttercream. I then cut the finished cakes to the shape of Upsy Daisy. I bought coloured Regalice from the shop … Read more
I had a really hard time finding ideas for a Power Rangers Cake that a customer ordered. There are so many different types of Power Rangers and since she wanted a specific one I had to make it to match that. So, given the issues I had I wanted to post one so others could … Read more
This Upsy Daisy Birthday Cake is the second birthday cake that my mum and I made for my daughter. I searched everywhere for an Upsy Daisy Birthday Cake which was a little bit different but couldn’t find anything that I really liked so I came up with this idea. I used a round cake tin … Read more
This In the Night Garden Upsy Daisy Cake is made from a large basin cake and a small basin cake, Swiss roll cake for her legs, supported with a plastic pipe holding the head on.
I made this Upsy Daisy Cake for my daughter’s 2nd birthday and was really happy considering it is the first cake I’ve done. I used a tin, which made it easier. I couldn’t find an Upsy Daisy tin, so used a “Raggedy Ann” one. Needed to cut out a little bit here and there, but … Read more
The base of this homemade In the Night garden cake is an 8″ round chocolate sponge sandwich with chocolate fudge icing centre, sat on a 10″ round cake board. The top tier is a 6″ round lemon sponge sandwich with lemon buttercream icing centre, sat on a 6″ cake board. There is a clear plastic … Read more
I made this homemade Little House on the Prairie cake on August 30, 2009 for my daughter Emma’s 7th and my son Rajiv’s 5th birthday party. It was homemade devil’s food cake and buttercream frosting. It weighed over 50 pounds… yikes! Emma and Rajiv wanted a combined party, so we had to figure out a … Read more
I used the Wilton Superhero pan and one cake mix for this Star Trek Mister Spock Cake. Bake according to directions. After baked, cool completely. I used buttercream in ivory for the flesh color, blue for the shirt, black for the hair and facial features and yellow for the background. I added some fondant for … Read more
This Lazy Town Purse Cake was for my daughter’s 6th birthday. The Lazytown cartoon was only out in the US for about 6 months when she had her birthday and I searched everywhere for Lazytown party supplies but couldn’t find anything! Her favorite character was Stephanie so we started with that. I made a costume … Read more
We made two cakes (lemon and poppy seed) to create this Star Trek Voyager Cake. We baked one in a casserole dish to make the oval shape of the body, and another in a loaf tin, which we sliced into pieces for the wings. We assembled the whole thing on the tray before we decorated … Read more