This birthday cake decorating idea was a huge hit! We decided to have our sons 3rd birthday Animal-themed since he loves animals. Thanks to this site I was able to browse through many animal cakes and ultimately I decided to go with this birthday cake decorating idea.I followed the suggestions of using 2 bundt cakes … Read more
I made this cake for my sons first birthday. We didn’t want to do a theme really so I made this snake cake. The cake was made out of two pound cakes cut in half. I used a basic pound cake made from one of my easy cake recipes. I used store bought white icing … Read more
My son’s 1st birthday. His favourite “teddy” is a tiger which inspired the tiger cake. Drew outline onto tracing paper and cut out and placed over cake slab then cut out shape. Iced orange icing and lollies for decorations. Tip: dip the icing spatula into hot water each time you place icing on the cake … Read more
These are a dozen turtle cupcakes I made for my daughter’s friend, she really loves turtles and I wanted to make them extra special! The cupcakes were white cupcakes intentionally made to be healthy and low in fat and sugar so I used and egg substitute in the mix along with applesauce in place of … Read more
Use a 9″ round cake pan for the body of the turtle. Make four extra cupcakes for the legs and head. Bake and then cut two of the cupcakes in half for the four legs. Use one of the last two cupcakes for the head and cut a tail out of the last cupcake. (Unfortunately … Read more
My youngest daughter wanted a Zebra cake for her 3rd birthday.I used two round cake pans, one large and one small to make the head and a square pan to make the neck. The ears are made of sugar cookies that I cut and frosted and the main is made of black licorice. The stripes … Read more
The stars were piped all over with a butter cream and chocolate butter cream (took a while). I left the cone insert to support the cake. The round cake board was covered in green icing and decorated with icing flowers cut out with a daisy shaped cutter. Those daisies disappeared quick as a flash! The … Read more
I made a lemon cake with lemon curd buttercream covered in white sugarpaste. I covered the bottom board in white sugarpaste also. To clean up the edges between the cake and the covered board – piped back icing in pearls. Then made the cat and constructed on top of the cake securing with royal icing. … Read more
I did this Kitty Litter Cake for Halloween, however it would be great for a birthday cake also! Some tips for a perfect Kitty Litter Cake is to mix half the cookie crumbs with blue/green food dye (chlorophyll) and to melt the tootsie rolls slightly and drag them along the top and side of the … Read more
This was the first novelty cake I have ever made! It is for my son’s 2nd birthday. He is obsessed with cats so had to make him a cat cake. I used two round vanilla cakes and cut according to directions found on website. I froze the un-iced / uncut cakes prior to cutting and … Read more
This 3D Cat Cake was a carved vanilla sponge cake with jam and vanilla buttercream. The buttercream was spread over the outside of the cake to help it have a smoother finish when it was covered and help it stay moist. I baked layers of sponge cake and a sphere (Christmas pudding tin) for the … Read more
I made this Kitty Litter cake for my sons 10th birthday. We had a fear factor style party for him. The kids loved it and thought it was “pretty gross looking”. You will need for the cake one new clean litter box, one new clean scooper, two cake mixes, chocolate and vanilla/white, one box of … Read more