I got the idea for this Boy’s 1st Birthday Cake from this website. I thought it was a very fun and creative idea for my son’s 1st Birthday cake. I used 2 boxes of funfetti cake mix and baked the cake in a large 12×18 sheet cake pan. I baked the cake the day before … Read more

I bake a 14inch square cake and covered it in white homemade icing for this Number 1 Cake. I followed the recipe in the Wilton book. I drew circles in red, blue, orange, and green over the cake. I also wrote Happy Birthday on it. I baked another cake using the #1 Wilton pan. I … Read more

I made this First Birthday Cake for my daughter as I’m bias towards first birthdays having to be a number 1 cake! I wanted to use yellow as it’s such a gorgeous colour for a little girl. I did a buttercream icing and kept it ‘kid friendly’ by only adding 1 drop of yellow food … Read more

The #1 on this first birthday cake is actually a candy plaque molded in the Wilton 1 pan. To begin you will need to melt 2 packages of wafer candy (either using pre-colored yellow wafers or color using white candy and candy* color) in microwave starting with 1 minute and stirring and microwaving at 30 … Read more

Again wanting a Number One Birthday Cake for my third child’s birthday. I created a shape for the number using packet mix x2. Then I used ganache to cover the cake and take out any imperfections for the fondant to go over the top. I coloured 2/3 of the fondant icing leaf green and the … Read more

This first birthday cake was made with a chocolate packet mix (x2) in 2 square pans. When I started to cut and put together I decided it wasn’t high enough so I made 2 more cakes, this time vanilla. I cut out the number one and stuck it all together with Betty Crocker Chocolate frosting. … Read more

I made this first birthday cake for my friend’s daughter’s 1st birthday. She wanted a no. 1 shaped cake decorated with flowers and butterflies and I managed to find one exactly as she wanted it on-line. I’d never made a shaped cake before so I was a bit nervous. So I made the no. 1 … Read more

I got most of my ideas for this First Birthday Sunshine Cake off this website, so thank you to everyone that experimented so I didn’t have to. We did the sun and flower theme because I say that my baby girl is my sunshine. The actual cake is a plain white moist cake. I injected … Read more

I had a friend ask me to make a cake for her son’s first birthday cake. She gave me the colors and the design she wanted. From there, I came up with the 1/2 sheet cake frosted with butter cream (I used 1/2 real butter and 1/2 shortening). I wanted to do something different so … Read more

I baked 2 large rectangular cakes and cut out pieces to form the roman numeral one. The theme for his first birthday was Birthday Prince. The colors of the cake were royal blue, baby blue and white to match the theme. I used store bought cake mixes and frosting. I used two cake mixes, as … Read more

This is the First Birthday Cake I made for my youngest son’s first birthday (December 2009). This was my first attempt at making and using fondant. I found some ideas online and an easy marshmallow fondant recipe. I had a little trouble with cracking in the fondant, but I think it turned out okay for … Read more