Cool Homemade One Direction Cake

Coolest One Direction Cake

A daughter of a family friend was having her 14th birthday and asked me to make her cake. Like many 14 year old girls she is in love with One Direction. When I asked her for ideas I noticed a theme with the Irish and British flag so I knew it was the way to … Read more

Coolest Justin Bieber Ipod Cake

Coolest Justin Bieber Ipod Cake

I got a request for this Justin Bieber Ipod cake for an 8 year old girl who loves Justin Bieber. I made the IPod by shaping 2 9×13 cakes, covering them in butter cream and then MMF. I also used the fondant for the details, including the headphones and buttons. Then I wrote the scrolling symbols with food coloring marker. I printed out … Read more

Elvis Birthday Cake

Elvis Birthday Cake

I went through a huge Elvis phase when I was younger, around age 12.  So when I was asked to make an Elvis cake I was looking forward to it! Elvis is a FBCT (Frozen ButterCream Transfer).  I googled Elvis pictures (for cartoon characters I search for coloring pages) and printed the one I liked … Read more

Michael Jackson 50th Birthday Cake

Michael Jackson 50th Birthday Cake

This is what you need to make the Michael Jackson 50th birthday Cake: 2 cakes (I made a 24cm x 30cm and a 16cm x 16cm) Butter Icing (I used 250g unsalted butter, 500g icing sugar and a little milk) Jam 2.5kg White Regalice Icing (available at supermarkets or cake supplies shop) 2 x 250g or … Read more

Coolest AC/DC Cake

Coolest AC/DC Cake

When I asked my son what cake he wanted for his birthday and he said an AC/DC one. I thought how would I do an AC/DC cake?? I then Googled some cakes on line and there wasn’t many on line,  I came on here and there are no other AC/DC cakes, so I thought i would just … Read more

Coolest Justin Bieber Birthday Cake

Coolest Justin Bieber Birthday Cake

A friend of mine asked me to make her 10 year old little niece a Justin Bieber cake and I immediately had images of a purple and white cake in my mind and visions of him with his new hair style! Since I normally make cakes for toddlers I was excited to make a more “grown … Read more

One Direction Super Bowl Birthday Cake

One Direction Super Bowl Birthday Cake

My “One Direction 49er-licious cake for tomorrow’s Super Niner Ballz Bowl with my Zumba familia  and Jenna’s 11th Birthday!! This is a 4 layer – Cherry Chip (red flick inside) cake. 2 cake boxes purchased from grocery store. Betty Crocker. Frosting is 2 layers of butter cream and 2 layers of strawberry mist and lots of gold … Read more

Coolest Marilyn Monroe Birthday Cake

Coolest Marilyn Monroe Birthday Cake

I was asked by a friend if I could make a cake for her sisters birthday that had a Marilyn Monroe theme to it.  She also wanted to know if I could make it with a Barbie doll dress type cake because her grandmother had always made them doll dress cakes for their birthdays when … Read more

Coolest Marilyn Monroe Cake

Coolest Marilyn Monroe Cake

I made this for a young lady who’s a big Marilyn fan. The cake is lemon supreme, two 9x13s sandwiched with cream cheese frosting and lemon curd. I used the same frosting for a crumb coat, then covered the cake with fondant icing (homemade–Wilton’s Marshmallow recipe with a little lemon flavoring–messy to make, but much … Read more

Coolest Elvis Cake

Coolest Elvis Cake Photos and Tips

I made this cake for my best friends 50th Birthday! She is nuts about Elvis so the theme was Blue Hawaii. The Elvis and motorcycle was a magnet to which I hot glued a cut out picture of my friend. The pink car was a Christmas ornament, the gates I cut out of a postcard … Read more

Coolest Michael Jackson Billie Jean Hat Cake

Homemade Michael Jackson Billie Jean Hat Cake

I made this Michael Jackson Billie Jean Hat Cake for son Alex for his 13th birthday September 2009. He is A HUGE fan. I started with cooking two mud cakes using an 8″ round cake tin and an 8″ casserole dish. I then cut the cake down a little so it wasn’t to high and … Read more

Coolest Grateful Dead Steel Your Face Cake

Grateful Dead Steel Your Face Cake

I made this Grateful Dead Steel Your Face cake for my dad’s 50th birthday. I wanted it to be something special and since he’s a big Dead Head I wanted it to reflect that! This cake was made by baking two sheet cakes. One for the bottom layer, which was kept whole, and one for … Read more