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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
My grandson is crazy about Michael Jackson. There was no doubt that he was going to ask me to make a Michael Jackson Cake. I usually make a carrot cake for birthday cakes. For this one I used a 9x13x3 cake pan. I made two cakes, stacked them and used buttercream cheese frosting between the … Read more
I made this Pink Floyd Cake for my neighbor who is another huge Pink Floyd Fan like me. It is a regular yellow cake that I baked in a 9×13 inch pan. I cut the shape out after it cooled, then iced it with the different colors, using white icing that I dyed to each … Read more