I used to make special birthday cakes for my three children when they were growing up. My son remembers the cakes fondly and told his wife that he wanted his son to have that experience. My daughter-in-law asked me to continue the tradition by making her son’s birthday cakes. Last year, I made a monkey … Read more
My son was turning 2 and he is in love with Nemo. I knew I needed to make my 1st cake. (I was scared). I came upon this site while doing my search! And used some others ideas. I did 2 9×13 white cakes with chocolate filling, 2 9in layered round cakes with Vanilla filling, … Read more
I made this Nemo Birthday Cake for my 2 year old son for his birthday. I looked for a few months for a Nemo Cake topper or Nemo decorations and was unable to find anything. I decided that I would just make it myself. This was my first attempt at a cake other than just … Read more
This Finding Nemo cake was decorated on a 1/2 sheet cake. I frosted with buttercream frosting. On the top of the Finding Nemo cake, frost creating waves and dips. With spray gun, spray waves and dips w/Chefmaster Airbrush Color Hawaiian Blue 3016. For the border I used the Wilton tip #21. From local cake decorating … Read more
I copied pictures of Nemo and Marlin and enlarged them on a tag board. I cut them out so I could use them as templates because I cannot draw very well. I used a cake board to lay out the design of the cake. I iced the top and sides of the cake with the … Read more
I made this cake for a friends daughter who insisted on having a Nemo cake. I used an 8-inch round, two 6-inch rounds and the Wilton ball cake pan. The fins, eyes and mouth are made out of fondant. My friend’s little girl absolutely loved it!!!s daughter who insisted on having a Nemo cake. I … Read more
At the time of my sons second birthday, Finding Nemo was his favorite movie, so we picked Nemo for his party theme. I had two Wilton oval shaped pans I thought would be perfect for the body, but knew they were too small to be “the whole cake”. I also figured it would be too … Read more
We had an underwater themed birthday party for our sons second birthday and got some ideas for Nemo cakes from this site. I hadn’t used fondant before so I didn’t want to try coloring it myself. I just bought the colored fondant from the craft store. I’m not much of a sculptor so I found … Read more
This was my first attempt at a 3D cake, and my first attempt in working with Marshmallow fondant. I was inspired by the cakes I saw on this site, and decided I would try my hand at it. I, like many others, started with the Wilton 3d Egg cake mold. I used the Wilton concentrated … Read more
I made this Finding Nemo Birthday Cake for my niece’s second birthday. I used a 12″ double layer and an 8″ double layer homemade white cake with cooked pineapple filling. The filling is just one can of undrained crushed pineapple, one cup of sugar and about 4 tablespoons of cornstarch (stir the cornstarch into the … Read more
I’ve been dabbling in cakes since I got married 30 years ago. My Aunt who made my wedding cake while in the hospital undergoing surgery in Denver Colorado inspired me. My four-tier wedding cake was then flown to Texas on dry ice to my parent?s house then driven to Arkansas where the wedding took place. … Read more
I used three cake mixes and a 12″ and 8″ rounds for this Nemo cake. I bought the food coloring at the grocery store in the neon colors and the fluffy white frosting by Betty Crocker (I think) and believe it or not that’s how I got that blue color. I went to the Disney … Read more