This Thanksgiving Dinner Cake, representing the dinner table, was made with an oval pan. The people were made of fondant which was tinted using Royal icing in different colors. The mashed potatoes were made from buttercream icing, the gravy from a rolo candy, with the large end cut off, and the corn from fondant. The … Read more
My friend wanted a birthday cake in the shape of a Cosmopolitan in honor of the Sex and the City Movie. Another friend and I baked a chocolate cake in a large, deep square pan. We used a cake leveler to split the cake in half and then we spread raspberry filling in the middle. … Read more
My daughter attends a daycare center with the most wonderful teachers! The daycare director, Melanie, is a great person and she and I share a love of coffee and mochas. For her birthday, I surprised her with this Cup of Coffee cake at the daycare. The basic shape of the cake was achieved using the … Read more
This Homemade Monster Energy Drink Cake was requested by a dear friend of mine. I was so excited to do this Lo Carb Monster Energy Drink because that’s what my husband and I like as well. The cake is made up of five 6″ rounds, white cake with cream cheese buttercream. There are two cake … Read more
I looked for some fun cake designs so found this and surprised my son in law with this bud light cake. It was very simple. I just got a rectangle cake pan. I divided the cake in half and cut one out into a bottle shape. The bottle has chocolate icing. After you spread the … Read more
For my dad’s 72nd birthday, I knew that I wanted to create something fun. Everyone knows that my dad absolutely loves those gross little banana flavored circus peanuts and also rich chocolate cake. Put those two favorites together and here is what you get, a Circus Peanut Candy Shaped Cake! The inside of the cake … Read more
I used a 10″ round pan to make this Watermelon Cake. After baking and cooling, the cake was cut in half. For easier crumb coating, place both cake halves in freezer for about an hour. I used about 1’4 inch icing between the layers. Stack, crumb coat, then frost. I tinted butter cream icing in … Read more
This is a cake I made for my sisters last day of a Nursing Course at school. They were having a little celebration and she asked me to make something special seeing as I always make special creative cakes. I thought this cake very special and very elegant.. I made this cake out of and … Read more
I saw this Taste the Rainbow Cupcake in a cupcake book that I have, it took me a few tries to get the bright colors but it was worth it. They make me smile. Supplies Needed: 1 box vanilla cake mix 1 can vanilla icing Food coloring (I used red, blue, green, orange and yellow) … Read more
First, I browsed through the pictures on this site for ideas. I combined my favorite features from the photographs and came up with this Giant Cupcake First Birthday Cake Idea. For the bottom layer, I baked a chocolate cake in two Wilton 8 in. x 2 in. pans. I cooled them, covered one layer with … Read more
I made this hamburger cake with the much help of my “cake decorating” mentor for a friend’s birthday. The theme of this (surprise) birthday party was fancy picnic, and we were going to serve make-to-order hamburgers, all decked out in special packaging. So I thought a “hamburger” cake would suit this event very well. The … Read more
I made this homemade burger cake for my son’s birthday! The bottom is made in a round pan the middle (burger) is also made in a round pan but is chocolate rice krispy treats and the top of the burger is made in a round oven proof bowl. I covered the bottom and top in … Read more