For the base of the Olivia the Pig Cake, I used a 12” two layer cake topped with an 8” two layer cake. I then covered each cake individual with butter cream frosting. The red stripes and stars are made out of fondant. I added the decorations to the bottom layer, inserted supports, and then … Read more
I got bored a few summers back when I first started making cakes. I decided to make a Caterpillar Birthday Cake, kind of a cross between the Very Hungry Caterpillar and Cooties (from the game). Anyway I made a bundt cake and cut it in sections and placed them upright to give it more of … Read more
This Hungry Caterpillar Cake was for my son’s 1st birthday. He has a caterpillar that he carries everywhere so it made sense that his first cake would be a copy of his best friend. I made the body using a bundt cake cut into sections iced with 2 shades of green icing. The sections are … Read more
I really wanted to say that I did a Twilight cake. My birthday was coming up so I thought why not make a Edward Cullen from Twilight Birthday Cake for my own birthday. I first baked a 2 layer cake, iced it in buttercream icing, then rolled out the fondant to cover the cake. I … Read more
Our daughter wanted a “Wizard of Oz” party for her 4th birthday. Dorothy is one of my all time favorite characters, so I was happy to oblige! Creating this Homemade Wizard of Oz/Yellow Brick Road Cake was a lot of fun. I was inspired by several others on this site, and combined my favorite features … Read more
For this scarecrow cake, I took two 8″ round cake pans, white cake mix and vanilla icing. Then I rolled out white fondant and hand cut the pieces of the scarecrow with an exacto knife and cookie cut the leaves. Fondant rolled into an oblong ball made the pumpkins which are held on by tooth … Read more
I make all of my childrens birthday cakes, and my daughter just had to have a Hermione from Harry Potter Cake so I had to uphold my end of the bargain. I used the Wilton Little Mermaid cake pan, tweaked a few things and made the image into Hermione. I started off by putting frosting … Read more
This Homemade Harry Potter Monster Book Cake has 2 layers of chocolate cake with buttercream frosting and hazelnut mousse filling. I carved the book shape after filling the cake and covered it with buttercream. Later, I covered the cake with ivory fondant. I painted the sides of book with edible antique gold paint in vanilla. … Read more
There is a Harry Potter movie and book coming out this month so my son wanted a marble cake with a Harry Potter character and decorations. After taking the Wiltons Cake decorating course last winter I thought I could handle it. First I found a cake online that my son liked at. My son wanted … Read more
My son wanted a Harry Potter cake for his birthday, and I thought a Homemade Harry Potter Cauldron Birthday Cake would be fun. Originally the cauldron was going to be top-half only, since I didn’t think cake would support itself for a full cauldron. When I was thinking about what to use to make the … Read more
For my son’s 6th birthday, he wanted a Star Wars party with a Star Wars cake. We got the idea for this x-wing fighter cake off this same website, with only a few small changes. We made two 9×13 vanilla cakes. Each cake was cut in half length-wise. I used these long pieces to make … Read more
My son wanted a Star Wars cake where the blue and green light sabers were fighting, and the blue was winning. I made a box cake 9×13 pan and cut 4 equal horizontal pieces to make into the light sabers. I iced one blue (on the top so it was winning) and one green. I … Read more