Coolest Madeline Child Birthday Cake Ideas and Photos 2

My daughter has just turned six and is crazy about Madeline, so I promised her I would make her a Madeline party & Madeline child birthday cake. I prepared a regular sponge cake in a Wilton doll-shaped tin and then made up loads of butter icing in all the different colors needed for Madeline. To … Read more

Coolest Max and Ruby Cake Photos and How-To Tips 2

A friend of mine wanted a Max and Ruby cake for her daughters birthday so I decided to tackle the project. I baked the cake and then frosted it with Buttercream icing. I then let it sit for about 15 minutes to slightly harden and then used parchment paper to smooth the cake. I traced … Read more

Coolest Mr. Birthday from Mr. Men Cake

Homemade Mr. Birthday from Mr. Men Cake

I loved the Mr. Men books growing up and thought this would be a great and different 1st birthday cake idea for my son. I had only made one really basic snowman cake before this so I was a little cautious. I had to make a cake big enough for a large number of guests … Read more

Coolest The Very Busy Spider Birthday Cake

Homemade The Very Busy Spider Birthday Cake

This Very Busy Spider Birthday Cake was made for my cousin’s first birthday! His very favorite book is The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle. His mommy wanted marble so I used Chocolate Fudge and French Vanilla cake mixes from Betty Crocker. I used a 12 inch round, 9 inch round and 6 inch round. … Read more

Amazing Homemade Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Cake

Homemade Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Cake

I made this homemade Hungry Caterpillar birthday cake for my baby girl’s first birthday. I used a yellow cake mix in a bunt cake pan. I cut off the bottom of the bunt cake to make it flat and used the discarded cake to shape the head and the end of the tail. I cut … Read more

Coolest Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake

Homemade Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake

I found a picture in a blog of this collection of cake and cupcakes. There are 22 cupcakes arranged to be the body of the caterpillar. Each is iced with green frosting in a swirl pattern. The 12 cupcakes on the outside edge have sprinkles pressed into the frosting to look like hairs. This part … Read more

Coolest Twilight Birthday Cake

Homemade Twilight Birthday Cake

This Twilight Birthday Cake was my first fondant cake. I made it with 2-10″ round cakes and 2-8″ round cakes. My fondant is homemade. Frosted cakes with buttercream frosting. We used a ruler to cut out squares for checker board. I got the topper by going to faceinhole.com. My 10 year old granddaughter loved in.

Coolest Edward Cullen Cake

Homemade Edward Cullen Cake

I used the Wilton Harry Potter cake pan and morphed Harry into Edward! Bake cake according to package directions. Then I always freeze my cakes overnight before decorating. Makes them so much easier to handle! I frosted his face with a very pale skin tone and his hair and eyebrows with chocolate. Then I added … Read more

Coolest Wizard Of Oz Cake

Homemade Wizard Of Oz Cake

My niece LOVES the Wizard of Oz so it was time to get creative since finding Wizard of Oz items can be difficult at best and that is what she wanted her birthday party theme to be. Thanks to the fellow contributors to this site I got some great ideas for a Wizard of oz … Read more

Coolest Elphaba Birthday Cake

Homemade Elphaba Birthday Cake

My friend is obsessed with the musical Wicked. Her husband asked us to make her Wicked themed cake for her birthday. All the fondant is homemade marshmallow fondant except for the black. We can never get marshmallow fondant dark enough without being a sticky mess. We try to keep some black fondant on hand from … Read more

Coolest Monster Book Cake

Monster Book Cake

My son wanted a Harry Potter cake for his birthday, So I decided that the monster book of monsters would be fairly easy. It was, I just made a sheet cake, then I cut it in half and stacked it to make a double layer cake. First I did a buttercream/crumb coat. The frosting was … Read more