I just used a simple two-layer cake as a base and canned frosting that I tinted myself for this Charlie and Lola Cake. I used a star tip to design Lola’s face and hair and then smoothed the surface using a knife dipped in water. The black outline and hair is black shoestring-type licorice. The … Read more
For my sons third birthday, we decided to do a Clifford the Big Red Dog theme as he loves the books and had started watching the show on PBS. Because there was no “Clifford” cake pan, we decided to make a dog house cake. Because Spencer (the birthday boy) is also a real strawberry lover, … Read more
I picked a picture from color pages on line, that looked like it would make a good “3-D design” and be a “do-able challenge”. When I checked Coolest Cake website for anyone who may have some tips on how to shape a 3-D George, I saw that there were a few others who picked this … Read more
I made this Curious George Birthday Cake Design for a 2 year old’s birthday. I used regular cake mix and store bought frosting (2 years old’s don’t know the difference). I used a Pyrex bowl to make the body and the sports ball pan to make the head. Using a picture from a kid’s book … Read more
I started out with a Wilton Animal Cracker cake pan for the face. I had to build up the nose a little with more cake so the face would be flat. I copied off the Curious George mask from pbs.com and used it as a template. I blew up the mask to the size that … Read more
Used water with a few drops of blue food coloring for sky and did the same thing with green food coloring for the grass. I painted it on with a bakery brush. For Curious George I checked other Curious George cakes but in the end I blew up a coloring page to the size I … Read more
For this Dr. Seuss cake, used a full cake sheet and filled it with three cake boxes of batter. I made the cake red velvet so it would be a fun color when it was cut. The longest part was making all of the different colors of frosting – red, yellow, blue, purple, and black, … Read more
This Dr Seuss birthday cake was a lot of fun to create…and easy too! Trust me if I can do it so can you. The party theme was One Fish two fish so the cake had to reflect the whimsy and imagination of Dr. Seuss. I used three cake pans, 6″, 8″ and 10″ though … Read more
This bride of Frankenstein cake was made for my son’s DayCare Halloween Party. I used a full slab of cake, 17×23 (just removed the middle to show as if therr was 2 different characters). I’ve seen many a bride of Frankenstein but not too many Frankenstein himself done in a cake. So I improvised on … Read more
I baked three layers of dense cake in a 9×12 pan layered as a normal cake and free-carved the shape of Herbie the love bug. After that I added a crumb layer of buttercream, let it set and covered with rolled fondant. After carving I carefully moved the cake onto a cardboard cake board and … Read more
I made this Indiana Jones Pyramid Cake for my son’s 7th birthday party. We had an archaeological treasure hunt in the park! To make the cake I baked two square cakes and stacked them on top of one another. I then carved the cakes to form the pyramid (using the discarded pieces for the peak). … Read more
This Indiana Jones cake was made from one box of chocolate cake mix, baked in a 9″ circle, 1 mini loaf pan and 1 cupcake, according to package directions. After cooling, the mini loaf was cut through the center, making the “cave” sides. The cupcake was rounded into a ball for the stone. 1 can … Read more