My son decided he wanted an R2D2 birthday, and of course there are no R2D2 party supplies, only complete Star Wars options. So, I decided to try and make him an R2D2 cake. I was really nervous at first that it was just going to look horrible. I ended up finding a toy of my … Read more
I created this Yoda cake for my grandson’s 8th birthday. He was really into Star Wars and was having a Star Wars theme party, so a Yoda cake was perfect!! I first layered basic yellow cakes for the body, and made a red velvet cake for the head. After sculpting the facial features, I put … Read more
My neighbor wanted a cool Yoda cake for her son. She asked me to make it and I was happy to try! I researched Yoda cake ideas and most were flat with the image frosted on or they had Yoda toys on the top of the cake. I wanted something really cool and 3D that he … Read more
I made this tinker bell doll fairy cake for my niece’s first birthday. It was a bundt cake with a thickened lemon drizzle. That part was tricky! It seemed to take forever for the drizzle to get thick enough to frost the cake. I also had an issue with a gap between the doll and … Read more
Hello folks… Presenting to you my most prized creation, my Humpty Dumpty Cake and my own version of my niece’s favorite rhyme: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had A great time And all of the BAKERS ‘n Chefs Brought Humpty Dumpty Back to life again It was my niece’s 3rd birthday and what … Read more
At first my son wanted a Ninjago party for his 7th birthday. I wanted him to pick something less violent. So we agreed on a Magic Tree House party because he loves the books. He just finished reading Night of the New Magicians – my favorite so far. The school librarian where I work helped … Read more
My 4 year old son thought it was the coolest Optimus Prime cake ever! This cake was born out of pure frustration of having to always pay a fortune for pretty but tasteless cakes that need a year supply of coffee to flush it past the gag reflex to try and swallow and eventually after … Read more
My niece really wanted a Hobbit House cake for her birthday. So, I started by looking at good ol’ Pinterest for inspiration. Then, I got started my design. I worked on making fondant and buttercream about five days before I was going to decorate. I needed several colors of fondant to make my figures and … Read more
I made this cute Kermit on a waterfall cake for a little girl’s birthday. After about a month of going back and forth about what kind of cake she wanted we were scrolling through Pinterest and saw a Kermit the Frog cake and that was it. Her mind was made up. So, about a week … Read more
For my husband’s 40th birthday, I surprised him with this Necronomicon cake inspired by one of his all time favorite movies, “Army of Darkness”. (You could also say it’s from the “Evil Dead.”) The Necronomicon is also known as The Book of the Dead. I frosted the cake with pudding. I wanted to make it as ugly … Read more
When I first heard of Unikitty I had no clue who she was. I actually had to watch the LEGO movie with my boys to see her… lol. Then, I heard that Unikitty has two sides, her nice side and her angry side, which I saw in movie. :) I had to find out which Unikitty my friend … Read more
My daughter wanted a Tinkerbell cake for her birthday, with specific instructions that it also had to have her house and a rainbow. I made a 10″ x 3″ round cake for the base. The base layer was a dark rich chocolate cake, and the top layers were a vanilla cake with pink sprinkles. For … Read more