I promised this Homemade Angry Birds Cake months ahead of time, and ultimately had to throw a dinner party to show it off. I used chocolate cake, and chocolate frosting, cut into random wedge shapes and frosted in a messy fashion on purpose. For the base I just frosted the cake board with white, and … Read more
I made this Angry Birds cake for my husband’s birthday because he loves the game. I made the birds and pigs out of rice Krispy treats I rolled into a ball and triangle shapes. I dyed white chocolate different colors and dipped the rice krispy balls into them. I purchased the eyes and pieces I … Read more
The birds on this Homemade Angry Birds Cake are made out of fondant (the Wilton primary color pack). Just modeled them after some others I saw on the web. Hint: For the white, or for other smaller details, use AIRHEADS candy! You can nuke them for 10 seconds to soften and they are so easy … Read more
My five year old grandson requested a Donkey Kong Cake with Diddy Kong for his 5th birthday. I pondered over it a bit. Saw some neat ideas, yet my family is not crazy over fondant. So whatever I was going to do could have a hint of fondant, but not covered in it. Cake Prep: … Read more
As a present for one of my son’s friend’s 7th birthday (Nintendo themed) I created a 2 layer 9×9 round cake with Mario’s face and two dozen “extra life” toad stool cupcakes. I used Pillsbury funfetti cake mixes, my own homemade buttercream frosting recipe for the white, blue, and green, store bought red and black … Read more
After seeing the cakes I had put together for my daughters, my sis-in-law jokingly said I should forgo getting her sons presents, in lieu of agreeing to do their birthday cakes. Well, I love to bake & decorate cakes so much, I told her Done! (though we still ended up getting a present as well, … Read more
This is a Mario and Luigi Cupcake Cake made with 2 1/2 dozen marble cupcakes. The top is iced smooth to look like a sheet cake. Some people call this a pull-apart cake. They are great for children’s birthday parties. The characters are hand-drawn using a home made “stamp”. To make a stamp, simply print … Read more
My son, now 8, was very specific about what he wanted the Mario Bros. Power-Up Mushroom Cake to look like. It had to be a Power-Up mushroom that stood up on the cake, not flat. I started by baking a 12×16 base cake. I iced that with green icing so it looked like grass. I … Read more
This Super Mario Brothers Birthday Cake is my first attempt at a fondant cake. I took on the challenge when my son asked for the Super Mario Brothers theme and there was nothing to be found. I said sure I’ll try it so I watched some YouTube videos and dove right in. Did a test … Read more
This was my first attempt at a Super Mario Birthday Cake. My 4 year old son wanted a “Batman” party and at the last minute decided his cake should be Super Mario. I had a great time making this cake, and enjoyed all the “OMG…YOU made this cake?” at the party. I took a half … Read more
I made this Mario birthday cake for my nephew’s 7th birthday. I used a picture of Toad road from the game Mario Party 9 to help with design. The cake is a chocolate sponge with chocolate butter cream. I made a rectangle and a 7 inch round cake to create the shape and a 4 … Read more
This Super Mario Brother cake was made for my nephew. He loves Mario but we could not find a character pan. So I printed out a Mario cartoon I found on the internet. I enlarged the print to be slightly smaller than the base cake. I cut out the photo and laid it on a … Read more