For this animated Mario Brothers cake, I had to purchase 2, cake pans 10”X 3”. 1 box of cake mix per pan 3 layers high, one white and two chocolate, with ½ half strawberry with vanilla pudding filling and the other half chocolate ganaches, which allowed the cake to settle on one side so I … Read more
This Angry Birds cake was made for my son’s 6th birthday. I asked my husband to make the stand and asked really for only one requirement, don’t make the slingshot work. So naturally in true husband form, he did. And then he proceeded to proudly launch my sons stuffed animals across my living room for … Read more
I started off this Minecraft block cake by making a dense chocolate cake in a rectangle cake pan. Once cooled, I cut out 2 by 2 inch squares and placed them in a random order on a cardboard cake plate. Some were stacked on top of each other and stabilized with wooden skewers. I then … Read more
My husband came up with this Plants vs Zombies cake idea. It’s his favorite game. It took around 3 days to make the figures for the cake. I home made and colored all the modeling chocolate, fondant, and icing… no easy task. It was a lot of fun making a cake just for the sake … Read more
For this Minecraft cake I baked a double mix of home made chocolate cake and baked it in a large roasting size tin. I made up some templates with paper cut outs to ensure I used the whole cake in the making. I made all the characters out of pliable fondant icing which I coloured … Read more
This is an Angry Birds Epic cake based off the Ravio role playing game. My son loves Angey Birds and when we saw this game online he had to have it. I had to download a Canadian iTunes account to get it because at the time it was not available in the US. The game … Read more
I donated a “ cake of your choice “ to a local benefit auction. The winner was a super lady who wanted a cake for her grandson. She said any old Skylander would do…he loved them all……… Wow…a Skylander huh? I asked myself just what might that be ya reckon!!!??? So off to the internet … Read more
My son is turning 5 and he’s obsessed with video games. He insisted on a Mario Kart cake this year so of course I searched online for days for ideas and found this racetrack cake. While it seemed easy enough to do, I will admit I had some issues with the actual carving process. I … Read more
My 8 year old son wanted a Minecraft cake, so I put this together. The water has a black licorice octopus under the blue jello “water” and colored M&M’s represent the lapiz lazul, coal, redstone, and gold stuck into the “mined” layers. Steve did made sure to put some “torches” along the mine shaft, and … Read more
My son was turning 6 years old. He was totally into Angry Birds and wanted an Angry Birds party. So, I started wracking my brain as to how the heck I was going to decorate an Angry Birds birthday cake. Once I had the basic shape down, I had to come up with the actual … Read more
For the ‘Angry’ Birds… is a 10th birthday cake I made for my granddaughter. I love baking for family. I love the big smiles and wide eyes the first time they see their special cake, but most of all I love the hugs that follow! My grandchildren are my world and they challenge me… keep … Read more
This Mario and Luigi birthday cake is a 10″ round white cake with butter cream frosting. Mario and Luigi and all the decorations are made out of homemade marshmallow fondant. I added a little tylose powder to the fondant for Mario and Luigi so they would stiffen up a bit. This cake was for my … Read more