I made this Zombie birthday cake for my son’s friend’s birthday. For the head, I baked 6 8-in round cakes, all chocolate. After doming and stacking them, I froze them overnight to make sculpting a little easier. I rounded the top and cut out spots for the eyes and mouth. I then tinted some homemade … Read more
I did this Garfield Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday because she loved to watch Garfield’s movies. It is very simple; just bake 2 cakes in 2 oven proof bowls and position them one behind the other. Then cover them with butter icing and with a layer of yellow sugarpaste. For the blanket, roll … Read more
Pink XXXL Cup cake mold (silicone) Lemon sponge cake recipe Ing: 16oz self raising flour 16oz caster sugar 16oz margarine 8 eggs Juice and zest of 1 lemon Method: Pre heat oven to Gas 3/170oC. Place all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix on low speed at first till all ingredients are combined, … Read more
It was my brother in law’s birthday and we decided to make him a birthday cake, he’s a lorry driver so this truck cake is what we decided to make. I started by making 3x square sandwich cakes and when they were cold I sandwiched two of them together with butter cream, then the other … Read more
I made this Elmo birthday cake for my son’s 1st birthday party with our family. He loves Sesame Street! The top tier is 2 6-inch yellow cakes, and the bottom is 2 10-inch chocolate cakes (with 4 plastic support dowels inserted to hold the weight of the top tier). I tinted white icing with no … Read more
I wanted to do a Pucca Birthday Cake which would look great but at the same time I didn’t have a lot of time to spare. Therefore I thought of just doing a normal cake and just place a stenciled Pucca on it. I baked a round chocolate cake and covered it in pink sugarpaste. … Read more
This is the first time Ihave made a giant cup cake. I hired a cake tin from a local cake decorating shop, it only cost me £2 to hire for 2 days. This is the recipe I used: 16oz self raising flour 16oz sugar 16oz butter 8eggs vanilla essence Baked at gas #3, just below … Read more
I started by making the car on the Homemade Car Cake. My son’s wife e mailed me some pictures of their car so I could make it out of icing. I started with a small block of white icing and added some flower paste icing this helps the icing to harden. I kneaded this well … Read more
I made this Monkey birthday cake for my youngest son’s 1st birthday. I used the Wilton Monkey pan to bake it. I iced the sides in white icing and then made the outlines on the cake with tip #3. I tinted some icing brown and some with a tiny bit of peach and brown and … Read more
I made this Homemade Penguin Birthday Cake for a friend that collects penguin-themed items. It’s a 2 layer round cake. I made the igloo from the cake scraps and a little icing, and the “doorway” is made of fondant. I sculpted all the little penguins from fondant. There are penguins placed around the sides and … Read more
Funnily enough when I was asked to do a cake of Pucca I had never seen this character before and so I was afraid that it was something difficult to do but as soon as I downloaded a picture of her from the internet I was releaved because it is extremely simple. First of all … Read more
This Peppa Pig Cake was made for a friend of mine for her granddaughter, she loves Peppa Pig. I stared by making Peppa and George pig. I colored some roll out icing in red for Peppa’s clothes and some blue for George’s clothes. I molded these into cone shapes, the red one slightly bigger. I … Read more