I baked 2 x 8 inch sponge cakes, these were then left to cool. On one cake I spread jam and on the other I spread butter cream, these were then sandwiched together. I then placed it on a plate and covered in butter cream and then placed in the fridge to chill. While the … Read more
I made this Berry Basket Cake for a summer cook out. I alternated layers of white and strawberry cake, each 8-inch squares. I then used strawberry buttercream for the basket weaving and rope border (used tip #18). I topped it off with fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. My husband didn’t even want to cut … Read more
This train cake was made for a customer whose husband works for BNSF as an engineer. The train was made of 2 11×15 sheet cakes, each cut in half (to make 11×7.5) and stacked. I froze them overnight to make carving the front of the engine easier. After trimming, I iced it and covered it … Read more
I saw this Pingu Cake Idea on one of Debbie Brown’s books and wanted to do it for my daughter’s 5th birthday because she loves Pingu. It may seem easy but I assure you that it is a quite difficult cake to prepare. First of all you should cover the board with white fondant and … Read more
My granddaughter was 1 year old, she love Oso the bear off the Disney channel. I decided to make her an Oso Cake. I baked a 10inch and a 8inch Madeira cake and sliced in half and filled with jam and butter cream icing. I then covered the cake board with a thin layer of … Read more
I baked this Manchester United Cake for a friend of mine for her grandson, his favorite football team is Man Utd. I started by making the football badge. I printed the picture off the net as a template. I used ½ flower paste ½ fondant and cut out the shape of the badge. This was … Read more
I made this fall basket cake for a school fundraiser this past fall. I baked 2 8-in round cakes. After doming and stacking them, I put the “dirty icing” coat on. I then used tip #48 to do the basket weave and tip #18 to make the rope border on the top and bottom. The … Read more
I made this Cheer leading cake for a little girl that loves cheer leading and was turning 12. The cake is 3 12-inch layers that she wanted half chocolate/half vanilla. After putting them together, I wrote “12 Cheers for Chat” on the side with tips #10 and #7. The rest is starred with tip #18, … Read more
I wanted to do a cake for a little fan of Firemen Sam but I wanted to do more than just the Fire truck so I thought of creating a scene wherein Fireman Sam is in action with his fire truck trying to control a house on fire. First of all I covered a large … Read more
My husband loves the Simpsons so I thought I’d make a Simpson Birthday Cake. I baked an 8″ sandwich cake filled with butter cream and jam, then covered with butter cream and then roll out icing. I then made Homer Simpson. I rolled out some white icing in an oval shape for the torso and … Read more
My friend’s daughter is really into “Monster High” so she found a cake like this one online and asked me to make it. But the cake online was made with fondant, which she hates, so she asked me to somehow make it in butter cream. Before even messing with the cake, I first made the … Read more
This Deer Hunter Cake was made for an avid deer hunter. It is a double layer 8-inch cake covered in camo fondant. The fondant deer head is sculpted by hand and painted with brown, black, pink and tan gel colors.