This is one of my cakes that I made for my Twins 2nd B-days. Their favorite cartoon was Bubble Guppies and all caracters in that movie. So I decided to make all of them from fondant. To make one of these figures it took me about 2 hours. To color the fondant to make shapes … Read more
This chocolate chip cookie cake was made for a dear friend’s 30th birthday. Her favorite dessert is chocolate chip cookies. I used a 12″ round and split it once to fill with chocolate ganache. Then, I just rounded the edges, slapped a couple coats of buttercream on, and covered with fondant. After that, I added … Read more
My friend’s son was having his 6th birthday party at a cooking class place. He had given me an Emmet figure to go by. The Emmet cake was yellow with buttercream frosting and the body was made with 11×15 pan. I just trimmed in the shape of the character. With some of the cut offs, … Read more
This was my first 3D sculpted cake and I’ll tell you what, it’s not as easy as Google search how-to-guides say they are! This took more hours to create than it did potty training my 4 year old. This cake was a life-size replica of the Zar’roc sword from the Eragon movie. It was a … Read more
The Groom caught a 42 inch salmon on the day the wedding was announced, so it was an easy theme for a surprise Groom’s cake. The fish is made of Rice Krispie treats and covered in fondant. I found some great ideas from other contributors on this site… thanks so much! I used a cheese … Read more
My daughter wanted a Princess Belle 5th birthday party. I scoured the Internet looking for inspiration. I found this cake and thought, that’s beautiful but could I do it? I have made cakes just for my daughters birthdays and 2 friends. I kept looking but nothing came close, so the preps began. I printed out … Read more
The skating penguin cake came to life when a friend and co-worker asked me to make a cake for her 13-year-old daughter’s birthday and she wanted a penguin theme. (I love when someone orders a cake that has a theme because without that, I just can’t get my creative juices flowing!) Back to the story… … Read more
I made this Elvis Cake for a 65th birthday. Elvis is hand made completely made out of fondant so he is totally edible! The record on the top of the cake is the favourite song of the birthday boy. The cake is a 2 tier cake made out of chocolate cake, and filled and covered … Read more
I had to make a cake for nephew’s 8th birthday and wanted something easy as I was very busy with work, so I decided to make a Manchester United football birthday cake as he is a fan. Making the Manchester United Football Birthday Cake I made two sponge cakes, one ten inch round one and the … Read more
My mom always made our birthday cakes. In fact, she made all our baked goods. I vowed that I would do the same for my kids. So, every year they choose what they really love and I make a cake. My older son thinks it’s fun to challenge me. Well, it was a little different … Read more
I made this cowboy boot cake for the 80th birthday of a dear friend of mine that enjoys working on his ranch in west Texas when he’s not at the office in Dallas. He was so pleased with his cake. I really enjoyed creating it and thinking of him out on the ranch, knowing that … Read more
I’m pretty proud of this stiletto cake. It was my first attempt at a cake of this magnitude. The stiletto heels were made out of fondant and cupcakes. A challenge? Absolutely and I don’t want to toot my own horn, but it’s not too shabby for a non professional. I had no idea what … Read more