Cool Rock Candy Cake

Cool Rock Candy Cake

I was asked to make a cake for a young lady turning 12 years old on 12/12/12.  Her color theme for the party was pink and red, and she wanted rock candy somehow incorporated into the cake.  I didn’t have a clue what I was going to do with this idea!  After much thought, I … Read more

Coolest Candy Corn Cake

Coolest Candy Corn Cake

I found the recipe for this Candy Corn cake on a website that emails me recipes. I thought I would give it a shot and it actually turned out pretty good. I used 2  9 inch round cake pans with 1 box white cake mix. I iced both layers of the cake with chocolate icing and … Read more

Reese’s Peanut Butter Package Cake

Reese's Peanut Butter Package Cake

I used a chocolate cake with homemade peanut butter frosting for icing. Then I made my own fondant from marshmallows and icing sugar. I then colored it with yellow and red food coloring and rolled it out. I also made yellow fondant for the letters. I made this cake for my sister. We didn’t have the chance to grow up together … Read more

Sweetest Skittles Birthday Cake

Sweetest Skittles Birthday Cake

To create this cake I mixed my cake mix and separated it into 5 bowls. With it being a skittles cake I felt the birthday boy needed to “taste the rainbow” feeling with the batter. I colored the batter red, yellow, green, blue and purple. Then placing a little batter at a time I created … Read more

Must-Have M&M Cake for a 2nd Birthday

Must-Have M&M Cake for a 2nd Birthday

This was the first homemade cake I have ever made beside putting batter in a cake pan and pouring frosting over when cool. I looked everywhere for a place that made a M & M cake as that was my son’s favorite thing ever at 2. I found not one company! So my mom and I took … Read more

Cool Homemade Gumball Machine Cake

Homemade Gumball Machine Cake

I made this gumball cake for my sons 15th birthday after we saw Duff make one on Ace of Cakes. The cake is made from 4 Victoria sandwiches. I used a Victoria sponge recipe and added cocoa powder to give my son the chocolate cake he wanted. The cakes were sandwiched together with chocolate butter … Read more

Coolest M&M Cake

Homemade M&M Cake

I made this M&M cake for my father-in-law’s birthday. He is crazy about M&Ms, so I thought this would be a good idea. It was also an easy way to do one cake with chocolate frosting, and one with vanilla. I made two 6 inch layer marble cakes (boxed cake mix). Using canned frosting, I … Read more

Coolest M&M Birthday Cake

Homemade M&M Birthday Cake

My best friend’s son was having a pool party for his 10th birthday. She was traveling that week and wouldn’t have time to make it, so I volunteered to make a M&M Birthday Cake. I used Wilton’s sports ball pans for the M&M and made it chocolate (of course, right?). The halves are held together … Read more

Coolest Gumball Machine and Ice Cream Cone Cake

Homemade Gumball Machine and Ice Cream Cone Cake

I made this Gumball Machine and Ice Cream Cone Cake for my sister in law’s 35th birthday! She was complaining about getting old and so I wanted to make her something fun (though 35 is so NOT old!!!). The bottom round is 9 inch chocolate fudge with chocolate filling covered in fondant. Cones are all … Read more

Cool Gumball Machine Cake

Coolest Gumball Machine Cakes

This cake was in one of the Wilton yearbooks. It’s the soccer pan and half of the wonder mold pan. The gumballs and trim is fondant and the base is a homemade cake recipe.

Coolest Lollipop Cake

Homemade Lollipop Cake

This is a super easy lollipop cake. I made it for my son’s 5th birthday which was at a place called Lollipop Park so the whole party was lollipop themed. I started with a box of cake mix and made 24 cupcakes and 12 mini cupcakes. I also cheated and bought icing from the bakery … Read more

Coolest Floating M & M’s Birthday Cake

Homemade Floating M & M's Birthday Cake

I made this Floating M & M’s Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 2nd & 4th birthday. I had an M & M dispenser with a beach theme so took that into the cake itself. I used a white tub for the ‘pool’ the M & M’s were floating in. I cut a round piece of … Read more