This was my first attempt at making something other than the standard two layer, eight inch round cake for a birthday cake. I made this Peanut M&M Birthday Cake for one of the vice president’s of the company I used worked for. He kept a jar of peanut M&Ms on his desk, so I decided … Read more
I got the idea for a Gumball Machine Cake from a friend and the recipe from a cake magazine (I forget what it was called) she had. With ideas from the internet and the cake magazine recipe, I made the cake to my liking. I used a 9in round and a 9in square pan for … Read more
I made this M&M cake for a co-worker who loves M&Ms. I used a the ball shaped pan and made cupcakes. I iced the ball cake with buttercream and chilled it. While it was still cold, I covered it with green fondant. The arms and legs also were made ahead of time out of fondant. … Read more
I made this homemade M&Ms cake for my brother-in-law’s birthday. He LOVES M&Ms candy. The cake is a three layer cake. It is then iced over with any type icing (but enough that the candy will stick to it). Around the homemade M&Ms cake are Kit-Kats which are “glued on” by the icing itself. After … Read more
I used a homemade cake recipe and a rectangle baking container to bake this cake. I melted chocolate in ice cube trays and then covered the cake with melted chocolate. Drew a giant label on the computer and wrote the name of the birthday person.
This Almond Joy cake was made for my mom who just adores the Almond Joy candy bar! I was happy it turned out so easy to make! I first started out making a rectangle cake (I went with a half cake- 12×18 pan). While that was baking I whipped up a batch of marshmallow fondant … Read more
I covered this Reeses Peanut Butter Cake in fondant and modeling chocolate.
I used a homemade cake recipe for the base, smoothed Nutella on top as the “icing”, sprinkled chopped hazelnuts all around it and topped it off with Ferrero Rocher chocolates!
This chocolate box cake is actually quite easy to make and looks impressive. At first glance, it looks like a box of chocolates but it’s actually a cake. I started by making 2 circular chocolate fudge cakes, I coated them both in chocolate frosting and layered them. Then I coloured some icing purple and rolled … Read more
I was asked to make several sweets for a birthday/grad party that happened to have a “Willy Wonka” theme. I suggested this Gumball Machine Birthday Cake, because I had been dying to try making it. I got the green light,went for it,and this is the end result. She LOVED it!!