I made this Espresso Cup cake for a friend. He loves espresso so I thought this would be fitting. The cake took 1 box of funfetti cake mix. I made it in a glass pan that I use for mixing the batter (bought from Pampered Chef). It took much longer to bake because of the … Read more
I made this coffee cup cake for my Grandmother’s 66th Birthday. (hence the 66 oz. ;)) It originally was suppose to be a standing cake but fell over giving me this pretty neat idea. I started with two 13×9 cakes and used a simple circle object from my house imprinting them on the cakes and … Read more
I made this Martini Glass Birthday Cake for my sister-in-law’s 21st birthday. She loves cosmopolitans so I figured a Martini Glass Birthday Cake would be perfect. I used a box mix and baked it in a 13×9 pan. Once it was cooled, I cut two large chunks off the bottom corners to make the glass … Read more
One of my good friends got married last year at a wine vineyard, so when I asked her husband if I could make her birthday cake this year, I knew I wanted to do something wine-themed. I looked online to get some ideas, but couldn’t find anything that captured what I wanted to capture. So, … Read more
I made this Margarita birthday cake for a friend’s birthday. She loves swimming in the pool, karaoke and playing poker. I made a sheet cake and decorated with butter cream icing in neon colors of purple, pink and green. The other decorations were butter cream flowers, Margarita glass filled with candy melts and fondant bikini … Read more
I used 2 two square cake and cut them in half and put them together at an angle to make the top of the martini glass. I used small loaf pans to make the stem and pieced them together.
My sister loves Lemonade Rockstars so I decided I’d make her a Lemonade Rockstar Cake. This is a cupcake cake. It took 15 cupcakes. I frosted it with buttercream frosting since it’s thicker. Then I used the food coloring spray I had purchased. I used the can as a guideline to decorate. She absolutely loved … Read more
I made 2 nine inch round cakes and made another cake in a 9×12 pan. I added an extra egg and a small box of pudding to each mix to make them a little more sturdy. This actually ended up making enough cake for 2 glasses, but I just froze the extra. I took one … Read more
I made a Homemade 40th Martini Cake for 2 women turning 40 years old. The cake was strawberry and vanilla flavored with a fondant covering with fondant decorations. My 16 year old daughter, Cari and I made the cake. I baked cakes for 2 evenings and built the cake on a Friday night. It took … Read more
This is an Amstel Light Can Birthday Cake I made for my Dad’s 60th birthday. I used 4 round 9″ cakes. Cut each cake in half and stood the halves on their ends to make the half can shape. I filled with chocolate ganache between each layer and crumb coated in buttercream. I carved a … Read more
This Hamms Beer Bear Waterfall Grooms Cake is an applesauce cake underneath. I found a picture of a Hamm’s Beer barrel head advertising sign. I reversed it and resized it to fit on a 12 inch cake. I used buttercream transfer to outline and then filled in the rest of the picture. I put fondant … Read more
This Wine Bottle Cake was a little bit of a challenge. It is 6-2″x6″ layers on a dowel screwed to a 12 inch board. They were put on 2 layers at a time with a cardboard circle in between each set. The top and cheese were rice krispy treats and the grapes were made from … Read more