I had some free time one day and decided to try out a recipe that had been lying around the house. The cake batter (vanilla egg-white-based) is squeezed out in ovals on a cookie sheet and baked, then cooled. For each “potato”, two oval cakes are held together with raspberry jam, then wrapped in almond … Read more
A friend wanted a 4th of July watermelon cake for him and his family. He’s diabetic so I made the small watermelon made with a diabetic cake recipe and the icing was half sugar and half splenda. They really enjoyed this cake.
This apple cake was made for a teacher’s birthday. The cake itself is one 9″ round cake topped with a medium sized Pyrex bowl of cake. I stacked the two together and trimmed down the edges to form the shape. I then took the shavings and laid them on top of the apple to create … Read more
I constantly tried to perfect my baking, this Strawberry cake is another result of that. The filling is buttercream and the cake itself is chocolate. The icing is made using egg whites and icing sugar. I decorated the strawberry seeds with sliced almonds. Those who saw my cake said I should use mini M&M’s (well … Read more
This is a strawberry flavored cake with strawberry cream filling. I used a heart shaped pan and covered the cake with fondant. I airbrushed the red color but mixed the green in by hand. There are many ideas for creative cakes on this site; we chose this one because of our love for strawberries.
This apple cake is a yellow cake layered and frosted with lemon icing. I used 3, 9″ round cakes and also baked a cake in a bowl for a rounded top. After the layers were frosted, I carved around the cake at an inward angle at the bottom and an outward angle at the top, … Read more
This is a white cake dyed red with mini chocolate chips mixed in the batter to look like watermelon seeds. The cake is covered with fondant which was airbrushed green. I found the idea on this site for creative cakes seeing as we love watermelon!