I made this Sushi Birthday Cake with mini cupcakes, rice crispie treats, white sprinkles, jelly beans and black fondant. The Negri pieces are rectangular Rice Crispie treats. Frosted them and then rolled them in white sprinkles. The fish are various Swedish Fish candies. Rolled out some black fondant and then wrapped it around the “negri” … Read more
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!!
I made 2 small oval cakes for this Beer Cooler Birthday Cake. I used 1 cake mix baked according to directions. Let cool completely. Then ice between layers with buttercream. I found the directions for making sugar bottles online and thought I would try it. It took longer to make the mould than it was … Read more
This Budweiser Cake was made for my dad and is Poker Playing Friends. I used a 1/2 sheet, cut it in half and stacked it so the cake measured 12″x 9″. It was frosted and filled with buttercream icing. I made the “wood” out of fondant and this was made days in advance. I then … Read more
This cake was for my husband’s friend and we couldnt think of a thing he liked more, so I took a beer box and copied it on my scanner in reverse and used the gel transfer method to get it on the cake. That is where you put a piece of wax paper over the … Read more
My daughter wanted a Japanese themed cake and we came up with a Bowl of Chicken Fried Rice Cake! For the cake, I baked the cake in a Pyrex bowl and froze it for one day. The day after I baked it, I took it out and let it sit at room temp until the … Read more
I got the idea for the mocktail cake from Foodnetwork magazine’s Tikki Cocktail cake. Since I was making it for a party with kid’s I just renamed it to a Mocktail. Cake: I baked one 6 inch round cake for the center and two 1 quart bowl cakes for the top and bottom halves. I … Read more
I used a metal bowl to bake the Coffee Cup Cake in. It does take a little longer to cook than a normal cake pan. Once I let it cool, I iced the bottom of the cake first piping on the lines to decorate my coffee cup. Then I flipped it around so that the … Read more
I made this Can of Colt 45 Birthday Cake for my mom’s birthday. She loves Colt 45, loves it. This is a lemon flavored yellow cake with white icing dyed to the colors I needed to copy the beer can. The cake was baked as normal and sculpted into the shape of a beer can … Read more
This cake was for my mother in-laws birthday and I knew I wanted to do a bottle of wine but came across a cake book with a bottle of champagne. The cakes were lemon Madeira, two 6″, one 4″, although I would suggest more lemon as it didn’t have a very strong flavor as I … Read more
I made this Berry Basket Cake for a summer cook out. I alternated layers of white and strawberry cake, each 8-inch squares. I then used strawberry buttercream for the basket weaving and rope border (used tip #18). I topped it off with fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. My husband didn’t even want to cut … Read more