I baked two 9×13 rectangle confetti mix cakes for this Christmas tree cake. I carved the tree, trunk and presents. I used Wilton’s icing coloring and tips. I use the supermarket brand vanilla icing. I used M&M’s and gummy bears for decorations. I asked the local baker for a cake box. I put a TO:/FROM: … Read more
I knew that I would bake everyone’s Christmas presents this year to save money. I knew they would be cupcakes or individual cakes, but I had no clue what design until I stared searching on the internet and found several versions of Christmas ornament cupcakes. I was going to do rum cakes, but decided kahlua … Read more
This Snowman Birthday Cake was inspired by my son’s and father-in-law’s winter birthdays and our desire to stay away from “cutsie” designs. I used 8″ circle pans and cut around the head to make it smaller. I used frosted candy sprinkles over the entire snowman to give it some sparkle. The ‘hills’ are cupcakes and … Read more
My 10 year old son wanted me to make these for his class Christmas party. So I did. I had leftover cake and frosting so I mixed them together to roll out the cake balls. I put a small ball on top of a big ball on the stick, then refrigerated them. I let them … Read more
I started with a large and a medium round pan for this reindeer cake. I carved the deer head out of the large round pan (including the ears)and pieced the antler together by cutting strips from the small cake pan and connecting them with chocolate icing. make sure to keep all of the cutting scraps … Read more
I made two of these holiday cakes for Christmas. They were one for each family. It took quite a while to make these cakes. I started by buying Wilton gingerbread houses, they come with everything you need and are easy to assemble. I made these hours in advance for them to dry. I then made … Read more
I made this Gingerbread house cake for the Cub Scouts. It is not gingerbread at all. It is all cake that I carved out in the shape of house then put graham crackers on it. The trees are ice cream cones with butter cream frosting on top. I sprinkled powdered sugar over everything when I … Read more
I started this Christmas tree cake by making a rectangle chocolate sponge cake. For the tree I used a sharp knife to cut out the shape. For the tree’s tub I used some of the excess cake and using jam to stick it to the bottom of the tree. Using pre rolled icing I coloured … Read more
I made these Christmas Cupcakes for work because I had to work Christmas day so I thought we needed some cheer. They are gingerbread cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. I divided the frosting into thirds and coloured 1/3 green and 1/3 red (and a touch of black) with gel colouring and frosted the cupcakes. The … Read more
I made this from a Wilton pan and one of my mothers Christmas cake recipes she had used back in the 80’s. The biggest challenge was that I had to recreate the face because when I dumped the cake out the face remained. I do not recommend using Wilton’s Cake Release. It never worked for … Read more
I used a metal bowl for the base and two sphere pans for the middle and top ‘snow ball’ of this Giants Snowman Fondant Cake. I used Marshmallow fondant over buttercream frosting. The hat is a cupcake covered in fondant. I made stick arms from fondant and let them dry till hard, inserted them through … Read more
For his seventh birthday my son wanted a snow-man theme and a snowman cake. It was perfect because we had major snow day the day of the party. It was a hit! So for this snowman cake I baked two 9′ cakes, one vanilla and one chocolate. This way the guests were able to pick … Read more