For my husband’s 40th birthday party I decided to go with an Over the Hill theme. I searched and searched for ideas for cakes and this is what I came up with. This cake is 2 layers of 9 by 13 cakes. After the second layer was placed, I cut out a small rectangular piece … Read more
I had a specific request for this Halloween graduation cake; it had to be text books because it was for a graduation. It had to have a knife stabbed into it and it had to have what was written on the ‘sheet of paper’ . The girl was graduating with a Social Work degree around … Read more
One of my good friends asked me to make a zombie birthday cake for her son’s birthday, my thought was how on earth would I do that! This is what I came up with! I used the largest sheet cake pan Wilton sells and a soccer ball cake to form the cake, carving the head … Read more
My name is Teresa Newton and I work as an EMT on an ambulance. I have been baking for friends and family most of my adult life and began doing cakes after taking a Wilton basic course in 2000. This skeleton cake was for my friend whose son turned 17 on Halloween. The cake itself … Read more
A pumpkin seemed the perfect cake for a 5 yr old’s birthday party just before Halloween. I used two bundt cake pans and then a third 9 in. round. I stacked one bundt upside down then the 9 in. round on top of that then the second bundt cake right side up for the top. All the … Read more
I made this cake for a toddlers Halloween party. I used 3 layers of pound cake covered in butter cream then black fondant. I made the witch from a mixture of fondant and flower paste and the green in the cauldron is butter cream. (The skeleton and spiders are plastic toys)
This cake was fun to make. I made it for my cousin’s birthday that is really close to Halloween, which is a day they love. I started with Wilton Pumpkin Pan and then went to work. I used classic vanilla cake with vanilla and chocolate icing. I used a sour lollipop and green sugar crystals … Read more
I had a fall/pumpkin theme cake for my daughter’s 8th birthday! I made a half sheet and used the tip that pipes icing to look like grass. I covered the half sheet with butter cream icing tinted green for the grass. The small pumpkin on top was made with a 3D pumpkin pan. I tinted … Read more
The base of this cake is a 16×2 cake pan. As I did make mostly everything on this cake, however my two sons did put together and decorate the gingerbread haunted house, so they will get the credit for that. Now the ghosts are made of white and brown modeling chocolate. I started with a … Read more
I wanted to do a big skull cake, but didn’t want to pay $35 for the cake mold, so instead I paid $3 for a chocolate skull mold and made a treasure chest cake instead. The cake had half chocolate layers and half white cake. All details were made with homemade marshmallow fondant. The skull … Read more
I started these Jack and Sally cakes early in the day, I just made two round cakes, it took about an hour. I then got out two cans of white icing, then a few special tipped icing packets to create the hair, eyes, mouths, noses, eye lashes, and scars. My then boyfriend, Tyler, created the … Read more
My grandson asked me to make a zombie cake for his 12th birthday. I am an amateur baker, but decided I would take the challenge. I love watching Cake Boss as well as other cake shows. I searched the internet for ideas and recipes, lots of research. I made three cakes, two 1/4 sheets and … Read more