I made a Jack O Lantern pumpkin cake for my friend’s anniversary party, married on Halloween! I wanted to make something original but recognizable. I made the Jack-O-Lantern from 2 bundt pans with a 9 inch round cake in between the stacked bundt cakes. I used box cake mix, nothing fancy. I stacked the cakes … Read more
I used Betty Crocker bake and fill cake pans that come in a rounded shape. I used three cakes stacked together then using 2 tubs of frosting I mixed with food dye to make the orange color. I put one layer of frosting on then placed in the fridge overnight for the crumb coating then … Read more
I hosted a Lil Pumpkin baby shower for a friend due in October. I made this pumpkin cake from two bundt cake pans. One inverted on top of the other. An ice cream cone made a great stem once it was colored green and brown. My bundt pan made a middle hole a little larger … Read more
This Jack OLantern pumpkin cake was from the Wilton pan & recipe. It is easy to bake following the Wilton directions (30 minutes exactly in the oven worked best) but I recommend using a white/yellow cake and not chocolate. The darker cake was much harder to decorate because of the crumbs and the dark cake … Read more
My daughter turned 10 and we wanted to make something special. We created the whole casing, flowers etc. out of fondant, very easy to use. We copied the casing from pumpkin cakes pictures so as to make it look like a pumpkin. Make sure you have plenty of time to prepare the fondant colors ahead … Read more
I made this Skull Birthday Cake for my best friend’s 14 year old daughter. I had originally planned on doing a pink and black girly skull cake, but she wanted yellow, so I added the red so it didn’t look like a bee with just yellow and black. I just used a strawberry bake mix … Read more
My niece was turning one and I was thrilled that my sister-in-law gave me complete creative control over the birthday cake! Making cakes is a hobby of mine but it’s ALWAYS by request so I was thrilled to have a chance to make whatever I wanted! I really cannot tell you how I came up … Read more
I made this 3D Vampire cake for my little boy who was having his party in a haunted house party room. I used a large pudding basin for the body and a smaller pudding basin for the head and carved it into a round ball. I then built up the layers of clothing with fondant … Read more
I did a witch cake for a friend who was having a Halloween-themed birthday party. The birthday girl was dressing up like a witch and so I made a witchs hat and caldron. I made the witches hat out of the Wilton Wonder Mold Cake Pan, and put some black icing on the cake board … Read more
I made this Air Force emblem cake when my husband tested Master Sargent in the Air Force. He did not make Msgt, but others in his Shop did so we still took it for the celebration. I had no pan, I just winged it on the shape from pictures I had of the actual stripes. … Read more
I made this Patriotic birthday cake for my niece’s birthday. They asked for a red, white and blue theme since it was close to fourth of July. I made a 2 layer 10 inch cake and a 2 layer 8 inch cake both chocolate. I filled it with buttercream and covered them both with mmf. … Read more
I made this Redneck Birthday cake for my sister because she is the most redneck girl I know. It was Texas-shaped and draped with a confederate flag, all in fondant.