A friend of mine’s daughter was graduating from High School and he asked if I could make a cake shaped like a peanut (because that is his nickname for her). I think I did a pretty good job on it. It is all homemade including the cake batter, Italian buttercream base layer and the white … Read more
This Flying Caps Graduation Cake is a ½ sheet cake, which I made half chocolate and half white cake. It is frosted with buttercream icing and all of the embellishments are made with marshmallow fondant. In hindsight, I think I might have tried using clear straws to support the hats rather than lollipops sticks. I’m … Read more
My niece graduated from kinder. I’ve been making family cakes for years, precious moments was my inspiration. This Homemade Graduation Cake was chocolate with fondant. It was 3D. I made the cap, gown and flowers first then planted them on the cake itself.
This was my daughters graduation cake she made herself. It was a first attempt as part of her primary teaching degree. She had to do design and technology and the theme was “celebration” (so she chose her own graduation). She made it as a fruit cake (a recipe from Marks and Spencer recipe book) and … Read more
I made this Betty Boop Masquerade Birthday Cake for a friend’s daughter’s 16th birthday. She absolutely loves Betty Boop and had a masquerade ball for her party. The cake was made out of white chocolate mud cake with white chocolate ganache. Betty was made from modelling chocolate and gumpaste and the masks were made from … Read more
I really wanted to make a cool cake for New Year’s. It took me a long time to figure out what I wanted to do. Then I came up with the idea of making a cake of the ball dropping. I made 1 square cake and 1 round cake. I split the square cake into … Read more
My coworker challenged me to bake him a casket cake for his birthday. Although it may sound weird it isn’t, we work in a funeral home. Two weeks before I began work on gum paste roses, I used Wilton Ready to Use Gum Paste. I mixed red fondant into it and some Red gel coloring. … Read more
My friend asked for a a blue and white christening cake. I searched the net for ideas. All of the cake is made of fondant apart from the ribbon on the booties. I made a standard sponge cake recipe, using a 9 inch and 6 inch tin. The large bow was made of fondant and … Read more
My great niece wanted a Shamrock cake with polka dots for her birthday which is March 18. I convinced her to use little shamrocks instead of polka dots. When I asked her what color she wanted the little shamrocks she said she liked all the colors of the rainbow which became my inspiration for the … Read more
I used two Duncan Hines yellow cake mixes. I made the cake as directed on box. Separated the mix into 6 different bowls and colored each. Using a 14 x 14 pan I poured the cake mix one color at a time in the center of the pan rotating the pan (in case of an … Read more
I made this St Valentines Cake for my gorgeous husband. I used the following super light sponge recipe: 10 oz Tesco plain flour, 10 oz caster sugar, 4 fresh medium eggs, 2 oz Tesco cornflour, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 7 fl oz Mazola corn oil, 7 fl cooled water. Sift all dry … Read more
This Valentines Day my kids and I decided to make a bear cake holding a heart. We used the Wilton Bear cake pan, chocolate cake mix, and vanilla, strawberry and chocolate canned frostings. The canned frosting is softer and when you use tip 18 for the “fur” areas it falls a little and I think … Read more