Upon some prodding, my father shared that for his December birthday his mother always made him a Christmas tree cake. For my version I made a chocolate cake with white chocolate and almond frosting colored green. I also dyed 2 cups of coconut flake green for the pine branch effect. The rest of the tree … Read more
Every year, our extended family gets together for a large Christmas celebration. This year, I decided to make a large, pretty cake for everyone including chocolate decorations. The kids are sure to love the chocolate! This Santa Fell in Chimney Cake is a 11×15 inch Neapolitan cake. The bottom layer is chocolate, middle layer is … Read more
I made this Frosty and Rudolph Christmas cake for my family’s Christmas. Frosty is made out of rice krispie treats, frosted and covered in fondant, and Rudolph was made out of chocolate crackles, covered in melted chocolate then fondant. Rudolph’s antlers were made from toffee but because we had a hot Aussie summers day they … Read more
These great Christmas Snowmen cupcakes are really easy to make but look impressive. I made these for my son’s Christmas party at school and they went down a treat! First make your cupcakes, any type will do. When the cupcakes have cooled down, ice them with white icing (icing sugar mixed with water). Use fondant … Read more
This was a special cake I made for my grandma before she died. She requested a cool light white cake. Seeing as it was Easter, I searched for ideas for Easter cakes. The cake was white and the icing was just cool whip powdered sugar and vanilla. I simulated grass with coconut I sprayed green, … Read more
I wanted to have an Easter cake for our dessert with our Easter dinner so I bought the bunny face shape cake pan. I then used my own creativity to decorate the Easter bunny cake, The cake mix was boxed strawberry flavor. I used all white store bought frosting and added a little red dye … Read more
This Easter Bunny cake is super easy to make and is a real crowd pleaser. Ingredients: One Box light colored Cake Mix 2-3 Tubs of White Frosting Shredded Coconut Jelly Beans Green food coloring Black, Blue, and Pink tubes of Gel Frosting Directions: Bake your cake mix (night before party) as directed in 3 well … Read more
I made this cake for my daughters first birthday. Her favorite toy is a stuffed bunny so her first birthday was a bunny party (this cake can also be used as an Easter bunny cake). It was a big hit. The base of the cake is a two layer full sheet pan sized cake the … Read more
I made these Easter Bunny Cupcakes for a family party and they went down really well with the kids and the adults! I looked on the internet for some ideas and then adapted them to suit. Firstly I made a batch of plain sponge cupcakes and then iced them with homemade butter icing. I then … Read more
This Easter eggs cake is actually for my husbands birthday each year -always near Easter (two good reasons for cake!). I use the Wilton egg shaped mold and follow a boxed cake recipe. I usually use cream cheese frosting, b/c the white is easy to tint with food coloring, and tastes good. I use the … Read more
This Halloween ghost cake was so easy! I started out with a yellow cake mix (shhhh! don’t tell!). I customized the box mix by tinting half of the batter a frightening shade of “witchy skin” green, and the remaining batter purple. Next, I filled muffin tins lined with Halloween themed cupcake paper liners with half … Read more
For my 40th birthday I decided to make a “one foot in the grave” cake. I made a large rectangular chocolate brownie cake with pistachio nuts and chunks of 3 colours of chocolate (I baked it in a roasting pan). This made a very firm cake which held the heavy marzipan gravestone well. I iced … Read more