My colleagues and I were at a networking event where they let us play “cake boss”. Four people per team, one half sheet cake and the tools of fondant, gumpaste, buttercream. We had 45 minutes to come up with a design, carve, decorate and create a cake that did the following: 20 teams competed. Had … Read more
My roommate is always so creative so I decided to make her a Crayola Crayon Cake! It started off as a regular white 13×9 cake from a box. I carved a rectangle out of the top like the lid was off the crayon box. The crayons were each a Twinkie with one end cut into … Read more
To make a true black for the letters, I used a chocolate fondant with true black gel colorant. This was my first foray into fondant and I loved how easy it was. It was also my first time using the gel colorants. They were awesome too. It made this kid cake project a breeze! The … Read more
I made this Art Decco Lady Cake for my friend’s mom’s 60th birthday. I drew a picture of a lady, placed greaseproof paper over the top of her and using royal icing piped around and filled her in in stages, letting each section dry so the icing wouldn’t run into each other. I then made … Read more
My son was a budding artist and loved to paint so I decided to make him this “Water Color Paint Set ” cake for his 4th birthday. With a few simple tricks it came out great! Everyone thought it was a pretty cool cake especially the birthday boy. We usually have large birthday gatherings at … Read more
I made this Artist Birthday Cake for my Father In Law who was 80 in February and is an excellent artist. The round cake was chocolate, iced with fondant icing and the cake was made with a small Victoria sponge and iced with fondant icing again. I painted the edges of the book with edible … Read more
I couldn’t find a cake mold for a crayon box, so I started with all the great crayon cakes on this site. For this Crayon Cake Design I baked one chocolate cake and one yellow cake, trimmed one edge off of both and stuck them together, that way people could choose either chocolate or vanilla … Read more
I had a lady request a cake from me. She wanted a flat half sheet cake with pictures printed of sewing items on it. I had asked her if it was all right if I played with it a bit and see what I could come up with. Well, need less to say she loved … Read more
This is a cake for my sister’s birthday. She is an artist and I wanted to make this Salvador Dali cake. It is a white cake with buttercream frosting orange icing spray. I printed out a desert background and glued a piece of card board to place behind the cake. The clock is made from … Read more
This Artist Palette Cake I made for my step dad. I just used a regular 13×9 pan and and chocolate cake and chocolate frosting. Then I used white frosting for the paint pallet. For the paint I just put dollops of frosting that I dyed and a paint brush. After I did that I thought … Read more
I made this Crayon Box Birthday Cake for my nephew’s 6th birthday. It is only a 9×13 cake pan with a bit of the top shaved half way down to create a spot for the crayons. The crayons are ice cream cones cut in half and iced different colors with buttercream icing. It was super … Read more
I was asked by a friend to make a cake as a ball of wool for someone who loves knitting. This is the Ball Of Wool / Knitting Cake I came up with! The cake is a vanilla Madeira sponge done in the Wilton ball tin I have stuck the 2 halves together with butter … Read more