For my son’s 4th birthday, we thought it would be fun to have a Circus/Carnival party theme, so I made a Homemade Big Top Birthday Cake (an adaptation of a cake one of my friend’s had made). The cake part was fairly easy. I baked three 9 x 13 cakes and stacked them together, icing … Read more
This homemade Clown Birthday cake consisted of a 10″ round cake for the face, and a 9″ x 13″ cake from which the hat was cut. I used blue and golden yellow icing to make the variegated hat rim and tassle. The hat itself was decorated with light blue icing with a swirl pattern in … Read more
My husband and I find it fun to decorate cakes, but were not math wizards and to get this circus clown hat cake up we did break out some geometry.I baked 4 round layer cakes and cut them in half, then sized 11 progressively smaller circles, cut them out and stacked them with buttercream. After … Read more
I had seen an idea for a merry-go-round cake in a magazine, and since my daughter loved to ride the “up and down”, I made this cake for her second birthday. It’s 2 round cakes stacked and frosted, topped with rainbow sprinkles. The merry-go-round posts are rainbow candy sticks I found at a candy store. … Read more
I wanted to host a party for my little one when she was turning 2 and at that time she was in love with carousels and that’s the idea behind a carousel cake. I did not want to use the mold from Wilton as such so tried to do some extra work and ended up … Read more
After browsing the website for inspiration, I decided that a carousel cake would be the perfect idea for my sons second birthday party; he just loves animals and bright colors. The kids totally loved it! Adults also thought it was a huge success, so thanks for the idea!s second birthday party; he just loves animals … Read more
I made this Coolest Circus Cake for my daughter’s 5th Birthday. I did a circus theme birthday. I used a large round cake pan for the base and used Wilton’s Giant Cupcake Pan for the circus tent (you need to use a dowel or something to hold weight of heavy circus tent). I decorated the … Read more
I had been looking all over for ideas for a JoJo Circus cake and couldnt find any for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. I should have looked here firstFor the JoJo cake I made a 9″ round and a 10″ round. I cut a small section off the top of the 9″ cake to make a … Read more
I was taking a cake decorating class and made this circus clown cake for my family. The icing I used for the cake is butter cream. The tips I used for the clowns body was 21 and 3. I bought the head of the clowns at a craft store in the cake decorating section. The … Read more
I decided to make this Merry Go Round Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 1st birthday. I have never decorated a cake before. I bought the packet cake as per Woman’s Day cookbook which was the easy part. The decoration was what took a lot of time. I was still adding to it when guests arrived. … Read more
I made this Carousel Cake for my baby shower. It is made up of double layer 9″ round strawberry cake for the bottom. The top is cake sitting on a round cake board. It was baked in a metal bowl and cut to shape. The bottom was frosted then a round cake board was placed … Read more
I made this carousel cake for a little girl who is a friend of my son. She was having her fourth birthday party at a local carousel. Her mother asked me to do a horse cake but I couldnt seem to come up with a creative enough way to do it so I just did … Read more