This carousel cake was inspired by several cakes on this site. I found the swirl lollipop sticks and decided to do a carousel from them. The bottom is two 12 inch rounds, iced. On top of them is a layer of rice krispie treats pressed into a 12 inch round, hardened and then iced. Then … Read more
I cheated with this one, I used 3 Betty Crocker cake mixes and I made my own fondant icing (which I will never do again as it is too hard to get the right consistency). The decorating of this homemade carousel cake took forever to do, it was so hard especially when I had my … Read more
I made this Carousel Birthday Cake for my nephew’s 3rd birthday which was a carnival themed party. The base is two 12 inch round cakes and a 10 inch round cake on top of that. Inserted through the center of the base cakes is a glass sugar jar ( like the one’s in a diner … Read more
My daughter had been insisting on a merry-go-round party cake for her third birthday so we had a circus themed party. I made a two layer 14 inch cake for the base and a two layer 8 inch cake for the top part. The carousel horses are from Wilton and I painted them to match … Read more
This was my first clown cake. This idea came from the Wilton Cake Decorating Courses I have taken. I used a double layer white cake. The top is iced white, with the side iced yellow. I used polka dots of various colors around the side of different sizes. The clowns were made from different sized … Read more
I received the new “bake and fill” cake pans for Christmas this year and thought I would use them to bake my daughters birthday cake. I planned to make a cake where the cake is a dress for a Barbie doll but after I baked the cake my husband suggested I make Jo Jo’s face … Read more
I made this Carousel cake for my daughter’s sixth birthday. At first, she wanted a My Little Pony cake, but then she came up with the idea of putting ponies on a carousel. Not exactly sure what I was going to do, I started with a deep 16″ diameter round cake pan and filled it … Read more
I found this cake in the Women’s Weekly Kid’s Birthday Cakes book and decided I had to make it for my twin girls (Grace and Hannah) first birthday on the weekend. I started on Friday, making the cakes (I used packet cakes – Betty Crocker Super Moist Vanilla Cake), to keep in the fridge and … Read more
My mom and I made this Carousel Cake for my daughter’s 1st birthday party. The bottom is two 10″ cakes stacked on one another. The top cake is one 8″ cake with a little cupcake sitting on top. We baked sugar cookies on a baking stick and then decorated them to look like horses. Before … Read more
I made this first clown cake for my niece when she turned one. To make, I baked 2 cakes, one 8″ round and one 9×13 rectangle. When cooled I cut the rectangular cake into a triangle, taking note to the width of the round cake. I used the round pan and curved short end of … Read more
My sister made this JoJo circus cake along with another cake. The other cake just said “happy birthday haliegh” and was done in the same colors, size, and shape. This JoJo circus cake was a homemade chocolate cake and all she did was made homemade icing. She had to make lots and lots of colors. … Read more