Take a look at these cool homemade Diva, Glamour and Spa cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
I baked a rectangle cake 12 by 10 in. I used four eggs, just a normal vanilla cake. And an 8 in round cake. I cut the round cake in half and iced with butter icing in the center and around it. I covered the round cake and the base which is a rectangle in … Read more
I made this make-up cake for my granddaughter’s 13th birthday. I think most girls that age are in to make-up. I made the lipsticks, blush and brushes, and nail polish with fondant and the eye shadows were made of melted white chocolate with food coloring. It is one layer of vanilla cake with home made frosting. … Read more
First I had some fun creating some make-up, from Liquorice Allsorts, and chewy fruit sweets, a couple of orange matchmakers and some melted chocolate. The mascara end was dipped in chocolate then gently coaxed in chocolate strands to give the brush effect. The bag cake is a 9″ round sandwich cake with jam and butter cream filling. … Read more
I was recently asked to bake a birthday cake for an 18 year old girl. I was told she liked hot pink, shoes and was a girly-girl. Since I’m not into shoe fashion, nor am I a “girly-girl”, the challenge became designing a cake I thought such an 18 year old would like. So, I looked to … Read more
I was put in charge of making dessert for my friend’s bachelorette party. I wanted to do something different besides the cookies shaped like a certain male body part. We had those too! But I wanted a cake to represent our night. I knew I needed a girl for it and thought for a while … Read more
My sister Jeannie wanted something special for her belated birthday party since she was in the hospital for her 40th birthday. I started by making a 6 inch layer of red velvet and a layer of cherry chip and then a 10 inch layer of red velvet and a layer of cherry chip and filled … Read more
When one of my friends e-mailed me about making a 40th birthday cake for one of our friends, I jumped all over the opportunity. What makes it even more fun was that the party was a surprise. Shhh! Well, I guess it’s okay now, since the party has already taken place. So, the creative juices … Read more
My husband is addicted to chapstick, so I thought this chapstick cake would fit him perfectly. Basically I just used a bread pan for the body, baked two cakes and fit them together. I then carved the top of the tube with a knife to make the indentations. The red is dyed frosting and all … Read more
This Beauty Cake was made for my daughter’s 30th birthday. The makeup was made using colored fondant, the tops of the nail polish bottles were held in place using spaghetti and edible glue, the mask was made by covering a mask with rolled out fondant which was left to dry for about a week. It … Read more
This spa and glamour cake was for a 13 year old’s birthday party and we were having a theme called ‘spa fabu’ – short for spa fabulous. I found the spa cake on this website and decided to make a few modifications. I made a three layer cake (dark chocolate layers with whipped topping between … Read more
My 6 year old is Hannah Montana crazy and I really wanted to make a cake for her birthday. I finally decided on a make up bag cake – which I could customize to Hannah Montana with her ‘logo’. I baked a normal round double cake. Using plastic icing I made a large pink sheet … Read more
This is a cake for my 10 year old’s Spa Birthday Party. It is a face covered in fondant and then buttercream to make the “masque” The whole spa girl cake is edible. I used a large round pan and then carved out the shape I wanted taking into consideration the towel on the head. … Read more