I made this sunflower cake for my grandmother’s 80th birthday. Her favorite flower is a sunflower. Being that it was a big birthday for her I wanted to make a cake that was out of the ordinary, and not a typical number 80 cake or a cake decorated in sunflowers. So, after hours of sketches and ideas … Read more
I made this 90th birthday cake for my mom. I have so much fun making cakes… and towards the end, I get SO nervous! Will it go together like I think? Will it be good enough? Will it be liked? This cake has a 12″ round bottom tier (2 cakes sliced to 4 layers). The … Read more
I made this quick and easy bright flower cake for my daughter’s 35th birthday. This is a 10 inch round white cake. I covered it with homemade buttercream frosting. I piped the upper and lower borders with the same color frosting. I made the flower petals out of fondant and added them to the top and … Read more
The first time I made this cupcake bouquet of roses cake, it was for my daughter to share with her 2nd grade class for her 8th birthday. They were a hit, but we needed to make two in order to have enough for the class. Transport was tricky. I had to make 2 trips to … Read more
I made this flower pot cake for fun and just to see if I could. I thought how cute it would be to make for a spring birthday party – just add candles to some of the tulips. The cake is not as hard to make as it looks – the trick is to stack, … Read more
I am so grateful for this website! I have found some really great inspiration here for my children’s birthday cakes, so I am submitting my cake photos to “give back” and hopefully help inspire someone else. I made this cake for my daughter’s second birthday. She loves flowers and colors. This was the first birthday … Read more
I made these flower cupcakes for my mother’s 84 birthday, she loves flowers but, always says don’t bring me flowers because they die. So I made some so she could eat them and enjoy them afterwards. I made plain cupcakes, frosted them around and added Kit Kat’s and ribbon to hold in place colored coconut … Read more
I made this flower birthday cake for my mum’s 90th birthday as she loved anemones. They are good fun to make and come in such a wide range of beautiful colors. I started with a basic 10 inch Victoria sponge and covered it with white fondant icing! The anemones are also made with fondant icing … Read more
This cake is a 10 inch basic Victoria sponge covered with white fondant icing. The daisies and leaves are also made from fondant icing with edible colourants and are cut out with a small daisy plunger cutter and left to dry until easier to handle without breaking as they are very delicate. The centers are … Read more
I made this cake for Mother’s Day last year and was chuffed with the end result. The cake is a basic Victoria sponge covered with white fondant icing, the poppies and leaves are also fondant icing colored with edible food coloring and molded by hand to form the poppy shapes. The word mum was made … Read more
This flower pot cake was made for a dear friend I met in fourth grade. She wanted something different for her mom. To me different means, realistic, edible art. I do have to say, the birthday girl and the attendants did not want to eat the cake after all. In the end, curiosity got the … Read more
This cake is a 2 layer 6″ round and a 2 layer 10″ round, lemon flavored cake with marshmallow butter cream filling. Before baking cake, make the roses. These are time consuming so allow yourself a day or two to make these. Combine fondant with gum paste, just enough to make it workable so it doesn’t harden too … Read more