Basket of Strawberries Birthday Cake

Basket of Strawberries Birthday Cake

This is a basket of strawberries birthday cake I made for my mom’s 80th birthday.  I wanted to make something she would remember and enjoy.  Since she loves strawberries I thought this would be a great idea. The cake is 3 layers, white and chocolate checker board pattern. I baked the layers of white and … Read more

Coolest Butterfly Baby Shower Basket Weave Cake

Coolest Butterfly Baby Shower Basket Weave Cake

With this butterfly baby shower basket weave cake I started out make the flowers using a regular butter cream icing. I spent two days on the the flowers, the first day I mostly just practiced and and nearly gave up. Then on the second day I tried again and managed to figured out how to … Read more

Coolest Homemade 90th Birthday Cake

This is my second fondant cake (my first time was for my son’s birthday the previous month…it was a stressful 2 months!). It was designed for my grandmother’s 90th birthday party. Lots of relatives were flying in from out of town to wish her well, and it was going to be a big bash. I … Read more

Coolest Rose Birthday Cake

Coolest Rose Birthday Cake

It’s my moms birthday in a few days. I know she loves roses so this was going to be the theme of her cake. I decided to make just a small cake this time it’s just 5″ round. First I made the roses in brown icing, 1/2 flower paste 1/2 roll out icing. I colored … Read more

Coolest Flower Basket Birthday Cake

This flower basket birthday cake is one of my favorite cakes to date. We made this cake for a friend’s birthday, very cute and girly!. It is a three layer, nine inch round yellow cake. The inside is filled with strawberries and whipped cream. It is decorated with a pale blue basket weave technique. The basket … Read more

Coolest Rose Cake

Coolest Rose Cake

This is simply an elegant rose cake as everyone says. Having a go at making rose fondants was absolutely a great experience.  Matched with diamantes and ribbon that matched the color of the roses made the cake elegant. After reading lots of articles on the internet, I found the best way to turn a red … Read more

Coolest Spring Flower Cake

Coolest Spring Flower Cake

This was a cake I did for a college graduation. I was very worried about this particular one because the lady I made it for was a friend of a friend that had gotten my name from her grandmother but that I did not know personally. She had a lot of “wishes” for this cake … Read more

Awesome Sweet 16 Birthday Flower Basket Cake

Awesome Sweet 16 Birthday Flower Basket Cake

This basket cake was for my daughter who turned 16. I saw this cake on the internet and I knew I could do it, but with a little bit of my touch. The adventure started when putting the cake together. I started stacking my cakes and well one of them crumbled. Did I mention this … Read more

Coolest Tulips First Birthday Cake

Coolest Tulips First Birthday Cake

I made this tulip cake for my niece’s first birthday which was a tulip themed. Her parents planted the tulips for her so they would be come up for her first birthday. They asked me to make a tulip cake to celebrate and I usually get a bunch of ideas form the internet and put … Read more

Coolest Hydrangea Cake

Coolest Hydrangea Cake

This Hydrangea cake is a lemon poppy seed cake coated with lemon butter cream frosting. I used Wilton 2D tip to pipe the Hydrangea flowers. First piped the blue ones, and then added red color to the leftover blue frosting to create the violets. I felt that adding a third color might give a spike so … Read more

Coolest Luau Birthday Cake

Coolest Luau Birthday Cake

Could my oldest daughter possibly be 20?!? Man, time flies! I am O.L.D. We decided on a Hawaiian / Luau themed party for family and friends, and while there are plenty of cheesy finds for a luau party, we were trying to escape the cheap look that plastic lei’s and paper flowers can bring to … Read more

Coolest Birthday Pot Plant Cake

I baked this  birthday pot plant cake the same day I started to make the fondant flowers, leaves, little spade, bag of seeds and seeds. I baked a simple vanilla flavor round shaped cake. The size of the cake is 20 cm by 20 cm in size. I baked this cake for my mom’s birthday. She loves gardening, … Read more