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These cakes were for my one year old sons birthday party. They actually turned out even better than I had hoped! I actually used Hostess Sno-balls for the cake recipes and then just star-tipped the frosting on them. It was much easier than cooking a lot of little cakes. We used mini-M&Ms for the face … Read more
This critter cake is only my second. I took a rectangular cake(boxed) and cut it in half. I put homemade lemon curd on the top of one half and then stacked the other half on top. I then covered it with butter cream. I coloured my fondant with Kelly green and lemon yellow color, rolled … Read more
Mariana’s first birthday had to be special. After they had 3 boys they’ve got the precious princess. The theme was “flower girl” and she wanted something simple but sweet. I used buttercream frosting for the green and white base and grass and colored fondant with cookie cutters to create the flowers and butterflies. I also … Read more
This flower garden was very easy to make! The base is just a two layer sheet cake which I made from one of my cake recipes. The fence is made from lady finger cookies cut into points on one end. The dirt is crushed Oreos. The flowers are made from inverted jumbo gum drops cut … Read more
I made this fall basket cake for a school fundraiser this past fall. I baked 2 8-in round cakes. After doming and stacking them, I put the “dirty icing” coat on. I then used tip #48 to do the basket weave and tip #18 to make the rope border on the top and bottom. The … Read more
This English Garden Birthday Cake was made for my father in law and as he is a keen gardener with a beautiful garden. I made him a miniature garden cake, the cake is based on his own garden. The grass is green coloured coconut, I put the food colouring and the coconut in a small … Read more
I saw a similar version of flower cakes on a professional cake recipes and decorating website and loved it. For the flowers I used one cupcake for the center and surrounded it with six cupcakes for the petals. For the stems I piped out a random design with green frosting. I covered the ladybugs with … Read more
I made this Princesses Garden Cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday. For the Princesses, I used the Wilton Mini Wonder pan, which makes the 4 skirts. I used cookie sticks and cling wrapped them to the dolls to insert them into their “skirts”. The base is a 12 X 18inch sheet cake. This was a … Read more
I was asked to make my Dads 80th birthday cake and as he has his own allotment and been a professional gardener all his life, I decided to base the theme on that. I started with 4 rectangular basic sponge cakes and stuck them together with butter cream and jam. I bought white fondant icing … Read more
I did not have cake recipes for this cake so used the pan from the Betty Crocker bake and fill to bake the ladybugs and for the daisy cupcakes the daisy leaves are made from marshmallows and a brown M&M for the center of the daisy. I used M&Ms for the eyes of the ladybugs. … Read more
I made this Tinkerbell Garden Birthday Cake for my granddaughter’s second birthday. It was a three-tiered cake. I used four boxes of cake mix but made the frosting myself. I divided the cake into four sections, each section representing one of the seasons, and this division made it easier to put the various fairies on … Read more
This Garden Birthday Cake was my first attempt at a stacked cake. The cake is vanilla sponge layered and coated with orange buttercream. I then covered the cake in fondant and decorated with gum paste flowers and trees and used some floristry wire to stand the gumpaste clouds and sun on the top. I used … Read more