Coolest Fairy’s House Cake

Fairy's House Cake

This fairy’s house cake was made for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. She had a fairy and wizards party. The cake is simple but looks amazing when completed. I made two bowl cakes (one is slightly smaller than the other). The cakes are Madeira sponges. I covered a cake board with fondant that I tinted green. … Read more

Coolest Magic Toadstool Cake

Homemade  Magic Toadstool Cake

The idea for this Magic Toadstool Cake came from the Australia Women’s Weekly Birthday Cakes book – my daughter wanted a “fairy cake with me as the fairy” for her third birthday. The top of the toadstool was banana cake, the bottom chocolate cake. I crumb-coated the cake with white chocolate buttercream (so the chocolate … Read more

Coolest Fairy Garden Birthday Cake

Homemade Fairy Garden Birthday Cake

I made this Homemade Fairy Garden Birthday Cake using a plain vanilla sponge mix and then divided it into 3 batches and made 1 strawberry and 1 chocolate. I cooked them in separate round pans then when baked layered them on top of each other with a chocolate buttercream in between each one. I cut … Read more

Coolest Mushroom House Cake

Homemade Mushroom House Cake

I made this cake for my friend. It was for her fist daughter’s christening party. The base and the top of this cake are made out of homemade sponge cake. I have used two different sizes of Pyrex bowls for the top and the base. I used the smaller one for the base. I had … Read more

Coolest Woodland Fairy Cake

Homemade Woodland Fairy Cake

My daughter (with no biased encouragement one way or another from myself or my husband) is developing into a typical little girl…her favorite color-pink, her favorite film-Tinkerbell, her favorite clothes-tutus, flippy skirts and dresses. So as her 3rd birthday approached it didn’t take me long too figure out I wanted to create fer a fairy … Read more

Coolest Fairy Toadstool Cake

Homemade  Fairy Toadstool Cake

I saw a mushroom fairy house in a cake book and thought I wouldn’t be able to master it, so I came up with this Fairy Toadstool Cake idea. My little girl loves fairies. I cooked a 30cm square butter cake and a white mud cake in a steel mixing bowl that was going to … Read more

Coolest Garden Fairy Birthday Cake

Homemade Garden Fairy Birthday Cake

For this awesomely awesome Garden Fairy Birthday Cake, I started out with a 2 layer 12in. round cake base and I used the giant cupcake pan to make the mushroom. To make the mushroom you flip the cupcake bottom piece so the narrow end is on top and cut off the tip of the cupcake … Read more

Coolest Mushroom Cake 28

Homemade Mushroom Cake

This Mushroom cake was for my daughter’s first birthday – a real labor of love! It’s a chocolate cake (with a box of dark chocolate Lindt balls mixed in for extra flavor!) and the top layer has white chocolate cream and raspberry filling. I used marshmallow fondant, which was a breeze to make and color. … Read more

Coolest Toadstool House Cake

Coolest Toadstool House Cake

This Toadstool House Cake is the cake a made for my daughter’s 5th birthday. The inspiration for this cake came from some cakes I found on the internet. This is the first time I have used fondant and was surprised by how easy it can be (albeit a little time consuming) but I found this … Read more

Coolest Fairy House Mushroom Cake

Homemade Fairy House Mushroom Cake

I made this Fairy House Mushroom Cake for my daughter’s 6th birthday. I used two cake mixes, one for the house and one for the roof. For both the top and bottom of the cake I used a dome shaped baking tin. Once the bottom of the cake was cooked and cooled, I shaped the … Read more

Cool Homemade Fairy Toadstool Cake

Coolest Fairy Toadstool Cake

For my daughter’s second birthday I wanted to make something special. As the party theme is Fairy’s I decided that the cake would need to be special! I did a little bit of research on line but couldn’t find anything that was just perfect. I have never made fondant people before let alone fairies! Since … Read more

Coolest Woodland Mushroom Twins Cake

Homemade Woodland Mushroom Twins Cake

This Homemade Woodland Mushroom Twins Cake was for a Baby shower for twin girls. The theme for the Shower and nursery is woodland and fairies. I used the giant cupcake pan for the cakes, turned the base upside down, shaved off the ridges and as a hidden treat, hollowed out some of the middle to … Read more