I made this flower cake for niece Kar’Leigh’s 3rd birthday. She had no desired theme so my sister and I decided to make a flower cake. The bottom tier was 12×3 round pan, the middle was a 10×3 round pan and the top was an 8×3 round pan. I leveled each cake with fishing line. … Read more
I decided to do a garden theme 1st Birthday for my baby, Izel. I wanted it to be a bright happy day complete with a bumblebee pinata, flower clustered yellow balloons, and ladybug placemats. To go along with the theme I wanted to make it easy to serve individual cupcakes but also wanted an unforgettable … Read more
This flower birthday cake was fun and fairly easy. It was for a 4-year-old girl. She wanted butterflies on a flower. I used rolled fondant and made 2 butterflies a couple days in advance. I used a stencil of a butterfly and held it in a piece of paper slightly folded to dry. I then … Read more
These flower cakes were made as a flower pot cake for my cousin. The base is a 12 inch cake and the flower pot was baked in a steamed pudding pan- just like a small bundt pan. I made the butterfly and flowers from colored fondant and edible glitter. I used cake crumbs for the … Read more
I made this Tinkerbell And Toadstool Cake from homemade sponge (made from fresh ingredients not packet mix). I started with a bowl shaped sponge then cut it in half for the toadstool top. The other half of the sponge I used for the toadstool stump. I then coloured some fondant to a light brown and … Read more
I made this toadstool cake for my seven year old niece. The base and roof were cooked in bowls of the same shape (no need for cutting). Roof was on a board, which was held in place by royal icing with skewers in base to carry the weight. All icing was fondant, coloured and cut … Read more
This cake was a gift for my sons teacher at the beginning of the school year. I got free cake decorating ideas from a family tree cake I’d seen in my decorating class. I used a #16 tip to make the trunk branches and spring blossoms. I used a tip #67 for the summer and … 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
This is inspired from Colettes cake decorating tips . This is a sports ball pan from Wilton and covered in star tip in a dusty green royal icing. I used chocolate graham crackers crumbled up for the “dirt” and a gum paste fantasy flower. My cactus flower did not dry in enough time.Of course everything … Read more
I wanted to make a flower cake for my grandmother that she would remember and not knowing to much about decorating I decided to give it a whirl anyway. I saw a picture on Wilton’s cake decorating book that she really loved but I didn’t have the directions for it so I ran with my … Read more