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
My sister in law loves all things vintage elegant and Victorian so I made her a birthday cake that had all those elements. I stacked 2- 6 inch cakes and then made the rounded top by baking the top layer in a half ball pan. I used raspberry filling in a French vanilla cake. The cake is … Read more
My poor husband was away on business for 2 weeks over his birthday. I’m not sure who had it worse, him alone on his birthday, or me alone with the waking-in-the-night 6 year old! Anyway, I made him a cake on return to make up for it. It was quite quick and easy. I made … Read more
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
I decided to make a mushroom shaped cake for my daughter’s first birthday after searching the internet for inspiration. However, I wanted to make it relatively healthy so I decided on a carrot cake. I made it with half gluten free flour, half regular flour (because I didn’t have enough of the regular flour) and … Read more
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
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
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
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
I really enjoyed making this pond birthday cake , it was for an 80 year old man. I was given a hand drawn picture of an idea they had George loved sitting in the garden by his pond and the rest was left to my devices. I started by making different shaped flower pots out … Read more
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
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