I baked this gift wrapped birthday cake a day before I decorated it. I baked it for my sister’s birthday. Her favorite color is purple. I made an easy and inexpensive vanilla flavored cake. About 20 cm by 20 cm in size. To get the purple I mixed red Moirs food coloring with blue, but I used a little more red than blue … Read more
I wanted to make a cake that told about my 16 year old daughter. Starting with the bottom layer. She lives and dies for the piano. She currently is starting to write her own music. I would guess she plays 2-3 hours a day. She doesn’t like chocolate, so everything was either white or a … Read more
I made this Japanese Cherry Blossom cake for a friend’s daughter who was celebrating her first birthday. She was born in Japan during the cherry blossom season so her mom was using that as a theme for her first birthday. I was thrilled when she asked me to make the cake and have it match the … Read more
I made this polka dots gift cake for my good friend Nikki for her birthday. I was in creative gear and we were all going out for dinner. Though I’ve really never heard of the cake flavor before- I made it a Neapolitan cake. It was strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate all swirled together. It tasted amazing! I made … Read more
My friend kept bugging me about making her a cake and Christmas just seamed the like the perfect time to do it! It’s two 9” square sheets. I used white fondant for the cake, some red fondant for the dots (which I cut with a measuring spoon) and green for the bow. You can find … Read more
This pink and black Damask cake is my favorite I have made so far and was one of my simpler ones. I baked three cakes. 12 inch, 10 inch, and 6 inch. I placed each cake on a cardboard cake board that were the exact sizes. Filled and iced each tier with butter cream. The top and … Read more
My cousin requested a fantasy cake for her birthday party, so I made this lovely Gift Box cake as her birthday gift. The cake is two plain sheet cakes stacked together. The real work is in the decorations! You need to plan this several days ahead. The bow is made by first cutting and pinching together … Read more
I decided to make this Christmas gift box cake for my office Christmas party the first year I worked there. It’s super easy! Just make two square cakes. Wait for them to cool. Stack them on top of each other and frost a base layer of white on them. I found some Christmas wrapping paper as inspiration … Read more
I made this Chocolate Present Birthday Cake for a friend’s 30th birthday party. She saw a picture of it on Google images and asked me to make one just like it for her husband – only bigger! This would be my first attempt at a stacked cake so I was a bit nervous, but decided … Read more
This homemade Gift birthday cake was made with three round cake pans and then stacked and layered with butterceam frosting. The entire cake was covered in marshmallow fondant. Strings of colorful fondant with cutout shapes were adhered with buttercream frosting. 1″ strips of colored fondant were placed between layers to hide any ‘seams’. The flower … Read more
I made this Birthday Prezzie Box Cake for my daughter. It was a chocolate mud cake, covered in chocolate ganache and then covered in fondant. Everything was edible, the bow is the first attempt(and I was quite pleased at how well it turned out). It took me over three days to make it and was … Read more
This is actually a happy birthday cake that I “copied” from one on this site! The cake I copied was exactly the same but pink for a little girl. I was very happy with the results and since it was a big party it was great to have a big cake! I thought the person … Read more