I used an 8″ square pan and baked a vanilla cake. Once it was cooled I leveled it and filled it. I then used a “crumb coat” and covered it with fondant. For the bow I cut out strips and used water as “glue” to stick them to the cake. For the bow I had … 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
I made this Homemade Mickey Present Birthday Cake for a friend’s son’s first birthday! He just loves Mickey. I came up with idea by listening to what she wanted and what would look cute together. I made the bow out of fondant, you need to start bow at least three days before cake. You roll … Read more
This Present Cake was my first attempt to fondant and it turned out to be so much fun! This cake got a lot of fun comments and overall was a hit with all those who saw it. The cake itself was a carrot cake. I baked just one 9×9 deep cake and allowed it to … Read more
This Box Birthday Cake was made for twin girls. I gave them each a three tiered cake of their own. I hope they loved it as much as I did!
This happy birthday cake was for my nieces first birthday. It is decorated with a fondant ribbon crown and white chocolate star lollipops. I made the fondant decorations a few days ahead to give them time to dry. The cake is two 10′ layers with a 12′ layer on top. I put straws in the … Read more
To make this Snoopy Giftbox cake, I baked two cakes. The base was a 10″ sq vanilla and chocolate marble cake. The top was a 6″ sq white cake, tinted with various neon colors to make a ‘colorful marble’. They were both filled with a vanilla cream filling. I then covered both tiers with homemade … Read more
I made two 9×13 cakes and used a whipped frosting with pineapple for the middle. I crumb coated with buttercream icing in green and put the cake in the fridge for about 2 hours. Then, I got pre-colored fondant and cut out the different polka dots. For the bows, I rolled out pre-colored fondant and … Read more
I made this gift box cake for a friend of mine. She wanted all purple so I made two different shades of purple fondant. I made the bow four days ahead of time so it could dry. To make the bow I cut strips of fondant about 1 in. wide and 5 in. long and … Read more