This is only my second novelty cake. I got my inspiration from a really old Cake Decorating book borrowed from the Library. I called it “Cabin Fever” as i made it during recent bad snow and ice where nobody in the country was able to leave their houses and travel anywhere safely. It’s a victoria … Read more
This cake was made from scratch. I used a 9″x9″ cake sheet pan and then I cut 3 triangle shapes and 2 rectangle shapes. I made buttercream frosting and started by spreading the frosting on top of one rectangle shape then stack the next rectangle shape and frost the top. Next, I took each of … Read more
I used layered chocolate and orange cake and cut to shape this Homemade Cottage Cake. The walls were part butter icing and part fondant icing. Roof is fondant icing and so are the paving slabs. The grass is dessicated coconut coloured with green paste food colouring.
I used chocolate icing, coconut sprinkles, Cadbury flakes, malt sticks and a double square sponge cake. I cut one sponge in half and then set aside with the other cut in half then cut diagonally so you have two long triangular prisms. Mix up the icing, the stick, stack the two halves on top each … Read more
This was done as a groom’s cake for my wedding. The cabin is three Wilton house Cakes put together and using the resulting “sides” as the front. The chimney is butter cream and candy stones on a cereal treat chimney and the stream is blue piping gel with a border of random rocks. The chopping … Read more
I baked this Cottage Cake for my daughter’s 6th birthday, since she loves the idea of living in a house surrounded by a garden. I used my favorite sponge cake recipe (eggless since we are vegetarians) to make 2 rectangular cakes, one was used as the base (the garden) and the other for the cottage. … Read more
This Log Cabin Birthday Cake is a 1/2 sheet cake and a 1/4 sheet cake. The cabin was cut into squares and the the top was carved into a roof. The logs were cereal straws with chocolate buttercream iced behind them. The roof was made out of graham crackers. There is a garden and fondant … Read more
When my 3 daughters had a combined Alaska themed birthday party, my 5 year old wanted huskies on her Igloo cake, as they are her favorite dog! I made a box cake mix and made my own buttercream icing. I baked the cake in a rectangular pan that I have which is about 10 x … Read more
I got the birthday cake decorating ideas to make a house from my mommy. My grandparents had been away for about a month and I wanted to make them a cake so we could have a party when they returned. She told me to make a “home sweet home” cake but I decided to step … Read more
These are my favorite Christmas chocolate biscuit houses I make every year. Even though this is a Christmas cake I used birthday cake decorating ideas from this site. Each is made with two rectangular and two triangle biscuits (plus a couple of pine-shaped ones) which I make myself with rolled out pastry.Royal icing helps the … Read more
This cake was difficult to make because I was using a limited supply of pans and shapes. I first had to design it and take actual measurements so I could use the paper as a pattern for my birthday cake decorating ideas.For the roof I cut out a triangle and iced them. I placed graham … Read more
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