I made this cottage cake for my sister’s 12th Birthday. I used a cake square to bake the cake and then cut it in half to build up the cakes width. I bought frosted icing and spread it all over and used a fork to pattern it. For the roof I placed flakes on top … Read more
Here are my birthday cake decorating ideas for an Easter bunny cottage my daughters and I made. As my eight-year old notes, “The pond is the only thing that is not edible” (Its cut from blue plastic, but “rocks” around it are candy). The vegetables have jelly bean bases. Carrots and radishes are jellybeans cut … Read more
This House Cake is a replica of our home. Three tier cakes (each tier three layers), homemade buttercream (2 batches vanilla, one chocolate for filling), dark chocolate fondant roof, modeling chocolate stairs/eaves/pillars/chimney. Windows and trim are dark chocolate fondant (made in advance), windowpanes are homemade pineapple fruit leather.
For the gingerbread dough – choose your favorite gingerbread recipe. I checked several on line and chose one that had a light color – to better go with the pink/red/white Valentine theme. You can also download templates from the internet – just use a search engine to look for gingerbread house templates and gingerbread birthday … Read more