My little nephew, who was not only a great surprise, was also a great miracle to our family. While my sister was pregnant she had some tests come back not so great, and was sent to a specialist the next day. We later found out she was sent there the next day because it was … Read more
My husband and I have 4 couples who are our best friends. We go out together very often and meet at our respective homes too. One day the wife of one of them phoned me and asked me if i could make a cake for her husband’s 40th birthday. She was going to organize a surprise party for him … Read more
I made this housewarming cake for a great friend’s housewarming party! I used the Wilton 11×17 sheet pan and followed the baking instructions that came with it. Since it takes 2 cake mixes, I used 1 white cake mix and 1 chocolate cake mix and made it half and half. Since I did not have the star … Read more
This Pub cake was for a 10 year celebration for the pub’s landlady who is a good friend of mine. I wanted to do something different and thought it would be fun to make her pub. I started by baking 3 x 10” square cakes, which I then cut into 2 (one was approx 7” and the … Read more
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 made this cake after lots of consideration on duck-shape birthday cake designs. Instead of buying the 3D pan I made this 2 layer cake and used the pattern from the invitations I made for the duck shape. I just printed out a bigger pattern and taped it together. Then, after making the cake, I … Read more
I made this cake for my husbands grandfather. He was a plumber/inspector in his working years. He was turning 84 years old and so I wanted to make this cake for him. I made the tile with fondant icing as well. I applied the tile work with buttercream icing to make it stick. I then … Read more
Working for a colorectal surgeon there are so many dirty ideas that come to mind on his birthday. A butt cake would have been fun, but is such an obvious choice. I had seen a toilet cake somewhere in passing and knew I could come to this site for more inspiration. I knew lemon cake … 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.
My mother made this cake for my sons 1st birthday. The cake is decorated with a combination of fondant and icing. To create the wagon on the bottom she baked a 9×13 sheet cake. The cake was set on a foil-covered cardboard rectangle. To make the wheels, we colored fondant red and shaped it into … Read more
Well, I trawled the internet when asked for a cake in the shape of a freezer for a couple who were starting a new venture opening a freezer food centre, and could not find one anywhere. So, I thought I would just have to design one myself. I made a chocolate sponge in an 8 … Read more