Coolest Ladybug Cake

Homemade Ladybug Cake

This Ladybug cake was covered in fondant, the flowers are gum paste. The grass was fondant that was painted with food coloring gel, to look like grass!

Coolest Ladybug Birthday Cake

Homemade  Ladybug Birthday Cake

I loved the bright colors on this Ladybug Birthday Cake! It was a 30th birthday cake for a friend and she wanted a ladybug. I got my ideas from this site and came up with this version. I used a 10inch round cake for the body and filled the cake pan a little fuller than … Read more

Coolest Ladybug 3rd Birthday Cake Idea

Homemade Ladybug 3rd Birthday Cake Idea

This is the homemade ladybug 3rd birthday cake idea I made for my granddaughter. I got my ideas from this site and from CakeCentral.com. The bottom tier is three 10 inch layers of chocolate fudge cake (all cakes were Betty Crocker cake mixes). The next tier is three 8 inch layers of yellow cake. The … Read more

Coolest Red Ladybug Birthday Cake

Homemade Red Ladybug Birthday Cake

We used 2 different sized round pans and cut the bigger one to have a flat bottom. This Homemade Red Ladybug Birthday Cake was for our daughter’s 2nd birthday. She loved it!

Coolest Ladybug Birthday Cake Idea

Homemade Ladybug Birthday Cake Idea

We call our daughter Bug so for her first birthday a Ladybug Birthday Cake Idea seemed to make sense. I had a 9” and 8” round cake pan so I bought a box cake mix and used both size pans. I also bought 2 cans of frosting and a set of 4 food color dyes. … Read more

Pretty Homemade Ladybug Birthday Cake

Homemade Ladybug Birthday Cake

My homemade Ladybug Birthday cake was brought to life by equally homemade marshmallow fondant! Not only did the marshmallow fondant taste delicious, but it was easy and fun to work with. All of the party guests were amazed and wanted to know where we had bought the cake. The look on their faces, when they … Read more

Coolest Lady Bug Cake

Ladybug Cake

This ladybug cake was really easy to make. I used Wilton’s soccer ball cake to make the bodies, black licorice for antennas and to split the body. It took a lot of red dye to get the right color. For the grass I dyed coconut with green food coloring and added Oreos to the body … Read more

Coolest Ladybug Cake Photos and How-To Tips 4

For the ladybug’s body I made a simple ganashe with semisweet chocolate and heavy cream (8 ounces of chocolate to 1 cup of heavy cream worked beautifully) in my blender. I chopped the chocolate, added 1 cup of very hot cream, and blended until the chocolate completely melted. While the ganashe cooled a little I … Read more

Coolest Ladybug Birthday Cake Photos and How-To Tips 9

I made these cakes for my daughters 1st birthday. I have dreamed about this day for so long so I really wanted to make that “special cake”. I got the idea from a ladybug birthday cake that I saw online. It was so easy to make. I made two 12″ x 2″ deep butter cakes. … Read more

Coolest Homemade Ladybug Birthday Cakes 2

My idea for this cake came from several other ladybug birthday cakes but I knew I wanted the ladybug to be a separate cake on top of the foundation cake. The foundation cake is two boxed cake mixes prepared several days before the party and frozen. The ladybug cake is a 6″ round cake that … Read more

Coolest Millipede Cake

Coolest Millipede Cake Photos and How-To Tips

My daughter has a Halloween birthday so we sent this fun millipede cake to school with her. I covered the tray with green frosting and pulled it up in tuffs to simulate grass then added a little chocolate sprinkles for accent. 21 chocolate cupcakes were lined up in a winding millipede body. I cut the … Read more

Cool Homemade Black and Orange 3D Halloween Spider Cake

Striped Spider Cake

This Halloween spider cake was one of the easiest cakes I have ever made. I used 2 Pyrex bowls to make the head and body. I froze the cakes overnight because it helps keep the crumbs packed down so you don’t have a mess. I cut just a small amount off one end of each … Read more