To make the pillars I stacked one sugar cone on top of one or two regular ice cream cones and frosted them; the trees are the same. The grass is coconut with green food coloring and the moat is made of blue saran wrap. Jell-O would be cool too but we didnt have time. The … Read more
The path was done the same way with icing and graham cracker crumbs. The trees were made out of bristle board and dipped in the melted green wafers. The castle was made out of two square cakes stacked on top of each other and frosted in ivory colored icing. The towers were bristle board and … Read more
I added Hershey bars for the doors and windows and put pink icing around the outsides of them to add some color. I took four ice cream cones coated them with frosting and rolled them in red and white sugar crystals I added them to the top of the cake for the towers and add … Read more
I made this cake for a friends daughter’s birthday party. She wanted a princess theme so I thought a castle would be appropriate. I followed one of the castle cake recipes from this site. The cake was made in a 12″ x 16″ sheet cake pan. It was a sponge cake that I made from … Read more
My daughter loves Princesses so for her fourth birthday we made her a Princess Disney castle cake. We made three cakes in all. Two 9 X13 cakes and one cake made in a bread pan. I made Wiltons butter cream icing and spread a layer in between all the cakes and layered them on top … Read more
I am new to making homemade cakes. It used to be that I could barely make a 2 layer cake without messing it up. But I have 2 kids that all I have done is buy sheet cakes for their birthdays for years and I just recently decided, why can’t I do this? This crown … Read more
My son wanted a Red Dragon 5th Birthday Cake. I decided to make it myself but it took my whole day. I prepared chocolate sponge cake batter for 30 persons with 8 eggs and divide the batter into two 24 cm and a 18 cm round pans. I let the cakes stay a couple of … Read more
I made this Homemade Dragon Birthday Cake Design in February for a good friend. Her birthday was just before the Chinese new year, and she didn’t want the same old Valentine’s theme, so we thought we’d try something new! The cake was prepared in the Wilton Tasty Fill Pan. The cake was chocolate and the … Read more
This Homemade Dragon Birthday Cake Design was a cake I made for a little girl’s 3rd birthday. No pink dinos for this kid! She specifically requested lots of grrrrr…well…I think I succeeded. Some of the kids were actually afraid of this cake
I made this dragon cake for one of the girls where I used to work. The base is a 14″ hexagon white cake, covered with buttercream flavored with bubblegum oil. The dragon was made with a metal 4 qt. mixing bowl, placed on the bottom cake and cut/sculpted into the shape I wanted. Then I … Read more
I got the idea for this dragon cake from the family fun website. It was a hit for my sons class at their Chinese New Year celebration. It is made out of two round cakes, one cut in half for the body, the other divided in half (one half cut into four pieces for the … Read more
