I made this castle birthday cake from a 10″ round Madeira then an 8″ round Madeira on top. I used baked bean tins for the towers and marshmallow filled cones for the spires. I tinted white chocolate pink and covered the cones with that. Its iced with masses of pink buttercream and lots of sweets! … Read more
I used a 10′ two layer round cake base and an 8” square cake cut to 6” square. My idea came from the many castle cake recipes on this site. The turrets were made from sugar paste wrapped around a plastic-covered tube. Bricks were cut in with a knife. Top two turrets were made from … Read more
I made this Disney castle cake for my daughters third birthday. The bottom of the cake is a two layer 9×13 cake and the top is also two layers that I cut to fit on top of the larger cake. I used buttercream icing. I also used sugar cones. I coated the cones with icing … Read more
I made this crown cake for my husband’s birthday. My husband prides in calling himself a King. Red and Black is his favorite color, so that’s how I came up with the colors to use. I wanted to make this a project that my two children could also be a part of. First thing I … Read more
I used these directions as a starting point for this crown cake… However, I did not use royal icing for my crown, I used white candy melts. (The design of the crown needs to be simpler, because you cannot get as fine a line with the candy melts.) And I added small jelly beans (jelly … Read more
I made this red dragon cake for my son’s fourth birthday. It is a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, and tasted better than it looked. The cake is made out of two round 9 inch cakes, and is cut in half for the body and in shapes for the legs and head. This … Read more
My grandson who was turning 9, requested a Dragon Birthday Cake. I was not sure how to make one so I told him I would make him another kind of cake. As luck would have it, I found the 1984 Wilton dragon cake pan at a thrift store. I was not sure what colors to … Read more
I made this Dragon Birthday Cake Design for my son’s How To Train Your Dragon themed 4th birthday. I used (2) 8” round cakes and (1) small cake made in a loaf pan. I cooled the cakes in the freezer for about an hour to make it easier to assemble and carve. The body was … Read more
I made this Dragon Birthday Cake Design for my stepson’s 7th birthday. I used 4 round cakes, 2 chocolate and 2 vanilla. I got many of the ideas from this site then incorporated Zach’s ideas onto this dragon. The body is 2 round cakes with just the bottom inch cut off, make sure you get … Read more
When my friend told me she didn’t know what to do about her son’s dinosaur themed birthday I immediately offered my love of cake making. I spent a couple evenings browsing “dinosaur cake” on Google and checked out some animated dinosaurs online as well to get some inspiration. The finished product turned out to be … Read more
I made this dragon cake for my brother-in-law’s 28th birthday. I started with two 9″x13″ cakes and two 8″ round cakes. I used my cake leveler to split each cake in half length ways so I actually had eight cakes to work with. I covered the 13″x19″ cake board with aluminum foil and I used … Read more
This Sword And Shield Birthday Cake was for a family friend on his 13th birthday. The shield shape was easy to do – just cutting a rectangular cake to shape. The cupcakes were simple buttercream with terrific soldier figurines we got at a local cake supply store. The sword itself was made of gum paste … Read more