My son collects dragons and even though he turned 26, I was determined to make a dragon cake. This cake is the product of a lot of research and plain old good luck! The body of the cake is homemade chocolate cake baked in a round pan, cooled completely, then cut in half and iced … Read more
This Dragon Cake was made for my boyfriend’s 18th birthday, we have a bit of a dragon theme going on. The cake is made from a 9″ very moist chocolate cake from the recipe in Susannah Blakes 500 cakes for a dark chocolate mocha mudcake. However, I fiddled with the ingredients so it was milk … Read more
This dragon cake is my first attempt at such a cake and my first cake using a spray gun. I used one square cake which I cut in two then put them side by side to create an oblong. I then drew a dragon template on grease proof paper and cut around it. With the … Read more
I made this Dragon Birthday Cake for my nephew’s birthday. I carved out his body out of a sheet cake and stacked them to make it taller then I carved out cupcakes for his feet and used gumpaste for his wings and claws. I attached the wings to long sucker sticks and let them dry … Read more
I piped #10 round tips in rows on the cake. After piping a row I went back and flattened the balls with my finger to give the wall an authentic look. Everyone was impressed, especially my son and not difficult to make dragon cakes at all.
I followed the instructions on this site for a dragon cake but I made three cakes (just in case) which gave me room to mess up. I used fruit roll ups for the mouth/teeth. I used chocolate graham crackers for the wings since my fruit roll up wings didnt look right. This cake was for … Read more
A friend was having a Princess themed party for her twin 3 year-old girls and wanted individual special cakes for them. I came up with this idea of a Princess Wands Cake based on the wands my own girls used when playing dress up. I baked 2 rounds of chocolate and 2 rounds of yellow … Read more
I made this Unicorn birthday cake for my daughter’s 6th birthday. It was a huge cake. The cake was made of chocolate cake stuck with chocolate cream. I cut it in the shape of a unicorn. It was the hardest thing. After cutting, covered with fondant, making eyes, ears and hair was easier. The horn … Read more
I made this purple castle cake for a little princess on her eighth birthday. I was asked if I could do a castle cake and remembering this site I knew I could. I used two 10 inch layers for the base and put a single layer 6 inch on the top. The pillars were all … Read more
I used the Wilton castle cake kit for this Princess Castle Birthday Cake. It was for my daughter’s 5th birthday. It took 8 hours to do, but it was worth it. I pre-made the flowers with flower cut out and pressed in the middle with ball tool to curve the flower. I put a dot … Read more
I made this Princess Castle Birthday Cake for my daughter’s 6th birthday. I made the whole thing from scratch, not using any packet mixes or ready made icing. I started with the main round part of the cake and covered it with icing then made Swiss rolls from scratch and covered them with icing then … Read more
I do cakes just for fun! I had a friend of my ask me to do a cake for her little girl’s 3rd birthday. She found the Deluxe Disney Princess cake kit online and ordered it. The kit came with a picture and not so good directions. I went by the instructions to make the … Read more