I did this princess cake very last minute for a friend. She wanted a princess cake with a tiara. I made the tiara two days before the party (the day she called me!) The tiara is gum paste mixed with fondant, and sugar jewels made from isomelt. I used a 10in and 6in pan for … Read more
For years my granddaughter loved pink, and then she didn’t. It is utterly sad to see them grow up and leave behind all their childhood favorites. The bedtime stories, playing with Barbie, jumping on the bed. All those things have all become beautiful memories for this Gamma. However, this cake was done in her ‘pink’ … Read more
For my daughter’s 4th birthday party this year, she wanted a princess themed party with a pink princess castle cake. Since I hadn’t done this before, the project was exciting, and I put together a vision of what it was supposed to look like in my head. The first draft had three tiers, with the … Read more
I was asked to make a chocolate unicorn birthday cake for a friend’s 11 year old daughter and I thought, ” Yeah I can do that!” Well, I did manage to pull it off, but with a lot of help by watching youtube videos. I began by modelling the unicorn out of fondant and I added … Read more
This is the most elaborate birthday cake I have made so far in the three years I have been a mother. I had so much fun with my two year old daughter’s Sweetpea Beauty VeggieTales Princess Castle Cake. I had always wanted to challenge myself to do a simple castle cake and when I decided on … Read more
4 boxes confetti cake mix, 2 hot pink icing 1 white icing, 1 can of ready to decorate green icing, ice cream cones, sugar cones, blue food gel, candy pearls, food color, graham crackers. This was for my little girl’s first birthday and I knew that I just had to make her first cake because of … Read more
Every year it’s a difficult task to find coordinating themes for my boy girl twins. This year for their 6th birthday they selected the princess and pirates theme. Both of them were very sure what cakes they wanted. My daughter wanted a pretty pink castle and my son wanted a mighty pirate ship. Hmm.. The … Read more
I was asked if I could make a princess cake for a friend of my daughter in law’s family. Well, I love a challenge and started to make the princess. I looked into how to make the figure on YouTube and set about making it. It’s the first princess cake I’ve made and was really … Read more
This is my princess castle cake I made for my god daughter’s Christening. The turettes themselves are plastic brought from Wilton castle kit. The cake board is just covered in green fondant icing to look like a grass area you would get a castle sitting on. I covered the cones in pink fondant and sprayed … Read more
This cake was for a little girl’s very first birthday! Her mother wanted something special. Being a new mother myself, I knew what she meant. The party was scheduled for Saturday, so I started the cake on Thursday. Thursday night as I was attempting to crumb coat, my 9 month old woke up upset and … Read more
When my sweet girl turned 6 she asked for a Dragon cake, so I set about having a look on this website and the internet for inspiration. This cake was so much fun to make, I started with 3 round sponge cakes, two I trimmed a third off of and put them against each other … Read more
The night before I was suppose to make this cake with a fellow baker’s help I received a frantic call from her apologizing that she would not be able to help me make the cake due to a family emergency. I panicked for about 20 minutes then realized what I needed to do and started drawing … Read more