My husband enjoys playing on his X-Box One, so I decided that that would be his cake theme for his 40th birthday. I baked 3 round chocolate cakes, leveled the tops when cooled, then stacked them with a chocolate ganache and berry jam in between the layers. Next I crumb coated the stack, then piped on … Read more
Tanks are very important in our life!! How? I am an army officer’s wife, that too in armored!! so, life surely revolves in and around tank. Moved to a new place, and my friend requested for a tank cake for her son! Can’ts say no too, but absolutely no idea where will I get my … Read more
A couple of months ago, my niece asked me to make a groom’s cake for her wedding. Her then fiance/now husband is a big Duck Dynasty fan, especially Uncle Si, so we agreed on a design and I set out to make her cake. I started with the characters-all gum paste and fondant Because I had never made people … Read more
This awesome captain’s (sailor) hat was for a gentleman who just cleared and passed exams to become a Captain in the merchant Navy, a surprise gift from his wife who wanted to throw a party for him. The cake is a chocolate cake but for a surprise element I cored out the center and filled … Read more
My friend had a camo shower and I took a challenge of making a camo baby shower cake. After looking at some pictures online I came up with these. For batter I made chocolate cake, 2 white cakes divided, one light green, other dark green, then a yellow with some brown food/icing dye. Randomly placed … Read more
We were doing cammo cakes before cammo cakes became trendy, but we didn’t have anything that excited us when using it, until now. What better way to showcase cammo than with ZOMBIES! And not just any zombies… Zombies from Black Ops 2. The inside AND the fondant were cammo. And no, it’s not airbrushed like … Read more
I love to make my kids’ cakes and see how their eyes light up when they see the finished product. I generally gather several ideas from others that I’ve seen and shoot for simplicity and easy execution. I went for a tank birthday cake. Working up from the bottom, we layered a cereal box covered … Read more
Last spring I was asked to make a cake for a young man who had just graduated from high school and had joined the military. He had enlisted for 8 years in the Navy and was leaving for boot camp in a few days. Wow! What an honor to be asked to make a cake … Read more
My cousin was leaving for the Army so I made him an army helmet cake. This is a full sheet cake iced and sprayed to look like camouflage. The army hat is rice krispy treats formed into a hat and covered in army green fondant. I made the straps out of fondant and placed them on … Read more
A lady at my bank wanted me to make a birthday cake for her 12 yr old son, who was not quite into Legos anymore but not into movies. Naturally, I think video games! Call of Duty is pretty popular, and by chance, I asked if he played Nazi Zombies. She called his older brother … Read more
This Morse Code cake was made as rich fruit cakes but with gluten-free flour. It was made 3 months before the required date and “fed” once every two weeks with brandy. Then marzipaned and decorated. This cake was made for a 50 year old’s birthday it was 12 inches square. Joe is a retired soldier who … Read more
I made this call of duty cake for my son’s 21st. birthday because he loves playing call of duty the video game. When I made the cake I had no idea what I was going to do . But I knew I wanted to make a call of duty cake and had no idea what … Read more