So my son Harley wanted a special cake for school to mark the last day of the year. He decided that he wanted a yellow submarine that was being attacked by a monster octopus. So naturally I went on line and found a picture of the famous Beatles yellow submarine and used this as the … Read more
I had a lot of fun making this cake and learned some useful tips. This wasn’t my first fondant cake, but it was the first one that I made my own homemade fondant. All the lessons I’ve learned are self taught by trial and error. This cake was my response to my daughter’s request for … Read more
This electronic musician cake was made for my friend’s husband. He makes beats on his computer using a keyboard and this program. She was originally going to go to Publix to have the edible image placed on a sheet cake and then make a pair of head phones her self after I taught her how to do it. … Read more
Wow! This one was a challenge! “You can do an electric guitar, can’t you?? ” Sure!! I went online and downloaded lots of photos of Fender guitars–the whole guitar, and each part of the guitar at a time, for the details. I was actually able to find a set of plans for a Fender online, … Read more
I prepared this violin cake for my son’s 10th birthday. That year he just started playing the violin and he was very happy with the cake. This cake is quite big in size because it is the actual size of the full size violin. I did 2 rectangular cakes for this cake. For the violin … Read more
The head of the Kiss/ Gene Simmons cake was molded from rice krispies, covered in fondant, then the face was hand drawn with edible black marker. The hair was made from black molding chocolate and black Twizzlers. The tongue was made from red molding chocolate. The whole head is sitting on a round cake which is … Read more
This guitar cake was for a surprise 50th birthday party. When the person ordered it they asked for a cake that would feed about 20 and didn’t want an “ugly” guitar. Well being that the party was being held at a beautiful mansion, I couldn’t have just a plain guitar. I got a little carried … Read more
My mum and I are violinists and I wanted to make a special cake for her though mum said she didn’t want a cake or any big party but I told her she had no choice when she has 7 kids plus partners and 14 grandchildren. After a couple of weeks, mum saw a post … Read more
My husband and I decided this last year that we were gonna start making our children’s birthday cakes at home. You see between my husband and myself we have 8 children from collage to diapers. So this was just the challenge we were looking for, WE THOUGHT. As we were making this particular cake we were … Read more
So there was this 8 year old boy who was having a Rock Star party… he loves music and plays the guitar. His mom said his favorite colors are red, white and black. he hates chocolate cake but the majority of the guests do. So…I made an electric guitar cake! 2/3 of the cake was … Read more
My Dad is a drummer in a pipe band so I thought I’d make him a Drum cake for his 60th birthday. I made 3 cakes (10″ I think) and layered them, putting jam between each one then covering the whole cake in butter cream icing. I then covered it in black fondant and used … Read more
When my daughter was four she discovered the Beatles. When she started school her pre-k year she wanted a Beatles lunch box and backpack. Her room was Beatles.Other little girls played with baby dolls, but she played with homemade Beatles rag dolls. It was no surprise when she asked for a Beatles birthday cake. The … Read more