Coolest Kimono Doll Cake

Coolest Kimono Doll Cake

My mother’s birthday was last weekend and she used to perform at the Okinawan Festival here in Hawaii in September each year for about 15 years. I thought she would enjoy this doll cake and I was up to the challenge to making one. Her favorite color is blue. I used a floral impression mat … Read more

Japanese Water Garden Display Cake

Japanese Water Garden Display Cake

I have a friend who owns a restaurant. He asked me to create a display cake to show off my skills and also to use as a display in the entrance to his restaurant. He wanted a fish themed cake (his specialty is seafood) that would link in with his restaurant. I decided to make … Read more

Cool Oriental Theme Cakes

Cool and Fancy Birthday Cakes - Photo Gallery and How-To Tips

I really wanted to make a Thomas the tank engine cake for my daughters 2nd birthday . She is Thomas M-A-D! After careful consideration I decided I wasn’t up to the challenge! I opted to make a Chinese Dragon cake from the Thomas the Tank Engine books. So it was still a character from the … Read more

Cool and Fancy Birthday Cakes for an Oriental Theme Party 1

I made this cake for my daughters 16th birthday party; we had an Oriental theme. I used two sheet cakes one larger than the other, iced with buttercream icing and flowers I made a few days before out of fondant. I rolled the fondant thin and used a very small flower cutter (from Wilton). I … Read more