I made this Lighthouse Cake for my sister’s 20th Wedding Anniversary. She and her family are boaters and their daughter asked me to create a cake for the surprise party she is giving them. I drew the lighthouse on the cake using a ruler and piped the decor. The red is sparkle red gel from … Read more
I did this penguin cake for my cousin. I was trying a new technique to make so I just gave it to her. I just made a 3 tier chocolate cake, with chocolate buttercream. I just used a piece of fondant for the base of the penguin. I used wax paper and traced the penguin … Read more
My grandson loves penguins of any kind. He has a cool T-shirt with the Penguins of Madagascar, so my daughter decided to make that the theme of his birthday party. When deciding how I could make a cake for the occasion I decided it would look cuter to have the penguins upright on the cake. … Read more
I made this Sea Lion Cake from the Wilton 3-D Lamb Cake Pan. After the cake cooled, I cut away some cake from the neck area, cut away the ears and feet to give a sea lion shape. I stuck a long wooden skewer down the middle for strength. I then iced the entire cake … Read more
My son wanted a Jaws theme party for his 11th birthday. I got the idea for my shark N ocean cake from some on-line pics, then baked two sheet cakes, 1/2 cake mix in a 1 quart bowl and the 1/2 as a dozen cupcakes. I stacked the sheet cakes on top of one another … Read more
My 3 year loves sharks and since I was not able to find a shark cake pan I decided to get creative and make a shark birthday cake of my own. I did find a shark cake that was similar on this site. I did a search online to find a simple shark picture to … Read more
Sharks are big around here, so my son wanted a Jaws cake for his 10th birthday. After some internet searching we decided to use a football cake pan for the shark, set on a 9×13 cake as the ocean. We used 2 cake mixes and baked both according to directions. Then we sliced the bottom … Read more
As you can see I copied this cake from another shark picture on this site. (Thanks Alison T.) The big slab cake on the bottom was a double recipe of my favorite banana cake. The shark piece was a basic butter cake recipe baked in a loaf tin. Once cooked I froze the cake. Then … Read more
My step-daughter loves whales and asked me to make a cake with a whale on it for her birthday. I found a design for a whale cake on this website that I loved and decided to copy it. It turned out so well that I thought I should submit my picture. The first thing I … Read more
Heres our Jonah and the Whale birthday cake idea! Our son was fascinated with the Jonah bible story. So here is what we did! CAKE With 3-D cakes it is easier to use box cakes utilizing the pound cake recipe. Call 1-800 customer service number if the recipe is not on the box- they will … Read more