At first I was a bit wary of preparing this Soccer Cake as I was not sure about how to do the ball shape, however, it was easier than I expected (except that the hexagon shapes are tricky to do yourself without a cutout or something similar). I just prepared one 9″ by 13″ chocolate … Read more
For boys who love soccer, this Soccer Ball Cake was quite a hit. I just baked my cake in a stainless steel bowl then iced it with white icing and piped the black soccer markings. I bought standard cake topper soccer players to place along side. It was for my son’s birthday, but would work … Read more
The cake is a basic Lemon Madeira, covered in butter icing before the fondant is put on (gives a smoother finish). I iced the board with two colours of fondant…squash it on, then roll it to flatten (leave to harden for a day or two). The grass is coconut dyed with food colouring. Mould the … Read more
I just used a regular cake mix from the box and icing sugar to make this soccer cake. Made five circle cakes and stacked them on top of each other and sculpted with a knife into a sphere. By using a straight edge on a piece of cardboard we made the soccer ball design and … Read more
This Sports Cake Design was for a teenage boy who actually wanted brownies instead of cake. I used 2 boxes of dark chocolate brownie mix and prepared as per the directions, poured the batter into my large circle pan and baked as directed. I used canned whipped cream frosting and dyed it with Wilton colors. … Read more
The girls wanted a birthday cake they could help make. So when we saw this idea of a Surfing Birthday Cake in a book, we knew it was the perfect candidate. And we love how it turned out. It is our favorite cake yet! We used pre-made blue fondant: 1.5 lbs for the cake and … Read more
I made this tennis cake to take to and share with my friends at the tennis ranch in New Braunfels. I am, after all, a repeat participant at this awesome tennis ranch. So I thought, why not bring an awesome cake to share and, who knows, I may get orders. It was definitely a hit; … Read more
My 3 year old nephew wanted a homemade Goldy Gopher cake. The images I found of Goldy were a little detailed and not anything I wanted to attempt to transfer to a cake at the time (8 months pregnant). Instead I used a #16 tip to draw the Minnesota “M” on the cake, I then … Read more
I made this volleyball birthday cake for a friend who loves volleyball. It it only my third cake so not perfect by any means. Here’s how I did it. First by baking the cake( boxed) in a oven safe bowl, I turned the heat down slightly so that it would cook more evenly. I then … Read more
First I made a rectangle cake for this wrestling ring cake. I cut off the sides of the cake to make it square. The pieces I cut off I used as the bleachers. I made little people out of toothpicks and used marshmallows for the heads and I cut shirts out of construction paper. I … Read more
I made this Homemade WWE Birthday Cake for my son’s 13th birthday, it was a huge hit at the party! This was my second attempt to do a fondant cake, and I was very pleased. I used two nine inch square cake pans and 1 boxed cake mix. After applying my buttercream crumb coating I … Read more
I made this Yankees Baseball Cap Birthday Cake for my son’s 11th birthday party. He was home at the time I was working on it but didn’t want to see it until it was all done. After working on it for several hours, I told him he could come into the kitchen to see it. … Read more