Angry Birds Cake for My Sweet 5 Year Old

Angry Birds Cake for My Sweet 5 Year Old

After a few years of making cakes for friends and family, I finally decided I should probably do a great one for my own kid too! I’m totally self taught and just have fun experimenting. My son usually gets plain cakes with simple icing or store bought ones because I’m always too busy planning the … Read more

Cool Grumpy old Bird and His Side Kicks

Cool Grumpy old Bird and His Side Kicks

I loved this grumpy old bird cake. I have done it so often for friends and family…and they all loved it. It’s very rich and seemed to keep the kids up all night after eating it! I wonder why??but the feedback and the happy faces on seeing it made it all worth while doing for … Read more

Coolest Owl on a Log Cake with Mushrooms

My kids’ birthdays are just 12 days apart, so when we have a birthday party, it’s always a joint party, and I usually try to incorporate favorite cakes for both kids into the party cake. Last year, I created an owl sitting on a log. The log is a traditional Buche de Noel (chocolate for … Read more

Coolest Margaritaville Parrot Cake

Coolest Margaritaville Parrot Cake

My husband is a huge Jimmy Buffet and Pirate fan so I made him this Margaritaville parrot cake for his birthday. I used 8, 6″ round cakes, sandwiched them together with cake boards and supports in between two layers (4 cake boards). I carved the cakes to give a bird shape then draped the head in … Read more

Coolest Owl Birthday Cake

Coolest Owl Birthday Cake

This Owl birthday cake was made for a 13th birthday. The top tier is white cake and the bottom tier is chocolate cake. The cake is covered in butter cream with fondant accents. The owl, paislies and beautiful bow on top are all made of fondant. The hardest part about this cake was the owl. … Read more

Owl on a Perch Birthday Cake

Owl on a Perch Birthday Cake

This owl on a perch cake is sure to please any bird or animal lover! Originally this cake was for my grandma’s birthday because she loves Owls. The color in the owl, and the texture was created with one cake tip. The main tip which looks like a C, I think the number is 22. … Read more

Coolest Angry Angry Birds Cake

Coolest Angry Angry Birds Cake

This was my first big challenge before I started working with fondant and sculpting but I managed to get it right the first time. My nephew wanted an Angry Birds cake for his birthday. I had a couple of weeks to figure this out. I went shopping with my imagination and bought a bunch of … Read more

Coolest Hedwig Cake for a 9-year-old Harry Potter Fan

Coolest Hedwig Cake for a 9-year-old Harry Potter Fan

This Hedwig cake was made for our son’s 9th birthday party, on a Harry Potter theme.  It was a small party, for only five kids including the birthday boy, and 5 parents.  Our son requested a creature cake, and I chose Hedwig because I thought it would be more forgiving than most of the other … Read more

Coolest 2-D Angry Birds Cake and Cupcakes

Coolest 2-D Angry Birds Cake and Cupcakes

My son has become slightly addicted to the PC version of the Angry Birds game. Knowing how much he loves the game, I decided to make an Angry Birds themed cake for his birthday. I scoured the internet for inspiration and finally decided on a 2-D cake instead of the ever popular 3-D versions, thinking … Read more

Coolest Flamingo Hawaii Tropical Theme Cake

Coolest Flamingo Hawaii Tropical Theme Cake

I started by hand sculpting the flamingo from a large sheet cake, after  letting it partially thaw.  It cuts the straightest that way.  After a coat of butter cream, pink satin ice fondant.  Flowers were cut out of different sizes of cookie cutters and then shaped on the thin foam square to soften the edges. … Read more