I made this Dr. Seuss Giraffe birthday cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. Her favorite stuffed animal “Papaya” is the giraffe from the Dr. Seuss story “And to think I saw it on Mulberry Street”. When I asked her what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, she told me she wanted a “Paya” cake….and … Read more
My god daughter fell in love with the Dr. Suess Lorax movie and wanted that cake for her fifth birthday. I decided to incorporate as much of the story into the cake as I could. To start with, I baked a 12″ x 18″ rectangle white cake for the base. I divided it into 2 … Read more
I’ve been having fun playing with making homemade cakes for a few years now, and I had a really fun idea for my youngest daughter’s first birthday. She loves Tigger from Winnie the Pooh so I took my plain old puzzle cake set that contained 24 cupcakes of various shapes that make 3 generic animal … Read more
After looking at so many great cakes off this site, I became very ambitious and decided to make a Cat’s Hat cake for my youngest 3rd birthday. Thinking that it wouldn’t be enough cake, I also make a sheet cake of the cover of Green Eggs and Ham. I used a 11 x 15 sheet … Read more
I started making cakes around five years ago. When my niece found out she was having a boy and wanted a Winnie the Pooh on the cake, I couldn’t help myself. The idea came to add both the basket cake idea with the characters for his room. At the last minute I added in the bib … Read more
A friend of mine wanted a cake for her granddaughter’s birthday, and she asked me for a cake incorporating Noddy. I looked on the web for ideas and asked her if a Noddy car would be ok, she was thrilled so I set out and started to make the Noddy car. I colored some fondant … Read more
My son turned one this week. I decided to have a Winnie the Pooh theme. I baked the chocolate cake from scratch cause that is how I like it. I was scared that the cake would get stuck in the pan or that it would break but it turned out awesome. Decorating time was very … Read more
For my daughter’s 1st birthday party, I made a 3D Winnie the Pooh cake. I searched high and low on Ebay for a 3D cake pan for months before her party. The pans were so expensive that I almost decided to change her cake design. However, I finally found a retired Wilton 3D Pooh cake … Read more
I made this two tier double chocolate cake for a first birthday boy Who loves the story book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The two tiers were made of the same soft moist chocolate cake with a cookies and cream center. Both tiers were covered with white fondant. Each tier was divided by multiple colored balls of fondant. We made the caterpillar out of gum … Read more
This is a cake for my friend’s daughter’s 1st birthday. She sent me a lot of photos of cakes she liked. Then I came up with what I thought I could do best. First I’d did the toppers, Winnie the Pooh was my first. My husband did not like the one I did first, so … Read more
I was asked to make a cake of a children’s book, The Hungry Caterpillar. I researched online to get ideas. Most of the cakes were three tier. They were nice, but I decided I wanted this cake to look like a book. This cake was fun to make, cutting out all the foods and pieces … Read more
Wow, I have so much to say about my Winnie the Pooh cake. This is probably the biggest cake I have made yet. This cake is 3 tiers, and each tier is 2 layers. Each tier is a different type of cake. Bottom tier 1 is vanilla cake with vanilla butter cream filling, tier 2 is Ghiradelli … Read more