I started to make my own cakes because my kids always chose themes you could not buy in the supermarkets. For this Teletubbies I just used a basic sponge recipe and baked it in a round Pyrex pudding bowl. Covered with green sugar paste and made some Teletubbies to sit on top. Cake by Amanda … Read more
I made this Brum cake for my friend’s son’s first birthday as he is Brum mad. I used a toy Brum car to copy the cake. I used a loaf pan to bake the cake. I cut the shape of Brum to the best of my ability and then iced this with Fondant icing. I … Read more
I used a picture of Captain Feathersword from one of my daughter’s coloring books and I sketched it enlarging it on three sheets of paper and cut it out having three separate pieces. I baked two 9X13 cakes and used my pattern to cut out the pieces to make this Wiggles birthday cake. I used … Read more
I made this Cookie Monster cake for my son’s second birthday party. It was my very first attempt at decorating! I didn’t want to spend the money on a pan (and couldn’t find cookie monster anyway) so I just baked a sheet cake and iced it white then traced an outline of cookie monster on … Read more
We were asked to make one of those cool animated Elmo cakes for our friends daughter’s second birthday. The theme is Elmo so we were going to try to make a cake to match his TV show, Elmo’s World. We decided to steer away from eating Elmo since it may have traumatized the two year … Read more
I made this Gumby cake for my little sister’s 22nd birthday. She is a big Gumby fan but I couldn’t find any cakes on your site. I found a template on the internet and enlarged it. I started with a 9×13 box white cake mix. After it cooled I put the Gumby template on top … Read more
Ever since Julia was 4 months old she has been mesmerized by the cute characters of “In the Night Garden”. And so who else but Iggle Piggle would do for her first birthday cake? I scoured the internet searching for ideas on a Homemade Iggle Piggle Birthday Cake, but all seemed too involved with cutting … Read more
This is an Elmo cake that was made for a little boys 1st Birthday! I used the Wilton Elmo shaped pan. This was the first time that I had used a shaped pan and I love it! It made decorating so easy! I made sure to grease and flour just the bottom of the pan. … Read more
I made this Kermit cake in a 9 x 13 pan and let it cool. After it cooled I iced it with chocolate icing. I printed a picture of Kermit that I found online. I used the picture as a guide to draw Kermit into the icing on the cake with a toothpick. Then I … Read more
This was my first character cake, didn’t expect it to even turn out but I was pleasantly surprised. I just cooked two dome cakes with a Pyrex glass bowl. I used 2 boxes of cake mix and put 3cups in each bowl and then made cupcakes with the leftovers. Then I put them together and gave … Read more
Henry the Octopus from The Wiggles is our 2-year-old daughters’ favourite character (she even got to meet him at Dreamworld and of her own accord gave him a kiss goodbye!). So when my husband and I started organizing her party we knew what the kid cake had to be. For amateurs it was very challenging … Read more
My little girl loves Elmo and has many Elmo toys. Since she likes Elmo so much, I decided to design and make my own Elmo Birthday Cake. This cake is a butter cake which is “hard” enough for the fondant to rest onto. I bought ready made fondant from supermarket, rolled it flat and cover … Read more