I did this soccer ball cake for a friend’s daughter’s birthday party. It was perfect for her since she loves soccer and she loved it! I used the Wilton soccer ball pan for the cake and decorated cupcakes as soccer balls. She loves purple so I did purple and black. I made my favorite butter … Read more
For my daughter’s 4th birthday she was very clear that she wanted ‘a Ben and Holly cake’. Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom is a cartoon from the makers of Peppa Pig, Ben is an elf and Holly is a fairy princess. It is very popular in our house! My daughter’s party was at a play … Read more
My friend gave me a couple days notice to make her daughter a 6th birthday cake! She wanted it quite simple, easy to cut at party and wanted it pony themed with cupcakes! It was quite a simple bake really – I cooked a large rectangular sponge and cut it into a large 6 shape. … Read more
I didn’t know what to get my friend for her 40th birthday so I offered to make her a cake for her party! She loved it. I used the color scheme of the party to choose cake colors and knew how much she loves chocolate! I used a silicone cake mold, it’s the 3rd time I … Read more
We have a group of 6 moms that enjoy getting together. We try to do a little something for each other on our birthdays. For my friend Jill, I decided to make the cutest high heel cupcakes. I first found the cupcake liners to determine the color of the “shoes”. Baked the cupcakes and then … Read more
My grandson, Dylan, was Sully from Monsters Inc for his 1st Halloween and his mommy, my daughter, decided that that would be the theme of his 1st birthday party in January! She asked if I would be up to doing cookies, cupcakes and a smash cake for it! Well, of course I said YES especially … Read more
I made this skittle cake and bowling ball cupcakes for my 7 year old’s bowling party, they were a real hit! For the skittle cake I baked a butter cake recipe in a large rectangle baking tray. I found a skittle template on the web and enlarged it to cut out the skittle shape. I brushed … Read more
A friend asked me to make a “circus themed” cake for her 4 year old. I had make 100’s of cupcakes and as it was a friend so I didn’t want to say no. What started out to be a simple request took me hours, hours of research! I Googled ” circus themed cakes” and … 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
I made this Hello Kitty birthday cake for my daughter in law. This is made of chocolate cake and fondant. Well, this is my first time I made a fondant cake, and all positive comments from my family, friends and FB friends. I cut out Hello Kitty’s face into a thin cake, half of the … Read more
I wanted to make something with a sense of humor for Debbie’s 50th, but also something pretty, and since it was for a party centerpiece, something everyone could take home a part of and she could still have a ‘birthday cake’ at the end of the night. Cupcakes I made 72 cupcakes, using two different … Read more
We got a request to make a Ninja Turtle cupcake cake for 50 children. Okay, how do we do this? We never made a cupcake cake. So we went online and got some images of Ninja Turtles. We then had the challenge of what to put it on. My cake cardboard’s were not big enough. … Read more