I am very new to cake decorating. I have not taken any classes. This was my first tiered cake for pay. I was asked to make this cake by a lady at my church for her daughter who was turning 6. She sent me a beautiful picture of a blue 3 tiered cake covered in … Read more
Made This cake for a friend of mines Granddaughter…As I have 4 Grandsons, it was a lot of fun to do a girly cake for a little girl for a change ! This cake is a 10x10x2 inch double layer square cake. It is frosted in Homemade Buttercream frosting and filled with buttercream frosting. Minnie … Read more
Couldn’t find a regular Elsa “Barbie”, so an ice skating Elsa was purchased instead. Of course, her feet were huge because of the skates (which are permanent), so not only did I have to cut a HUGE hole in the middle for her to fit, I also had to make an extra cake to accommodate … Read more
After making a Mickey Mouse cake for my son’s second birthday, he requested Donald Duck, for his third. I have uploaded pics of Mickey Mouse on this site if anyone wishes to look it up. From an engineering point of view, my biggest fear about my son requesting Donald Duck, was “How do I cantilever … Read more
It’s been a while since I have submitted some cakes to this site. I thought I’d add a few for inspiration as I often rely on this site for ideas when my kids place their orders for their birthday cakes. I’m an Australian Dad who makes cakes for his kids. Last time I posted here, … Read more
As with almost every little girl on this planet, my soon to be six year old daughter is “Frozen” smitten, and so for her birthday she requested a “Frozen” party. As usual, I let her choose what type of cake she wanted. Looking through my copy of Women’s Weekly birthday cakes, she pointed out the … Read more
I was wanting to have a custom cake that fit the theme that actually tasted good, without spending a fortune. So, the baking God’s were on my side. I had never attempted anything like this before and I just went with it!! I used my Mom’s Hershey cake recipe. She made us a Hershey cake … Read more
This Olaf cake began with a simple question. I asked my almost 5 year old grandson what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday (since his nonna always makes his birthday cakes) and he answered, “Olaf.” “What,” I said, “is Olaf?” Now I had done it. I was worried, as I had no clue … Read more
This cake has a pretty funny (now!) story. I was doing the cake for a special little girl. Her mother is a friend and I was very honored when asked to be part of her birthday celebration. After much deliberation over what cake to have for her Cinderella party, this was the chosen one. But … Read more
For this Mickey Mouse birthday cake I used 12″ and 10″ round white cakes and Mickey’s hat is a chocolate cake made in a half a wilton sports ball pan , buttercream frosting covered in homemade marshmellow fondant. Everything is 100% edible. I made this for my Grandsons 3rd birthday. He wanted a Mickey Mouse … Read more
As my son loves turtles and I love Disney, I chose Squirt as a cake for his 6th birthday. I used a ball-pan to get the shape of the shell and two muffins to build the head. First I colored some fondant blue and then I kneaded it together with some white fondant until it … Read more
For this Cinderella carriage cake, I used a wilton ball cake pan to make the carriage and covered it with fondant. The base was a 12″ round 3″ deep pan. The crown and wheels were made of fondunt and sprayed gold. The figurines I purchased at Walmart The base was buttercream colored purple. I covered … Read more