Months before my niece’s seventh birthday party she decided she wanted a regal princess birthday party. Would Aunt Amanda make her a special Cinderella birthday cake? Of course! We spent hours looking at examples and pictures of Cinderella various cakes, and she finally formed in her mind her vision for the perfect birthday cake. So … Read more
I baked an 8″ cake then when cooled covered it in vanilla butter icing then in fondant which I had colored green. Then I rolled a large ball of white fondant the size of a golf ball for the eye. I added some green fondant halfway over the eye as an eye lid and rolled … Read more
My sister asked me to bake a Lightning McQueen style car cake for a friend for her son’s 1st birthday. This is the first time I’ve made a cake for anyone outside my family so I was really nervous but it turned out pretty cute. The friend wanted the LM cake for just her son … Read more
This castle cake is a design that I came up for my daughter’s frozen themed birthday party. For this cake I purchased the Wilton castle kit, rock candy and frozen figurines to place on the cake. The bottom layer is a made from a double layer hexagon shaped cake and the 2nd tier is 3 … 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 Minnie Mouse theme cake for a pretty girl 1st birthday party. It was a full sheet cake. Chocolate cake with vanilla frosting. Once the cake was all baked, cooled down, I did vanilla flavor whipped cream frosting between the top of the cake. Once all frosted, made a free-hand drawing of Minnie … Read more
This 3D Mack cake was a beast! I made this cake for my 2 year old son’s birthday because he is literally obsessed with the character Mack from the Disney movie Cars. Anytime we are out and about he points out all of the trucks and of course calls them by name, Mack! So I knew … Read more
This Minnie Mouse birthday cake I made for Amelia’s second birthday. To make Minnie I got two rice crispy bars and put them together and made them in to a core shape. Then covered with sugar paste let it dry for a few hours. I then put it on the cake. I made the head … Read more
My daughter’s favorite princess is Belle . Before her birthday, she joined the character parade depicting Princess Belle, during her birthday she requested me to make a Princess Belle cake. It took many how many hours to make this cake. I baked one big round cake and 2 small round cakes. I placed custard in … Read more
For my nephews 2nd birthday, I wanted to give him something besides the normal everyday gift. It took a while, but 2 days before his party, I decided to “make” him a Lightning McQueen cake (his favorite character). I was pretty good at doing “cupcake ” themes, so I figured it couldn’t be too hard. … Read more
I was asked to make a Tigger birthday cake for the 1st birthday of a beautiful little girl. I must admit that Tigger is one of my favorite characters and therefor I was very happy to make a cake of this lovely character. I knew that I wanted to make a 3D Tigger out of … Read more
Over this past summer, I made this Mickey Mouse and friends cake for a school teacher along with 3 dozen cake pops to match. This was the teacher’s favorite character and I just wanted to “WOW” her! A side note… I know many fondant haters. They hate the texture, the look, the smell and everything … Read more