I used several ideas from this site and began to create a Tangled tower birthday cake for my daughter’s 4th birthday. I started out using rice krispie treat molds for the room at the top of the tower and I ended up using a Styrofoam cone for the tower itself. I used a round Styrofoam to use as the … Read more
For my son’s 3rd birthday party I decided to make his favorite show, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. This was my first experience working with fondant, and I can’t wait to try it again to fix all my mistakes! I started with a sheet cake, then cooked the base of the clubhouse in a Pyrex bowl. I iced the … Read more
For my son’s 4th birthday party we did a “Disney”, Jake and the Neverland Pirates theme. The cake, pirate-ships and dress up pirate costumes were a huge hit with the kids! For the cake base, I started with two sheet cakes; one yellow and the other devils food chocolate. After icing the cake with a … Read more
My niece is a huge Little Mermaid fan, and insisted I make her a mermaid cake with Ariel on top. After researching the internet for some ideas, I came up with this cute two tier cake. I stacked the cakes, and crumb coated in light blue icing. Then went back and added a few drops … Read more
My hubby and myself made this Lightning McQueen birthday cake at home. We do this a lot now for friends and family. This cake was made from chocolate sponge and covered with homemade sugar paste colored red. Before we started the cake we had pre piped and flooded the run out for the Rust-eze logo on the bonnet of … Read more
Every year since my daughter was two I have made her “special” birthday cakes from the theme she chooses. This year for my daughter’s 6th birthday we did a Phineas & Ferb theme. My daughter just loves Ferb so she asked me to make a Ferb birthday cake. Every year each birthday cake gets better … Read more
My son wanted a green Mack truck cake for his 3rd birthday. I made a 9 x 13 rectangular chocolate cake. I cut 2 long rectangles and stacked them and two squares and stacked them. I carved the semi to the correct shape. I covered the cake with a light layer of butter cream frosting. … Read more
My to be 4 year old daughter wanted a Rapunzel cake. I looked at pics on the internet to come up with the idea. I purchased a little Rapunzel doll from Toys r Us. I baked a 9×13 cake from scratch (she has egg allergies). The Bulk Barn had chocolates that looked like pebbles that … Read more
The bed is the actual cake so I baked it in a large rectangle pan. Then cut it in half, iced with butter cream in the center and stacked them. I then iced it with white butter cream. I used a round tip to make the yellow squares on the quilt. Filled them in with the yellow frosting. … Read more
I had decided to plan my son’s party and make his 2nd birthday cake all based on the Disney Cars movie, because of his love of playing with cars, hot wheels, and anything that generally rolls. We have also watched the movie a couple of times and he seemed to really enjoy it. After looking … Read more
My niece likes to challenge me every year. This year it was Princess and the Frog. The Princess part was easy. I thought of the Barbie style cake, and even luck out when we found a plastic Tiana doll for the cake. The hard part was how to make a frog. I asked friends and family for ideas. I decided on … Read more
Every year I’ve made my niece a cake for her birthday. This year for her 5th birthday she requested a Barbie cake. Trying to think out of the box and create something other than the traditional Ball-gown Barbie proved itself to be a bit of a challenge. To my delight I found out that one of her … Read more