For this Mystery Van cake-Scooby Groovy, I started by baking two cake layers in loaf pans, dividing the batter beforehand and tinting it several different colors to create a rainbow effect when the cake was baked. Then, to assemble, we wrapped a Rice-a-Roni box with tinfoil, and stacked the leveled cake layers on top. After a … Read more
For Father’s Day two years ago, I decided to bake my husband a special cake. You see, he is a cancer survivor and through it all, his best canine friend has been by his side. We got Bunker just a couple weeks before my husband’s diagnosis. Bunker has been there through three surgeries and several … Read more
Love at first sight! That is how I describe the feeling when I first laid eyes on our little Mashi, Tillie. Those big, black eyes against her white cotton pelt were just heart melting. This was no dog, she became our baby. As her first birthday was approaching, I knew we had to have a … Read more
This awesome Yorkie cake was baked in the teddy bear stand up pan. I trimmed the ears to be pointed and cut the belly down a little. I put some icing on the ears so they would be smooth and made black eyes and nose. I used rolled/filled wafer cookies and measured them for the front legs. I … Read more
This Bolt cake was fun to make. I had to get a little creative on how I was going to do it, but I kept it simple. I did order some characters to sit on top to enhance the cake, because I tried to make a Bolt dog out of molding chocolate and let’s just … Read more
This Scooby Party Cake I decided to use a shaped-pan. I don’t do this often, but it is fun to do and very easy because you just following the directions on how to decorate that comes with the pan. My son had a Scooby party and so this is what I decorated for him. Needless to … Read more
When making this Boxer dog cake for a little girl that loves dogs, it was a joy to see her face upon arrival. I made a chocolate sheet cake double layer, on top was the dog which I made a 8x9x2 rectangle cake, froze both and carved the dog out of the smaller cake. Icing: was … Read more
The head of this dog cake was made from rise krispy treats. The body is sponge and butter cream fondant icing. The ears I made separate with gum paste, hard to put on his head, it kept falling off. I sprayed with edible spray. The fur was made by pricking and pulling and scraping the fondant icing. As I … Read more
Conner’s stuffed animal friends are very important to him and we wanted to find a way that they could share in his special day, but since he has quite the crew taking them all to the bowling ally was out of the question – so we did the next best thing. The custom topper is … Read more
Started off with a 2 tier Topsy Turvy style cake. I made a hole then placed the 2nd tier inside it. Both cakes were already covered in fondant prior to placement. I made the wolf a few days before all by hand made from fondant. The moon was also made before and was placed using a wood … Read more
I came up with this Puppy Roller Skate Cake after a friend’s daughter decided to have a Skate Party with a Diva Puppy theme. I was reasonably certain I could make a roller skate cake, but wasn’t sure about a free form puppy. I started with a 9×13 cake. I found a boot print online and … Read more
For this wolf cake I used one box of vanilla cake mix and split it between a 9×7 glass Pyrex baking dish for the cake and 9 cupcake liners (I didn’t want a lot of cake left over so made mine small, but you could use the whole box for a sheet cake). I then used Pillsbury … Read more