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When my friend asked if I could make this Lightening McQueen birthday cake, I jumped at the opportunity to outdo any of my previous cakes. The little boy I was making it for was turning 6 and was absolutely OBSESSED with the movie Cars. The Make-a-Wish Foundation even sent this guy to Cars Land at Disney! … Read more
Minecraft!?! What in the world? It’s all the rage. I can’t build a thing, but my kids and their friends are obsessed. So, really, I’ve only seen a handful of Minecraft cake ideas. Here’s an easy one for you. The grandparents bought all the figurines as presents and voila! Done! How to Make an Easy … Read more
You know your kids and ALL their friends are obessed with the LEGO Movie. I cannot get “Everything is awesome, everything is cool when you’re part of a team” out of my head! So the inevitable happens. My friend’s son requests a LEGO Movie cake. Well, I’m happy to report that with this cake…everything really … Read more
Friends of ours were due to have a special wedding anniversary, their 50th. They asked me if I could make a 50th wedding anniversary cake for them and obviously I said, “yes!” They wanted a heart cake with a topper on it and they sent me a picture of the sort of cake decoration they had … Read more
I was going to make an Octonauts cake for my 3-year-old son, but two days before his birthday, we went shopping for his presents and he got a very colorful “dinosaur” set with volcano. I realized that very soon, my boys wouldn’t allow me to make dinosaur cakes because they wouldn’t be “cool” anymore. So, … Read more
My daughter is to be the big 30 so I wanted to make her a giant cupcake cake for a surprise. I had to make the decorations first. I made two different flowers in assorted sizes and when these had hardened I coloured the centres of the flowers with some food colouring watered down with … Read more
I was requested to make a Minion cake for a friend’s daughter and was put to the challenge of making it look like a Minion from Hawaii. This is the result I came up with. I used two 15 cm. round cakes and cut them both into three layers, filling them with a vanilla cream … Read more
My twin girls wanted a butterfly themed cake. I found a couple years ago, cake decorating is a lot of fun so I have been making their cakes. My imagination was all over the place however it stopped with a two layer cake covered in green & white marble fondant. I rolled a small amount … Read more
I had a customer wanting a lego cake, but not one with fondant. So, I decided to try to do it out of buttercream and was really happy with how it came out! I started off using 2 boxes of cake mix and baked a half sheet cake. I let it cool, leveled it and … Read more
This birth delivery baby shower cake is not for the faint of heart. You need to have a sense of humor. I made this cake for my step brother and his wife who were expecting. Luckily, they have an awesome sense of humor and the cake was a big hit! Daring enough to make one … Read more
This was the first hamburger cake I ever made! I made it with one chocolate cake batch, baked in two 23c tins, so that both pieces had slightly rounded tops. Flat side down for the first cake, buttercream filling, and the next cake (rounded side up) on top. This left a large crevice between top and … Read more
This rubber ducky cake was made for a young woman’s birthday, but would be perfect for a baby shower too. I baked the cake in a half sheet pan, and then cut it in thirds. After filling and stacking the three, I covered it in plastic wrap and placed it in the freezer for about … Read more