Coolest Hippy Bumblebee Cake

I really enjoyed making this hippy bumblebee cake for a friend’s mums’s 60th birthday, she LOVES bees and was a bit of a hippy back in the 60’s. The bee is made from 3 x orange cakes baked in a small Pyrex glass bowl. The base is a square lemon sponge. I made the wings … Read more

Coolest Dinosaur Bone Bed Fossil Cake

Well, I love dinosaurs. I’d be a paleontologist if I’d stayed in school, but I decided to follow my dream and try to get somewhere in writing books. This was simply my own birthday cake. It was a simple idea, really: big chocolate cake, and a royal icing dinosaur skeleton and digging tools. Now, let … Read more

Coolest Ladybug Birthday Cake

 My best friend’s house was infested with ladybugs this summer, so she became known as the ladybug queen. So this year for her birthday I made a ladybug birthday cake. Sinus nicked into her house and left a trail of small wooden ladybugs from her front door to her living room where the surprise cake … Read more

Coolest Horse Birthday Cake Ever

This is my first horse fondant cake. I used oval pans to make the body and did a little sculpting to shape the body and  put a thin layer of butter cream icing. I put it in fridge to set and then colored some fondant black. I covered the body and head with white fondant and rolled … Read more

Magic Carpet With Camel Cake

When my next door neighbor asked me for a Camel cake for her daughters 12th birthday, I wasn’t sure how I was going to go about it.  The magic carpet part was easy, I just baked a sheet cake and crumb coated it with butter cream icing and then I used fondant for the blankets and the accent. That … Read more

Coolest Princess Holly Cake

I was asked to make a Princess Holly cake for my friends’ 4 year old daughter. I started making celebration cakes as a hobby about 6 months ago having been inspired by your webpage!  Back in December, I made a Peppa Pig cake for my own little girl’s 2nd birthday. My friend asked me to have … Read more

Coolest Prince and Princess Cake

I made this crown and tiara on a cushion cake for my daughter who turns 10 on April 22nd and for my son who turns 5 on April 23.  So far I have been able to do a combined cake for them for the past 5 years, but I fear that this Prince and Princess … Read more

Coolest Winter ONEderland Birthday Cake

A friend of mine came to me and asked me to make her son a guest cake, and smash cake for his first birthday party. I’m going to talk about the guest cake because it was a shooooooow stopppppa!  His theme was Winter ONEderland.  She wanted it to be extravagant , which is my expertise.  She … Read more

Special Carriage Cake for a Special Mommy

Special Carriage Cake for a Special Mommy

I made a carriage cake for another Mommy that had previously miscarried a set of twin boys that is now about ready to give birth to a little girl. I made this cake from a half sheet cake cut in half and stacked. I used foam board for durability for the stand. I actually reused … Read more

Special Baby Carriage Cake for a Special Mommy-To-Be

Special Baby Carriage Cake for a Special Mommy-To-Be

I have always wanted to do a carriage cake and never had the guts to do it until now. My stepdaughter had miscarried over a year ago and when we found out she was expecting again, we were so excited. Then we found out she was having our first grandson. I knew I had to … Read more

Wags the Dog (from the Wiggles) Birthday Cake

On March 22, 2012 my grandson was born. His parents and the family had long awaited his arrival. The next day he was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect that would require open heart surgery at the age of 6 months. The date for surgery soon came and Praise the Lord all went well and … Read more

Awesome Harley Bike Cake for Lifetime Buddy

The story behind this cake…my step-father called me (he lives in Florida and I’m in Ohio) and told me he wanted to give a cake to his lifetime best bud. When I asked him what he wanted on it he had absolutely NO idea!!  So, I asked what they have in common, what they’ve liked … Read more