My daughter Lily wanted a Belle Birthday Cake for her 4th birthday party. I used the Wilton wonder mold pan with a homemade cake recipe. I wanted to use a “real” Belle Barbie sized doll so I did put the cake on top of two foam rings to prop it up a bit. I made … Read more
This Chanel handbag cake is made in an 8in round cake tin, then cut cake in half and placed flat sides on cake board. I carved the bottom of the sides of the cake to give more of a bag affect. I covered the cake with white fondant icing, marked the quilt pattern and the … Read more
I made this Train Mountain Cake for my son’s 3rd birthday. I used 2 boxes of chocolate cake mix, making 4 round pans (I only needed 3 for the cake). Three batches of chocolate buttercream icing just to be safe (I had lots left over, so probably 2 would do). I used 2 of the … Read more
My husband is a big Beavis and Butthead fan so I asked him to print off a picture that he would like me to do on a cake. Firstly I baked a 12″ square Madeira cake and covered it with buttercream. I used ready to roll icing you buy from the supermarket to cover the … Read more
A friend’s 5 year old daughter wanted Fairy Cupcakes so we decided to go with a Fairy Garden theme. After scouring the internet for topper ideas – I made all of these cake toppers with fondant, except the fairies. I bought those from Woolworth’s as it just seemed too hard to make them myself. I … Read more
I used a Wilton race car cake pan to make this Racing Car birthday cake. The race car details are very hard to see, once the cake is baked and comes out of the pan, so I just referred back to the cake pan to see where the wheels were and to outline the car. … Read more
I baked a 14″ marbled layer cake and trimmed to level. Frosted it with tinted florescent green butter cream. I made Blue out of Gum Paste purchased at a local department store that sells cake decorations. I made Blue a week before the birthday party so she could dry thoroughly. The template was used from … Read more
As my son’s 5th birthday approached I asked what kind of cake he wanted. He ran to his room then ran back and held something up at me. “THIS!” he yelled. I looked at his hand and he was holding his small Grave Digger monster truck. I imagined a sheet cake with crushed cars on … Read more
My nephew asked me to make him a Ben 10 cake with Humongousaur so after much Googling I came up with this Ben 10 Cake. Ben 10’s head is the cake and the rest is just fondant. I didn’t actually get to make his watch as I came down with a temperature and wasn’t able. … Read more
I used a great Madeira Cake recipe for the Police Car Birthday Cake (see below). It’s firm enough to cut and model and as a bonus it improves in flavour over time – so perfect to make several days in advance. Just wrap it in tin-foil to keep it fresh until iced. I baked it … Read more
My daughter was turning 3 and was asking for a Team Umizoomi cake for her birthday (which is her new favorite cartoon as she gets to see it before she goes to school). I asked her which character from the show was her favorite and she chose Milli. I started this Team Umizoomi Milli Cake … Read more
My hubby and I made this for our sons birthday. I made 4 cakes, 2 round for wheels, 1 bread loaf tin and a rectangular that was then cut to make shape. This homemade monster truck birthday cake took us about 4 hours all up but well worth it now we need to start planning … Read more