Cool Homemade Camper Van Birthday Cake

Homemade Camper Van Birthday Cake

My friend recently purchased a Toyota Hiace – and as we were doubling up her birthday celebrations with our annual pre-camping meeting it seemed an ideal opportunity to try out a Camper Van Birthday Cake. I purchased a very cheap, large, disposable silver foil roasting tray from our local supermarket and made a standard sponge … Read more

Cool Homemade Beer Bottle Cake

Homemade Beer Bottle Cake

I made this Beer Bottle Cake for our friend’s surprise birthday party. He’s quite the beer connoisseur so I made this cake using his favorite beer as the idea. There are actually quite a lot of recipes that use beer in the cake mix, but I was short on time and couldn’t risk the cake … Read more

50th Birthday cake

The numbers were made from 2 12″ square cakes. They were placed on a 14″ thin board then covered in sugarpaste. I then did the lace effect by piping random wiggly lines all over both cakes with a thin nozzle (no 1 I think), then I piped round the bootom of the cakes with a … Read more

Coolest Pickup Truck Birthday Cake

Homemade Pickup Truck Birthday Cake

My son is in love with anything cars, trucks, or motorcylces so I thought it would be cute to make him a Pickup Truck Birthday Cake. It’s one of the few words he can say so far. Since he’s turning 2 I thought I’d put the number 2 on each door panel. I knew I … Read more

Cool Homemade Beer Bottles in a Bucket Cake

Homemade Beer Bucket Cake

This Beer Bucket Cake is a 5 layer yellow cake with chocolate filling. I used 2- 8 inch rounds for the bottom and 3- 10 inch rounds for the upper layers. I froze the cakes overnight then shaved to create the bucket look. I covered the whole cake with fondant. I used crushed graham crackers … Read more

Coolest Big Smile Cake

Homemade Big Smile Cake

I made this Big Smile cake for a friend when she finished dental school. I just used a regular long cake pan, and just free handed the shape. The icing is done by using the star tip and adding two layers of icing around the lips, to make it stand out. It was a big … Read more

Coolest Train Tunnel Cake

Homemade Organic Train Tunnel Cake

This organic train tunnel cake came about because our son Devon wanted a train cake and a gingerbread house. It seemed like a good idea to turn the house into a tunnel. It actually wasn’t all that hard to make, with some advance preparation. Several weeks beforehand, we baked up a bunch of small gingerbread … Read more

Coolest Birthday Burger Cake

Homemade Birthday Burger Cake

The mayo on this Birthday Burger Cake is buttercream and the tomatoes are candy wafers molded in a sour cream container lid, but everything else is rolled buttercream. To make the meat look burgerish we covered this layer with chocolate rolled buttercream and crumpled up some tin fold and pressed it into the fondant.

Sweet Homemade 3D Barnyard Birthday Cake

Homemade Barnyard Birthday Cake

I made this Barnyard Birthday Cake for my son’s first birthday. I baked 2 sheet cakes as the base and layered them. I baked a 9X13 cake to make the barn and about 9 cupcakes for the silo and the haystacks. I cut the 9X13 cake and stacked it up using dowels to hold it. … Read more

Coolest Monster Mutt Truck Cake

Homemade Monster Mutt Truck Cake

I used two quarter sheets, stacked and filled, then using a serrated knife I carved from the top of the cake, first going to the front then to the back. I used Rice Kripies for the tires, then piped with tip 18 in black to cover them. I used red fondant for the tongue, and … Read more

Coolest Monster Energy Drink Birthday Cake

Homemade Monster Energy Drink Birthday Cake

I baked three vanilla cake box mixes mixed with green food coloring to match the color of the energy drink. After it cooled, then rolled out black fondant. I frosted the whole Monster Energy Drink Birthday Cake lightly, covering whole cake, then I placed the black fondant over the cake. I made a template of … Read more

Coolest Boy Scouts Camping Cake

Homemade Boy Scouts Camping Cake

The Boy Scouts Camping Cake was able to feed 80 people. I used gum paste and fondant for the boy scout figures and ginger bread for the house. As for the tress I used rice crisp then piped over them using butter cream frosting. The entire cake was covered in butter cream then sprinkled with … Read more