This last minute Nemo Birthday cake was my first ever attempt at a big cake. I never stray from what I know which are cupcakes, but my friend couldn’t afford to pay at the time so I offered free of charge to attempt one. So glad I did. It was a plain vanilla sponge cake filled … Read more
I made 4 sheet cakes and layered it with frosting in between. Then carved the body shape and frosted it. I then made a lot of rice crispy cereal treats and shaped them into the fins of the fish. I had to shape them around bowls and cups and let them harden for a while … Read more
As soon as we knew that Monsters University was opening the weekend of my daughter’s 8th birthday, we knew we would be having a MU party at the theater. Once that was decided, the next order of business was the cake! We went through a few ideas before we settled on a two tier cake … Read more
I just finished this Toy Story birthday cake, tonight actually, for my best friend’s 3 year old son, Irah. I have never had any formal training with any of this. Over the last few years I have amassed several gizmos and gadgets that make the decorating much easier, but for the most part I just dig … Read more
My daughter loves the movie Brave (it’s the first movie she saw in theater). So for her 5th birthday she wanted a Brave party complete with a Merida cake. I don’t like working with fondant so we decided on a completely butter cream frosted doll cake. I bought the Merida doll at local big box … Read more
Bravada! I like to make cakes for my four little boys on their birthdays. I never get to spread my creative juices on girl themed cakes, so when I was asked by a friend to make a birthday cake for her 7 year old Brave fan…I decided to take advantage of this rare opportunity. Tash … Read more
This Jesse Toy Story Cake was one of the first cakes I made with a fondant figure. It is a two tiered chocolate cake with marshmallow fondant. After baking and leveling the cakes, I filled them, stacked them, and covered them in fondant using wooden dowels for the supports. Then I let the decorating take over! … Read more
This Nemo cake was made for my granddaughter. My grandchildren think I can make any cake and decorate it! It is a lot of pressure for this very inexperienced cake decorator. This was about my third attempt working with color flow icing. I used the Wilton color flow mix. By using color you can create a dimensional … Read more
This Buzz Lightyear birthday cake was a fun cake to decorate. My son had a Buzz Lightyear party. I used a shaped-pan, something I don’t do often, but it is fun to do once in awhile. Instead of using frosting for every part of the cake, I used M&M’s, which gave it a more textured look, … Read more
My fiance is obsessed with Monster’s Inc. to the point he had to borrow a friend’s child to go to the cinema to watch it in 3D because he thought he’d look at bit odd watching it on his own surrounded by families. For his 30th I surprised him with a Sulley birthday cake. It was red-velvet … Read more
I made this Finding Nemo birthday cake for my hairdresser for her granddaughter, she said she loved Nemo the film and decided this was what she wanted. Before baking the cake I needed to make the decorations so they dried out. I started by making the body of the fish. I colored one piece of icing in orange … Read more
My sister in law called me as my nephew’s birthday was approaching and asked me if I could combine his two favorite characters, Scoop the Dozer from Bob the Builder and Nemo, into a cake for his second birthday. I asked her to text to my phone a picture of Scoop, which she promptly did, and off … Read more