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  • Kayak Wedding Cake

    This wedding cake was made for a bride and a groom who loved to kayak. The bride provided me with the two “kayak people” who sit at the top of the cake. I used my basic yellow butter cake for the top and bottom layers and filled them with white buttercream icing and raspberry [...]

  • White Dog Cake

    This a lemon cake with vanilla buttercream. The eyes, nose, and collar are fondant. The ears, nose, tail, and back legs have cereal treats to give them structure. The inside of the ears are airbrushed.
    A friend of my brother’s was looking for an interesting cake to give to his wife for Mother’s Day. Apparently, they [...]

  • Jungle Animals Cake

    I made this cake for my friend’s daughter’s first birthday. The theme of the party was jungle animals. I made this cake with all the basic baking tools. I used a fondant rolling pin and mat while I formed the rest by hand.
    This cake was one of my first creation using fondant as [...]

  • Tiki Hut Waterfall Cake

    This Tiki Hut Waterfall Cake was made for my 9 year old’s Hawaiian-themed birthday party. *All plastic pieces were purchased from a local grocery store.*
    Prep work:
    I started with two 1/4 sheet cakes. I left the first sheet cake whole and put a crumb coat on it. I also put 4 dowel rods in [...]

  • Contest Winners: Cake Decorating Contest 2

    Contest Winners – Cake Decorating Contest 2
    Thank you to everyone who entered our second cake decorating contest. We appreciate all the entries.

  • Finding Nemo 3-tiered Cake

    I love working with tiered cakes; I just think they are so much fun, and bring an unexpected burst of festivity to the party!
    This Finding Nemo 3-tiered Cake is chocolate with cookies & cream filling on the bottom tier, and yellow with raspberry cream filling for the middle and top tiers.
    My 3 year old is [...]

  • John Deere Cake

    This is a John Deere cake made from yellow cake with butter cream icing. The trees as well as the barn and pasture was made out of Rice Krispies Treats. Big pretzels were also added for a nice touch.
    The barns shingles and windows were added with butter cream. The dirt is made from brown sugar [...]

  • Bud Light Cake

    First Name: Cris
    City-State: Harlingen, Texas

    To make this cake, I used a 11×15″ cake pan. I then cut it in half and stacked it. It is a white cake filled with buttercream.
    The “wood” pieces are made of fondant. These were made the day before to allow for sufficient hardening. I simply cut rectangles out of fondant. [...]

  • Horse Birthday Cake

    First Name: Reshma
    City-State: Mukilteo, WA

    I have never been to any cake decorating classes. Thanks to the internet and Youtube for they have been very helpful! I have loved cake decorating all my life, and have experimented with fondant for the second time!
    First, I made an orange cake in the shape of a rectangle. I drew [...]

  • Hoola Themed Birthday Cake

    First Name: Sandra
    City-State: Newcastle – England-United Kingdom

    My daughter wanted a hoola party so I came up with a beach idea, then added a Hoola girl as well as a palm tree. I also decided to have some fun by having a shark poke its head and tail out of the sea, then adding more [...]