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Portal of Power





The cake was a white-iced sponge cake bought from a shop. The birthday boy is a big fan of the Skylanders video game, so the cake is designed on the "Portal ...
Tangled





My daughter wanted "Tangled" cake for her birthday. I couldn't find a cake pan anywhere and was told they didn't make one. SO, I bought the Wilton Disney ...
Sonic the hedgehog cake





I had to comepletely freehand the face onto a 14" round cake, the hair I carved from another round cake. I looked at a picture and drew the face on with ...
My very first fondant cake - Dora the explorer cake





Hello! The cake that I baked for a lovely 2 year old girl is a pineapple yellow cake with chocolate ganache and pineapple filling and is frosted with chocolate ...
Silly Spiders Cake





Wilton mini ball pan and tiny star tips along with assorted candies!
Rum Cake





Used a yellow cake mix, added 1/4 cup rum. When it was done i pricked it with a fork and poured a mix I made earlier of 1 cup of sugar, 3/4 of water and ...
Princess Doll Cake





This Princess Cake was for a 2 year old. I use the Moist Chocolate Cake for 11" Round from this site and poured it into a 7" bowl and 8" Round. Once baked ...
Princess Cake





You are going to need a cake baked in a bowl shape. I used a stainless steel bowl you buy at local stores. For the bottom i used a 12x 15 pan but I have ...
Happy Birthday Mum





Make a good amount of dark and white chocolate ganache.
Mrs Creative Cakes





This has a sheet cake on the buttom which is yellow cake covered in tinted purple buttercream. The second cake is covered in vanilla buttercream and covered ...
Dinosaur Cake and Cupcakes





It was a simple milk chocolate cake with cherry filling and chocolate ganache frosting.
Tips:
Cupcakes were decorated with colourful icing using ...
Jessica's 12th Birthday





This was my first tiered cake ever so I worked on it for a month maybe more. I made decorations out of fondant and sprinkled it with coordinating colors ...
Ghostbusters Cake





I used lots of cake. 4 layers for the bottom layer and 4 layers for the top. My son is allergic to wheat so I used gluten-free cake mix, by Betty Crocker,...
Devil Reys Take Me Out to the Ballgame





This cake was for a friend of mine who is a huge Devil Ray's fan. The cake was iced in butter cream frosting, but the hot dog, popcorn, soda, baseball ...
Castle Gray Skull





Much easier than I thought it would be. The towers are cupcakes.
Butterfly Cake





The butterflies were made with a mix on gumpaste and fondant. I dried them on a cardboard "W" stand so they could look like they were flying and then painted ...
Ashley's Cake





Cake decorating tips by Nancy:
Decorated using fondant including the cake top decorations.
21st Birthday Cake



Cake decorating tips by Tresamae:
The cake was decorated using a wine glass filled with jelly beans as a topper. The numbers '2' & '1' are made ...
Power Puff Girls Cake
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This was one of the first cakes I tried to decorate.
I made these cakes for my twin's birthday when they liked the PowerPuff Girls. I used boxed Yellow ...
Tweety Bird Gift Box Cake
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I designed this cake for a surprise adult birthday, for a person who happens to luv tweety bird. I only had 1-1/2 days to do it. The bottom tier is a ...
Jewelry Box & High Heel Cake
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I designed this cake for an OVER THE HEEL Birthday celebration. This cake was a Jewelry Box, complete with birthstone and diamond rings, watch, string ...
Strawberry Shortcake
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This is a 2 tier strawberry cake decorated with buttercream icing and marshmallow fondant. The cake is toppped and decorated with fondant strawberries....
Girls Barbie Doll Cake
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We are a family run Catering & Cake business, and we were asked to create a girl's Barbie doll cake for a 5 year olds birthday. This was our first attempt,...
Horse Birthday Cake
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I made this cake for my sister inlaws 21st birthday. It is made from maderia sponge which i carved out and than added some detailing with fondant icing ...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Birthday Cake
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This cake was made for my son Tayven's 2nd Birthday.
He loves the ninja turtles!!
I used a sheet cake pan and baked two cakes, I colored the cake batter ...