Feb
27
The Bunny Cake
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My older brother called and asked if I could make a cake his girfriend’s birthday party. One of her friends was going to celebrate a birthday around the same time. One of the girls likes bunny rabbits and the other likes butterflies. I don’t remember which one likes which. But that’s okay. Neither one is my girlfriend. Read more
Jan
3
Snowmen celebrating New Years
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For my New Year’s Eve party, I came up with an idea for a cake depicting snowmen celebrating the new year. It’s a simple cake with the most complex part being a sled that a kid snowman (a snowkid?) was riding. Read more
Dec
20
Winged Running Shoe
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This cake was for a 13-year-old’s birthday party. He is on his school’s cross country team and we decided it would be neat to create a cake to mimic the team’s logo. To give you an idea, here is what the logo looks like:
Dec
5
Ambulance Cake
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I made this ambulance cake for a 7-year-old’s birthday party. His parents volunteer with the local ambulance service. This cake is based on an actual ambulance in the fleet. I took some artistic license with the scale and some of the details. Read more
Nov
1
Baby Carriage Cake
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This cake was for a baby shower. It’s basically a 3-layer rectangular cake with a basket weave pattern around the sides… with a hood and some wheels. Read more
Oct
24
A1 Steak Sauce Cake
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So the birthday kid really likes A1 Steak Sauce. I mentioned I could make that into a cake for his birthday. He said that was a great idea. So I did.
A1 Steak Sauce Cake
Aug
31
Princess Castle Cake
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I made this cake for a friend’s 6-year-old daughter’s birthday. My instructions were: Pink princess castle cake. Read more
Aug
22
Softball Field Cake
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This cake was made for my church’s softball team’s end of season picnic. I had in mind to do a 14-inch square cake, but I don’t have any 14-inch square pans. So I used 16-inch square pans instead. After baking, the tops of the cakes were already pretty flat except for a bit of rounding around the edges. So instead of using a leveler to take the tops off, I stacked the cakes and then carved off about 3/4 inch from each side.
The cake was filled with a strawberry butter cream filling. I made that by taking my regular butter cream recipe and putting in some strawberry extract instead of vanilla extract. It worked great and everyone liked it. I covered it with some regular butter cream colored green.
To make the fences, I made a stiff royal icing and piped it onto wax paper. I printed out patterns on the computer. I tried it first with a number 1 tip for the fence and number 3 tip for the bars. But the pieces broke too easily coming off of the wax paper. So I switched to a number 2 and number 4 tip and it came off easier. I still had to come up with inventive ways to remove the wax paper because, even with the large tip sizes, it was still breaking. Fortunately, I made extra fence material. You can see in the picture that one piece of fence was still broken.
The bases and pitching rubber are just fondant and the dirt is graham cracker crumbs mixed with table sugar.
May
17
Banners on a cloudy sky
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De asked me to make a cake for her son Jacob’s wedding shower/reception. Jacob’s wedding was in Fulton, MO and many friends and family members would not be able to make the journey to attend the wedding. To understand the concept behind this cake, you need to understand how Jacob proposed. He hired a pilot to fly an airplane carrying a banner that said, “Gwendolyn, I love you. Will you marry me?” De’s first idea was to make a plane out of cake and it could have a banner behind it. Read more
Apr
26
Vegas Sign Cake
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My aunt asked me to make this one. One of her coworkers was getting married in Las Vegas and so she and other coworkers threw a party for her before she left. Her idea was to make a cake to look like the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign. Read more