A close friend arranged a girls’ get together, so of course I had to make a special cake for it.  She left me with no choice…or, at least that’s the story and I’m stickin’ to it. Here’s the cake, before iced.  The breasts are made out of rice krispie treats for added effect of the … Continue reading »

This would be considered a “wish I was here” cake.  This is a moist yellow cake with chocolate chips baked in an 11×15 inch pan, covered in buttercream icing.  The sand is made out of graham cracker crumbs, the towels and floats are Starbursts, and the innertube is a peach ring.  The teddy grahams seem … Continue reading »

It’s really, really hot here this summer, and I thought it would be great to make a waterpark cake.  As you can see, the teddy grahams are having a great time in the sun and water, going down the slide into the pool, while onlookers are catching rays on the pool deck, and others are … Continue reading »

This is a 1 layer 10 inch yellow cake with red buttercream icing, the “cheese” is grated white chocolate, and the “pepperoni” is fruit roll ups.  I think it was maybe a mix of all the types of sugar, but this cake smelled absolutely delicious. What I learned:  Next time, I would like to add more … Continue reading »

This was my first tiered cake. It was for a luau themed bridal shower, which is why I put a white top and veil on the mini doll cake. The bottom cake is a 2-layer 12 inch round yellow cake with buttercream icing between the layers. The middle cake is a 3-layer 10 inch round … Continue reading »

This is a 2 layer 12inch square yellow cake with store bought buttercream icing. The Teddy Grahams are laying on pieces of gum for towels and a floatie, the peach ring is used as a tube. The pool water is piping gel that I tinted using sky blue, and spread on top of the smoothed … Continue reading »

This cake turned out better than I expected. The combination of lattice and flowers turned out looking more elegant than I pictured. The sides weren’t smoothed out before I took this to class, so I ended up having to cover up the sides by starring more icing on top. Just couldn’t stand for it to … Continue reading »