When I received a request for a balloon cake, I was initially stumped about what the cake should be.  Most people immediately assumed I would make a hot air balloon, but I was fairly certain the birthday boy, who was turning 4, didn’t know what that even was.  So, I came up with a different [...]

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I had a cake order for a Garfield birthday cake from a soon to be 4 year old nephew.  I thought long and hard about what kind of Garfield cake to make.  I considered a tiered cake with Garfield items on it, a cake with a scene of Garfield wrecking havoc in the kitchen, and [...]

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This was my interpretation of a cake for a knight party.  The cake was two levels with two layers in each which worked out well since the birthday boy couldn’t decide what type of cake he wanted.  One level is strawberry and one level is chocolate,each with a cream filling between the layers. I did [...]

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Here is my interpretation of an Indiana Jones Lego birthday cake!  It was fun to make and even more fun to watch it transform itself into something else as the birthday party progressed.  The characters are made from small wooden blocks covered in fondant.  Everything else on the cake is ready to eat.   The [...]

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Wonder Boat…Fly Boat…something like that…I didn’t know what it was….but I made one! The boat was rice crispy treats covered in homemade marshmallow fondant with mini-donuts, also covered in fondant, for the wheels and various types of candy for the details. The sail was originally fondant, but was too heavy to stand straight, so I [...]

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There is not much I can say about this one…the pictures speak for themselves. It was well loved by a room full of little boys, and they couldn’t seem to get enough of it…especially after I let them help put the candy on the candy car. Train Engine Cargo Cars Caboose

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