I decided to make a baby shower cake for a friend at work.  It was a first  child and he had surprised them by coming a bit early, before his original shower even….which means new baby would be joining us for his shower. So, a special shower for a special baby needed a special cake.  [...]

Tags: Baby Bear Cake, baby shower cake, butter cream icing, buttercream icing, fondant decorations, shower cake, smooth icing
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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 [...]

Tags: Balloon Cake, birthday cake, butter cream icing, buttercream icing, cake, cake decorations, Fondant Clouds, fondant decorations, Fondant Frog, Frog Decoration, kids cake, party cake, Sky with Clouds Cake
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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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I didn’t even know who Diego was before I started this cake, but I learned all about Diego and Baby Jaguar and all their jungle friends when I made this special birthday cake.  The cake was a standard layer cake with butter cream icing.  All the figures were made with fondant.  It is very impressive [...]

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This was a very fun cake.  The baby was a challenge, but awesome addition to the cake.  The colors on the boxes were made to match the party invitations as closely as possible.  The cakes were double layer square cakes with cream filling and smoothed buttercream icing.   The letters were cut from thinly rolled [...]

Tags: 1st Birthday, Big #1, birthday cake, butter cream icing, cake, fondant baby, fondant decorations, kids cake, party cake, party hat smash cake, smooth icing
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This was a very special cake…I made it a couple of years ago for my Brother and now Sister-In-Law’s wedding shower.  It was a rather large cake, enough to feed a small army.  Each size was a two layer cake with a Bavarian cream filling.  The icing was firm buttercream that was smoothed out to nice finish. [...]

Tags: butter cream icing, cake, fondant bow, fondant decorations, fondant ribbon, gift box cake, party cake, shower cake, wedding shower cake
Filed under: Cake Decorating, Party/Celebration Cakes