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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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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I had a cake order from a nephew for his 3rd birthday that was a “Z is for Zebra Cake”.  This is what I came up with.  The Zebra himself was made of styro-foam balls covered in fondant, so that he could keep it.  The Large Z was a rice crispy treats covered in candy coating. The cake [...]

Tags: birthday cake, butter cream icing, kids cake, M&M cake, MnM cake, party cake, smooth icing, zebra cake, zebra print cake
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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

Tags: birthday cake, butter cream icing, cake, candy, choo choo train, kids cake, party cake, smooth icing, Train birthday cake, train caboose, train cake, train engine
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This was a  design challenge, my cake order was for a cake with white frosting and pink roses that were also frosting…but it was from my nephew who was turning 4 yrs old.  Granted he didn’t know pink was considered a girl color, he just liked it, but to spare him the laughter many years [...]

Tags: birthday cake, butter cream icing, cake, candy ladders, fire truck cake, kids cake, mini tiered cake, party cake, pink roses, smooth icing
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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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