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Castle Gray Skull
by Jeff Seastone
(United States)
Much easier than I thought it would be. The towers are cupcakes.
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Birthday Cake
by Lisa Lewis
(Worcester mass)
This cake was made for my son Tayven’s 2nd Birthday.
He loves the ninja turtles!!
I used a sheet cake pan and baked two cakes, I colored the cake batter in Red,Orange,Blue and Purple. (Representing the turtles color eye band)
The Cake was covered in Vanilla Buttercream which was tinted in Green to make it look like an oooze cake lol=)
The Ninja Tutle heads were made of marshmallow fondant.
I placed the Turtle heads coming out of a man hole that was also cut out of fondant.
Very simple cake and my son’s face was priceless when he saw the cake.
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Ghostbusters Cake
by Lisa Palladino
(New York, United States)
I used lots of cake. 4 layers for the bottom layer and 4 layers for the top. My son is allergic to wheat so I used gluten-free cake mix, by Betty Crocker, is bery good by the way. I have to be creative with incorporate his cake within the rest and this worked out well.
I put the cake on a wood board, and my husband drilled 6 long screws into the bottom so I could stabilize the rice cereal treat buildings.
I made slimer, marshmallow man, and the buildings out of rice crispie treats and covered them with fondant. I also used a long sucker stick to put slimer in the top of the cake. I found that Duff’s fondant is also easy to use, its soft and rolls very nice.
Then I used cookie cutters for the ghosts. I attached to the buildings with royal icing. It dries super hard.
I used letter cookie cutters for the words. Also to make the fondant shine I sprayed olive oil cooking spray and brushed it on the fondant with a paint brush. It really finished the cake off.
My son turned 5 and was so excited for this cake.
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Teletubbies Cake
by Angela Callery
(Massachusetts, United States)
45 minutes
home made cream cheese icing
blue food coloring
skewers, movie candy
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Cinderella Cake
by Angie Mizon
(United Kingdom)
This is the second one I have completed in the last two months and this is how I tackled it. I made it as a Maderia cake in two 2 liter Pyrex bowls then cut out an opening 2 inches wide x 1 inch deep then cut a further centimetre down and took it to a point. This i covered with the same color sugar paste as the base, and on the other cake, I placed a strip of the base colored sugar paste 2 inches wide to make the floor, to sit Cinderella on.
And then sandwitched them together with jam and butter icing, this is how I proceeded. I stuck the cake to the already sugar-pasted board, covered it in fondant and marked the lines of the pumpkin on the icing with a veining tool.
Having made two Cinderella carriage cakes in two months, the most difficult thing I found to accomplish was the four chassis.
I decided, after 4 of them breaking when I glued them on the carriage with icing, that it was better to make these at least a week before I needed to, that way they were fully dried and glued on without much difficulty and they didn’t break (I used sugar flower paste to make them as I had so much difficulty trying to get them to dry in time) The mice I made out of sugar paste 250 gm, and tylose powder half a teaspoon, kneading them together so that I could use it as modeling paste immediately, this worked very well. The wheels, spokes, leaves, roots, and lanterns, were all made from sugar flower paste. All pieces were stuck with royal icing, although edible glue was recommended. That’s how I made it.
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Brave Cake
by Gill
(Staffordshire)
Hi I’m submitting this for my mum. She makes amazing cakes but charges virtually nothing for them. This is a 10 ” sponge. What would you buy this for? Any price ideas? It took 5 hours just to do the girl!
Thanks
Mrs Creative Cakes
by Lisa Lewis
(Mass, United States)
This has a sheet cake on the bottom which is yellow cake covered in tinted purple buttercream. The second cake is covered in vanilla buttercream and covered in homemade marshmallow fondant.
The third part of the cake is layered with buttercream and raspberry/strawberry filling that was made homemade, then covered with fondant that was tinted in Mauve. The Hello Kitty on top was made of marshmallow fondant. The Flowers were made of a combination of gum paste and marshmallow fondant. Took about 3 days. Any questions feel free to email me [email protected]
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Spiderman Cake
by Matthew Jones
(IL, United States)
Used Wilton Spider man cake pan. Made two cakes – 2nd one turned out better than the first.
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Cake
by Novy Rich
(Basin View NSW Australia)
Cakes are chocolate mud. I hand painted the images around the cake and added detail with royal icing. Figurines are white chocolate. Cake was for a 17 year old so had to make sure it wasn’t too young looking… Cake was covered in a layer of chocolate butter cream and then fondant.
Tangled Cake
by Holli
(Beaverton, Oregon)
My daughter wanted “Tangled” cake for her birthday. I couldn’t find a cake pan anywhere and was told they didn’t make one. SO, I bought the Wilton Disney Ariel cake pan and modified the colors to look like Rapunzel from “Tangled”. She loved it!
Justin Bieber Birthday Cake
by Holly Hannam
(Clarington, Ontario, Canada)
Chocolate cake. Justin Bieber image created using buttercream.
Jack Skelington Birthday Cake
by Julianna Taveras
(Newark nj)
I made a 2 tier chocolate cake with pastry cream, fresh strawberries
And almond filling with a fondant cover.
Severed Arm – Zombie – Walking Dead
by Rebecca Ford
(Statesville, NC)
An 11 x 15 sheet laying as the base. Kelly green buttercream icing for the grass. Took another 11 x 15 red velvet sheet cake, halved it, filled it with buttercream, layered, and froze it. This section was used to carve out arm. After carving the arm, a light coating of buttercream and wrapped in fondant. Used rolled dried fondant with Twizzlers (marrow) as the bones, shredded Twizzlers for the veins, molded rice Krispies for fingers, and exact knife to carve the name. Use a wooden stick and toothpicks as tools to shape the nails and other hand details. A light wash of copper for skin tone, and deep red for other detailing. Did use a few supports under the arm to keep from sinking as it was heavy.
Strawberry Shortcake
by Tami Aills
(Gilmer, Texas USA)
This is a 2 tier strawberry cake decorated with buttercream icing and marshmallow fondant. The cake is topped and decorated with fondant strawberries.
Ben 10 and Alien Cupcakes
by Craig Brown
(United Kingdom)
This cake was my first ever attempt at cake making. My son is a big Ben 10 fan and looking at the prices of shop bought cakes i decided i could do just as good a job for half the price…
I decided to make a cake in the figure of Ben 10, this was a 20 inch figure which consisted of chocolate sponge cake with a chocolate buttercream filling.
After shaping the cake into my Ben 10 figure I covered the cake in fondant icing or frosting which was colored in the appropriate colors e.g green for the pants, white for the T-shirt etc, I then finished the final touches with a paint brush and licorice flavoring.
As the cake was taken to my son’s school I decided to make 30 cupcakes or fairy cakes so each of his school friends could enjoy it too. On top of the cupcakes, I added a face of an alien made from fondant icing which was colored in either red or yellow and finished with black licorice coloring. The alien heads were four arms and heat blast as these are my son’s 2 favorite alien characters from Ben 10.
The best thing about this cake making experience was the look on my son’s face and all his class mates when the cake was brought out to him by his teacher…
I am one very happy and proud DAD !
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Ariel Cake
by Holly Cherry
(Lehigh Acres, FL)
The cake tiers are 10″, 8″, and 6″. The shells, including the one Ariel stands in, are made of white chocolate and tinted with gel food colors. The treasure chest is also made from chocolate. The bottom tier was iced in stripes of blue and purple, then “combed” with an icing tool. The second layer is iced to resemble scales to fit the aquatic theme. Sixlets candies are used for the “bubbles” on the top tier.
Power Puff Girls Cake
by Kristy
(Lawton OK USA)
This was one of the first cakes I tried to decorate.
I made these cakes for my twin’s birthday when they liked the Power Puff Girls.
I used boxed Yellow Cake for the faces which I baked in round cake pans. I used cupcakes for Bubble’s pigtails and I used cupcakes for Buttercups long hair. I colored cream cheese frosting to create the colors that I wanted. I piped the eyes and other things on with a cut sandwich baggie.
Twilight Series of Books Cake
by Flora Santiago
(CA, United States)
I used MMF and food coloring. Instead of kneading the color black into the fondant (which turns MMF purple) I painted the fondant instead which gave a glossy look to the books. Red Velvet is the cake. To me, it’s the only cake to compliment the overall theme of Twilight. For more info please visit my site at www.sweetavenuela.com.
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Sonic the Hedgehog Cake
by Katrina Drahos
(Canyon, TX US)
I had to completely freehand the face onto a 14″ round cake, the hair I carved from another round cake. I looked at a picture and drew the face on with a toothpick. Then decorated it with stars.
High School Musical Cake
by Kathy Jeffery
(New Jersey, United States)
Each layer was a different flavor – vanilla, chocolate and strawberry.
Top layer was cut in half to form stage. High-School-Musical sign were cut-out letters “glued” to red Twizzlers with white icing dots to replicate white lights.
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
“Jaws” Shark Cake
by Holly Hannam
(Clarington, Ontario, Canada)
This cake was made for a “Movie Madness” themed office pot luck luncheon. My movie was “Jaws”. It is a french vanilla cake with butter cream icing. The shark image was created using a buttercream transfer technique.
The writing around the side of the cake reads: “Don’t Go In The Water”. I am new to cake decorating. This is my first submission.
Tweety Bird Gift Box Cake
by Monica
(Lansdale, PA)
I designed this cake for a surprise adult birthday, for a person who happens to love tweety bird. I only had 1-½ days to do it. The bottom tier is a 12 inch square two layered cake, I decided to put the top of the box(which is foam core covered in fondant) on an angle so it would look like it was opened and tweety was the gift inside. The customers got the concept and loved the cake.
Tweety was made from RKT(rice krispie treats) covered with melted white chocolate and put in the fridge to harden. I choose RKT because i had no time for fondant to dry. Once dried i smooth the chocolate with the warmth of my hand to get a smooth appearance and then covered it with fondant.
Dora the Explorer Cake
by Chitra
(North Brunswick, NJ, USA)
Hello! The cake that I baked for a lovely 2 year old girl is a pineapple yellow cake with chocolate ganache and pineapple filling and is frosted with chocolate ganache.
I covered it with marshmallow fondant that I made at home and it was yummy! The figurines were also made at home and they took a lot of time and effort to make.
Everything on the cake was edible except the wiggly eyes on the stars. Hope you enjoy the pictures!
Hannah Montana Electric Guitar Cake
by Melissa Andrade
(San Antonio, Texas,USA)
I made this cake for my daughter’s 11th birthday. She is a huge fan of Hannah Montana. When I asked her what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday party, she said she wanted a life size electric guitar. My first response was “There is no way I can do that! She continued to tell me how awesome my decorating skills were and that she knew I could do it. Needless to say I borrowed an electric guitar and I tackled the task and she was bouncing off the walls at her party.
All of the guests were amazed at the cake that took up the entire table. It totally boosted my self esteem and I am no longer questioning my ability to do big and outrageous cakes. I have since then done an Optimus Prime, a Monopoly board, and cakes I would have never tried if it wasn’t for my little cheerleader pushing me out of my comfort zone!
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Transformers Cake
by Amber Tillmon
(Georgia, United States)
I made this for my nephew’s birthday. He wanted Bumblebee being towed by the tow truck.
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Devil Rays Take Me Out to the Ballgame
by J. Frost
(Florida, United States)
This cake was for a friend of mine who is a huge Devil Ray’s fan. The cake was iced in butter cream frosting, but the hot dog, popcorn, soda, baseball mit and ball were all out of fondant. He turned 70 so the “RBI” (runs batted in was 70).
(This submission was moved from my old blog, Creative Cake Decorating, hence the watermark on the image.)
Curious George Birthday Cake
by Holly Hannam
(Clarington, Ontario, Canada)
Chocolate cake decorated with chocolate buttercream icing. Frozen butter cream transfer technique used for image.
Titanic Cake
by Holly Hannam
(Clarington, Ontario, Canada)
Cake made for a Sweet 16 birthday. Also marks the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sinking. White cake covered and decorated with buttercream icing. Ship is made from Merken candy melts. Stone in the “Heart of the Ocean” necklace made from jolly rancher candies and a heart shaped jewel candy mold.
Spiderman Cake
by Mounia Kounta
(Bouira, Algeria )
Chocolate paste
Special cream chocolate
Sugar paste to decorate
For commander birthday
Moana Birthday Party Cake
by Weslynn Bobbitt
(Jonesboro, AR)
For the cake, I did a marble swirl, French vanilla & Devils food (box mix). I did the bakery-style hack to the box mixes, (add butter, add extra egg, & milk instead of water). Top 2 layers are 6″ pans, bottom 2 layers are 8″ pans. I iced with chocolate buttercream. I used the tall cookies that look like bamboo for edging.
Next, I added Graham cracker crumbs for sand to top & left a lil in front for waterfall, I added crumbs to second layer where you could see any icing. I mixed up some white buttercream & tinted some blue & some green, & a tiny amount yellow for center of my flowers.
I then used the blue on waterfall using a spoon to create a waterfall look, I added the white edible beads for waterfall splash area. Then I piped my green leaves around the waterfall, I used a Wilton leaf tip. Next, I used blue luster dust in the waterfall deeper grooved, to give dimension.
For decorations, I made a fondant #3, a sign with the name, & fondant flowers. All I used pearl luster dust wet technique, mixed with lemon extract (that had alcohol only, no water). Lastly, I piped the yellow centers in flowers. Side note:(I had extra batter that made 6 chocolate & 6 vanilla cupcakes, so I decorated these with leftover fondant flowers & piped green leaves). The cake was a huge hit, & I made it all in one day, served at the party the following day.
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