Super Hero Cake

It's been a while since I have blogged one of my cakes, so I have a fun one for you today.  I made this one for my brother-in-law who happens to love super hero and comics books.  Each layer represents a character with their color and belt.  The cake topper is a bank that can be used long after the cake it gone.  By the way...my bro-n-law is grown...older than me.  Even grown ups can have a fun character cakes! :-)

 

The bottom layer is Gambit from X-men, middle layer is Batman, and the first layer is Wolverine from X-men. The cake topper is the Spider man bank.

May the force be with you.

I made this Star Wars cake for a sweet little boy I know that is turning seven.  I went a little over board with the decorations, but when it comes to kids, they think more is better anyway. 

 This is a vanilla cake with butter cream icing. The stars and words are made with fondant. The Storm Troopers around the bottom of the cake are rings and the light sabers are cupcake picks.  These can be shared with the party guests.

 These little guys are just regular toys.  I did hot glue toothpicks to the feet so they would stay on the cake better. The birthday boy can keep them to play with when the cake is gone.  They are the perfect size and cost less than a real cake topper did at the cake store.



2 Tier Minnie Cake

I made this Minnie Mouse cake for a sweet little girl's 2nd birthday party.  I just love Minnie! 

  

 

 

 

Hello Spring!

I made this spring cake for my neice's Sweet 16 birthday dinner. Don't these flowers look real??  They are actually silk flowers from Hobby Lobby.  I cut and washed the plastic stems before putting them in the cake.  Happy Spring everyone!
 

Angry Birds Cake

Angry Birds is one of my favorite games, so I was excited about making this cake for a little boy's birthday.  This cake is decorated with fondant...including birds and pigs.

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Hello Kitty Cake

I made this Hello Kitty cake for a sweet little girl's birthday party.  I was trying to match the pink on Kitty's bow, but couldn't get it exactly.  The stripes and other colors match the invitation. 

 The fun thing about this cake is the Hello Kitty topper.  It is a mirror wand (mirror is on back) that can be kept and used after the party.  It has a long slim handle that is hid because I poked it down in the cake.  It worked great as a topper.  The mirror came in a Hello Kitty hair care set that I found at Target.

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Snowmen Cakes

I made these snowmen cakes using a metal cake mold I got from TJ Maxx.  The eyes, mouth and buttons are royal icing - the hat is coated in royal too.  The nose and holly are made with fondant.  The body is covered in butter cream icing and coconut.  You could just dust them with powdered sugar or  cover the entire cake in fondant.  There are a lot of options with this cute little guy.

 

Thanksgiving Snacks

These are my little snacks I made for Thanksgiving this year.

Candy Acorns

I found the idea for these acorns on Pinterest....love me some Pinterest! I couldn't get it to link back to the directions, but it was easy enough to figure out.  Here's how I made them: Open mini Nutter Butter cookies and remove the peanut butter. Put a small skillet on the the stove eye and get it hot, touch the bottom of the Hershey kiss to the skillet to melt it, then stick the melted part to the Nutter Butter.  Melt the bottom of a chocolate chip and put it on top as a stem.

Turkey Cake Pops

Make your chocolate cake pops.  Be sure they have chilled for about 30 minutes then use melted chocolate as glue to put the candy corn feathers on.  Let those chill for a few minutes, then add the eyes (made ahead of time from royal icing), beak (pointed end of candy corn), and waddle (candy sprinkle).



Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl Cake

This is a fondant cake I made for a little girl's 4th birthday.  The Jessie topper is a toy figure that can be kept afterwards to play with.  Yee haw!

Bowling Cakes

Here are a couple of easy to make Bowling themed cakes.  They are double layer 8inch cakes with butter cream frosting. The decorations are made with fondant.  Even if you haven't used fondant before, you can do this.  Roll the fondant flat and cut the stars and circles with cookie cutters.  It is a lot like using play-doh.  I hand sculpted the fat little bowling pin and bowling ball.  You may want the bowling pin to be tall and thin, but I was going for more of a cartoon look. Don't forget the little finger holes on the ball.  I used the end of a paint brush to make them.  Insert sucker sticks into the bottom of the pin and ball, then push them down onto the cake.  This will hold them in place. Super easy!

The fondant rick-rack along the bottom of this cake was shaped using a fondant mold.

The little beads at the bottom are made from fondant too. 

Justin Bieber Party

My daughter has "Bieber Fever" like most girls her age.  So for her 9th birthday, we had a Justin Bieber theme party.  Don't think you will ever have a Justin Bieber party?  Never Say Never!!

We made our own invitations on the computer that looked like concert tickets:

Typical party paper goods:

Since the party guests are getting older, I thought I could go with a smaller goody bag and give them things can really use (or eat).  Pen, pencil, elastic hair bands, a ring, candy, and a Justin Bieber sticker....all in purple!

We had sour patch kids candy - it's Justin's favorite.  We also had some chocolate candy and cupcakes.  The chocolate microphones are made with candy molds and pretzel sticks.  We added purple food coloring to the cupcake batter, used purple cupcake liners, and made toppers with purple paper. Add a little sparkle to the cupcakes with some edible disco dust.

I made the cake using fondant and an edible image that I bought at my local cake store. I made the microphone with chocolate fondant.

Turkey Cake

I made this guy last Thanksgiving.  He is made from plastic cake mold.  I found mine at our local cake store, but you can find them on line too.  Click here to see one.  I used a star tip for the body and the leaf tip for the feathers.

Let them eat cake!

I am a sort of a newbie at cake decorating.  I took my first class 2 years ago.  I really enjoy it and have actually made a little money doing it too.  If you have ever thought about taking a cake decorating class, you should do it.  Get get some friends together and make it a girl's night out.  Here a few of my cakes.

I made this one for my neice's birthday to match her invitation.

This is our family Easter cake.  I didn't make the bunny, but I did make the flowers.

This is one is covered in fondant.  I personally don't like the way fondant tastes, but it does make a pretty cake. The characters on top can be kept as toys and the storm troopers are rings for all the party guests.

This one is for an 11 year old girl's birthday party.  The decorations are made from fondant, but I used buttercream to cover the cake so it would taste yummy.