Monthly Archives: May 2012

Here Dad is the $20 I borrowed from you

Posted on May 31, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

This was a tough one.  It took two hours hand painting on fondant with gel food color and clear vanilla extract.  I’m not the best at painting faces but my friend was pleased with the results which is all that … Continue reading →

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Basketball Cake for Father’s Day

Posted on May 29, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

This half dome basketball cake might just be the ticket to get you out of the dog house from when Dad had to come and get you because you wrapped your truck around a telephone pole trying to see if … Continue reading →

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Flag Cake

Posted on May 28, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

For your Memorial day this flag cake is all made using just one tip, the star tip.  You can also use this same cake pan but us strawberry for the strips and blue berries in the star section with little … Continue reading →

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Princess Tiana Cake

Posted on May 27, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

Princess Tiana is hand painted on Fondant using clear vanilla extract and food coloring gel.  Since I didn’t have a character pan of Tiana I used the Cinderella pan.  Add some fondant flowers and flower confetti and this princess is … Continue reading →

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Book Cakes & Matching Cupcakes

Posted on May 25, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

For my daughter’s birthday we surprised her with a book party.  Everyone came as a character for a book.   I went as Julia Child and made a book cake of two of her favorite authors.  The cakes iced with buttercream … Continue reading →

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Angel Cakes

Posted on May 24, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

Both of these angels were hand painted on fondant.  You can paint on fondant using clear vanilla extract and gel food coloring.  The second angel was from a stain glass pattern I had made years ago.  I made the little stain … Continue reading →

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Sand Castle Cake

Posted on May 23, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

This is a 9″ round cake with a cupcake on top.  Make your chocolate sea shells out of candy molds ahead of time.  Also I used Hershey’s chocolate squares around the outside.  Ice the cake first with buttercream.  While the icing is … Continue reading →

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XBox & Controller Cake

Posted on May 22, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

When I was first learnng how to do cakes one of my co-workers came into my office one day and asked if I could do an Xbox for her son’s birthday.  My first response was what is an Xbox?  This … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day Book on Amazon.com

Posted on May 21, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

This is all the crazy stunts my brother and I pulled in high school and the gifts we had hoped would keep Dad from remembering.  Of course it never worked and became a tradition each year to relive those crazy … Continue reading →

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Construction Cake

Posted on May 20, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

There is nothing better for boys of all ages then a construction site cake.  This is without a doubt the easiest cake to make.  When you level your cake put the pieces you had left over and build up one … Continue reading →

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Race Car Brownies

Posted on May 19, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

These little race cars are perfect for birthday parties or Father’s Day.  I used mints and life savers as wheels.  You need to make the actual cars out of brownie or pound cake.  Use mini MM’s for headlights and you … Continue reading →

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Superman Cake

Posted on May 18, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

For that superman or super father who always bails you out this cake is easy to do.  This is a 1/2 sheet cake that I made as a grooms cake for my daughters best friend’s wedding.  The suit and tie … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Tool Box Cake/Candy

Posted on May 17, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

Father’s Day is right around the corner and what better way than to give Dad a chocolate tool box.  Better yet put it on his favorite cake and he just may forget that your boy friend blew up the mailbox … Continue reading →

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Barbie Cupcakes

Posted on May 17, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

These little Barbie cupcakes are made using the wonder mold by Wilton which is available at Michael’s or JoAnn’s craft stores or on the internet.  Ice the cupcakes with buttercream and drape fondant over the cupcake to make the skirt.  … Continue reading →

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Two Tone Cupcakes

Posted on May 17, 2012 by lynndaviscakes

You can make a two tone cupcakes by painting one side of your piping bag with gel food color and adding white buttercream icing.  These cupcakes and brownies were part of a charity bake sale to raise funds for the … Continue reading →

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