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Flag Cake


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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Superman Cake


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


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


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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Painting on Fondant


I used gel food color to paint on fondant for this cake.  One of my friends wanted a birthday cake with a picture of her bosses bird on it.  You can take clear vanilla extract and gel food color to … Continue reading

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Flower Pot Cupcake and Candy Flowers


You can take a small flower pot that you can pick up from your local craft store, place a cupcake inside and ice the top with green icing.  Michaels or JoAnn’s craft stores have the candy mold to make the … Continue reading

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