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Aug 15, 2010, polka dot cake

This Polka Dot cake was made using store bought cake mix, and decorating icing. I used marshmallow fondant that I just learned to make. The cake was

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Aug 9, 2010, Cabin Fever

This was another exact replica of another friends cabin on the lake. I rolled a piece of gum paste and made paint with Vodka and gel food coloring. I

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Aug 9, 2010, Birthday Chocolate Cake

My friend loves chocolate so I had to try this Birthday Chocolate Cake. She will have a birthday party soon and I wanted to be prepared. And I will bake

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Aug 8, 2010, Turtle cake

This Turtle Cake is my very first marshmallow fondant animal cake. I made it for my daughters 12th birthday. She loves the color green and likes turtles

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Aug 8, 2010, Book Cake

This Book Cake was for my friend Linda, who reads recipe books like others read Novels. What could have been more fitting for her birthday? The bottom

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Aug 8, 2010, Dump Truck Cake

This Dump Truck Cake was my very first cake and I wanted it to be special for my nephew who was turning one! Every item on this cake is 100% edible.

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Aug 8, 2010, Anniversary Cake

This Anniversary Cake was my third cake, made for my in-laws 40th wedding anniversary. This cake took about 6 hours total. I probably could have done

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Aug 8, 2010, 50th Birthday Cake

This was a 50th birthday Cake I made for a friend who loves to scuba dive. I used cake mixes for the cakes. The bottom was red velvet and the top was

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Aug 8, 2010, Card Cake

This Card Cake was made for a very good friend (second mom) who LOVES card night. I hand painted the cards on gum paste with vodka and gel food coloring.

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Aug 8, 2010, Anniversary Cake

I made this Anniversary Cake for one of my daughters best friends from elementary school. She and her husband got married in Vegas and didn't have a wedding

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Aug 2, 2010, Ladybug Cake

Used a big Pyrex bowl to make the ladybug body and a small one for the head. Covered in buttercream icing dyed to a deep red and black (icing was left

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Aug 2, 2010, BBQ Cake

This was a really special cake for me to make. I made it for my uncle's birthday BBQ and thought it would fit in perfectly. It's my first elaborate cake

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Aug 2, 2010, what temp should the butter be?

I have never made frosting or cake from scratch, and I was curious if the butter needed to be softened for either? From the editor: Hi Hope, Unless

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Aug 2, 2010, how to travel two hours with a decorated cake?

We are traveling two hours to our sons b-day party and I am not sure the best way to keep it from melting, any suggestions. Thank you. Donna From the

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Aug 2, 2010, idea for a boys cake

I'm looking for an idea to do a cake of a guy hydro sliding in a lake being pulled by a boat.. any ideas to share?? From the editor: Hi Judy, I'm

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