I made this Little Mermaid cake for Katie's 3rd birthday. I made the sea creatures using chocolate molds and candy melts. The sea weed, coral and bubbles are made out of marshmallow fondant. Ariel is a toy. The sand is crushed graham crackers.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Fire Helmet Cake and Fire Cupcakes
I made this cake for a fire themed birthday party. The helmet was made with a ball cake pan (1/2 of it) on top of a round cake. The base I cut from a cake board, covered it in frosting and then I sprayed the whole thing red with food coloring spray. The hose & helmet sign were made out of marshmallow fondant.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Sea Creature Cupcakes
These are some Sea cupcakes I made for a birthday party. I made the Octopus, Orca, Dolphin, and Shark out of marshmallow fondant. The fish were made out of candy melts in a fish mold.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Royal Family Kids Camp Birthday Party
For Royal Family Kids Camp this year we had an Olympic theme. I made sugar cookies that looked like gold medals. I used gold spray food coloring on top of white frosting to give them a shiny finish. Then I used food coloring markers to draw the Olympic rings and write each campers name on them. The stars were made out of marshmallow fondant. I also sprayed them with food coloring and put sprinkles on it while still wet. I made the stars ahead of time, so that they had a chance to dry out a bit. It made it easier to stand them up in the cupcakes.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Lego Star Wars Cake & Cake Pops
For my boys birthday party this year, I made a Lego Star Wars cake. Luke was molded in a Lego cake pan. The light saber is from a set of chopsticks.
I made some cake pops to go with the cake. Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. For Leia I stuck Cheerios on her head before I dipped it to make her buns.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Lego Crayons
I almost bought some of these when I realized I could make my own. I bought my Lego mold from Lego.com. First you unwrap your crayons. I found that the name brand crayons work much better. The random ones didn't melt as well. Break up one crayon per Lego guy and put it in the mold.
Place the mold on another tray, it will need the support. Bake at 250 for about 8 minutes or until melted.
Take them out of the oven and let them cool. You can put them in the fridge if you need them to cool faster. When they are hard, carefully pop them out of the mold. I found it best do to the head first. Less of a chance of it breaking off. Just go slow.
Then you have these cute Lego crayons. My sons loved giving them to their friends for their birthday party favors.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Alice in Wonderland / Topsy Turvy Cake
A very merry unbirthday to you!
First I stacked the bottom level, frosted it and then cut out a level area for tier #2 to go on. There are also dowels in there to support the next tier. The 2nd and 3rd tiers were on cardboard cake circles.
I did the same thing with the next tier. Then I drove a dowel down through the entire cake.
It looks so crooked, but I thought it was stable enough with each tier being flat inside the tier below it. I made marshmellow fondant for the hearts, signs, cheshire cat, and hat brim. The rest was a whipped non-dairy frosting.
I made white roses and "painted" them red with spray food coloring.
But the next morning I woke up to this...
The top tier just tore right through the dowels and ripped the 2nd tier down with it. So I rebuilt it. I re-frosted the bottom tier (just a little more curvy now). Then I cut away the middle tier to clean it up a bit. I happened to have one 9" cake left that I didn't use, so I cut it up to rebuld this tier.
I frosted over the "new" tier and covered up some flaws with the clock. You can tell it's not perfectly round, but since it's a wacky cake, it really didn't matter much.
The top tier got significantly shorter. Didn't want to risk it toppling over again.
Overall, I think it turned out cute and it was big hit at the Unbirthday party.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Red Hat Cake Pops
I made this Red Hat Cake Pops for an eightieth birthday party. They were a bit tricky to make. First I molded the cake into hat shapes. After refrigerating them for a bit, I dipped the sticks in candy melts and secured the hats.
Once hardened I dipped the hats in red candy melts and then added the purple ribbon/bow when the candy had dried. I used a decoraing bad and a small writing tip for the ribbons and bows.
I also sprinkled some red edible glitter on top to add a little sparkle.
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