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2nd Birthday Monster Truck Cake

To make this monster truck cake, I made one 13 X 9 cake, and two round 8 cakes. I cut the truck body from the large cake, and used the two round

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Tinker Bell Cake

I made this tinker bell cake for my daughter's 4th birthday. She wanted tinker bell. I made two round cakes. One was an 8 inch, and the other was a 10

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Cake hump when baking

How do I stop my cake rising so much in the middle when baking it in the oven? I always end up with a huge hump in the middle instead of a nice even

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Maureen's 40th Girlie Cake

I am about to celebrate my 40th and decided to make my own birthday cake, as it was an 80's theme party, I used different colored icing for each tier.

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Shining Look on Fondant

Please how do I get a shinning look on a fondant cake. What colours will I mix to get a silver colour Thanks.

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HELP!!!!! QUICK!!!!!!

I am in desperate need of a Wilton bowling pin shaped pan!!!!!! I have a lady wanting a cake to look like a beer bottle in about a week and the

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Spongebob Squarepants Birthday Cake

For this Spongebob Squarepants birthday cake, I just made 2 cakes in a 18cm cake tin, from packet mixes the night before the party, placed on a tray

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Icing that is good in hot weather?

Hi! I am doing a wedding cake for an outdoor reception in the middle of August. It is very warm (hot actually), and I was wondering what icing will

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Gum paste or fondant?

I am going to make a Thomas the Tank Engine cake for my son and I am wondering if I should use gum paste or fondant for his face? I am not concerned

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Cheetah Cake

I made this cheetah cake for our daughter's first birthday. I call her my little Cheetah :) I used round cake pans for the head and body, Twinkies

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Edward Cake

This was done using a coloring page and tracing the picture onto the cake. Then filling it with colored buttercream icing. The cake is a lemon

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Barbie Doll Cake

Considering I had nothing on hand and no ingredients etc available in the Lowveld. I came up with this quick and easy Barbie Cake. Bake a cake in a

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Pillsbury Doughboy Cake

First I have to say that this was my VERY first time making a cake! My mom is a professional cake decorator. She's made many wedding cakes. Over

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Dana's Fuzzy Handcuff's Cake

I found the pan for this at the Goodwill store. It's smaller than a normal pan. I split 1 cake mix and made 2 in this pan with a little left over.

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Fondant Graduation Cake

This is my first fondant work...I just rolled it, applied and smoothed to get the rectangular shape. I cut out some stars out colored fondant and

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Roller Skate Birthday Cake

My client requested a roller skate and she liked cheese cake. So I created a 10 inch cheese cake and made the roller skate out of cake, basic yellow

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Princess Cake and Cupcakes

The frosting on the cupcakes and the tiara cake is buttercream and whereby all the decorations are made of fondant. This is for a little girl's 8th

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Graduation Cake with White Chocolate Graduation Hat

The graduation cake was a 1/2 sheet cake, strawberry flavor with strawberry puree in the batter, filled and frosted with cream cheesse icing. The

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How do I make shiny frosting that I can tint different colors?

I am making cakes in the shape of Lego building blocks. I would like the frosting to have a smooth texture and look shiny like plastic. I cannot use

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Red Velvet cake decorating

I have been asked to make a red velvet cake for a birthday party. My question is, what frosting do I use? They want a Hawaiian themed cake, but I

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How do you make black sugarpaste shiny?

Hi, I am making my partner a birthday cake in the shape of a Royal Navy Officer's cap. The peak of the cap is black and shiny. I have black sugarpaste

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How many cake mixes

I have a 3 x 16 round, 3 x 12 round and 3 x 8 round. I need to know how many cake mixes it will take to do for each. Also, I need to know if I

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Easy Birthday Cakes...Birthday Cake Ideas, Pictures, Instructions and Tips.

Get pictures and Instructions for making hundreds of different designs of birthday cakes and other cakes. This site will inspire you and show you how to make impressive birthday cakes.

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Potted Cactus Flower Cake

This potted cactus flower cake I was practicing with. I want to do one for my cousin's birthday. She has great memories of a cactus plant that was

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Cars Cake

I made this Cars cake for my son's 3rd Birthday. It was a yellow cake frosted with white buttercream and edged with white buttercream also. I then

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Kyle's Scooby Doo Cake

I used a Scooby Doo shaped cake pan and one cake mix. Bake according to directions. I did outlines in black buttercream and pupils of eyes and nose

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Toilet 40th Birthday Cake

To make this 40th birthday ckae, I used 2 round cakes one on top of each other. I cut a hole through the top layer using a glass and then iced between

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Food Coloring for Cakes

What kind of food coloring do bakers use when painting pictures on cakes? Do they use powder food coloring mix with water? If so where can you buy

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Layered Tinkerbell Cake

This Tinkerbell cake was super easy! 12 inch and 8 inch layers. I used an icing press for the script and vines. I used royal icing drop flowers that I

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4 th of July Hat Cake or Memorial Day Cake

This cake I made with one and one half boxes of confetti cake mix. It was baked in a 9 x 13 metal pan. I found the instruction on the net and will

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Wedding Cake

I want to make a wedding cake that is going to take a lot of time to decorate. I use buttercream frosting that is made of shortening and butter

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powder vs gel

I have gel food coloring and cannot get my red red enough. Any suggestions? Is powdered food coloring the

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Mickey Mouse Sheet Cake

This Mickey Mouse cake was my first ever attempt at decorating a Birthday Cake. I first found an 8x10 photo of Mickey and started sketching him on

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Superman Symbol Cake

I made this Superman cake for my son's 4th Birthday. I was 8 months pregnant with my daughter so I took the simple route this time and did just the

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Gibson Glory Guitar Cake

Well first of all we got a image of a gibson sg and then we looked for the ingredients online for a victoria sponge and then bought three times as

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Grant's Stripper Cake

I used 2 cake mixes. 1 mix went into the Wilton ball pans and the other mix went into a cookie sheet. Approximately 10 x 15. Bake according to

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Spongebob Sitting Cake

I just made a square cake and covered it all in yellow icing then I made the eyes by letting white icing set in a circle shape and added blue icing

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Sponge Bob Cake

SpongeBob Cake What You Need: • 1 box of your favorite cake mix • 1 strawberry fruit roll-up • 4 Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls • 8 Yellow

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Thomas' Tassels Cake

I baked a heart cake in the Wilton heart shaped cookie pan. And I used another cake mix for the Wilton ball pans. After cakes cooled completely I

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seashells

I would like to decorate a cake with shells but I don't know what to use or if I can make it with royal

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Amber's Cake

I used 2 white cake mixes and cooked both in a 9 x 13 pan. Let cool completely. I put cake on board then iced and stacked the other cake on top.

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It's a Big Big World Tree Cake

I painted a foam cupcake stand like a tree then baked rounds to match the circumference. I cut the rounds into four sections then put them on the

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How to make roses without using the wafer cone?

I would like to know how to make roses, rose bud without using the wafer cone? which nozel do you

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Fruit filled cakes - lifespan?

I am making a raspberry filled cake and covering it with fondant. I know I should refrigerate the cake because of the fruit filling, but once I put

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coloring whipped icing

Is it true that you can only get pastel colors when coloring whip cream

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How to work out tin sizes = for how many people?

I am just starting out and am having a difficult time working out what size tins to use for certain amount of people. Is there a chart of some sort to

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How to bake a nice cheese cake

Why did my cheese cake shrink on top after taking out from the

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How to cut a cake into a shape

I would like to know how to go about cutting a cake into a shape, such as the State of Texas. When would you cut the cake? Before adding a filling

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Edible Gold or Silver Balls

What are the gold or silver balls made from and how time consuming are they? I have a bride wanting them on her cake and I am doing this as a favor

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Logan's Turtle Cake

For this turtle cake, I made a 12 square cake. I used the sports ball pan set and made on half of the ball and the rest of the mix I used and made

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