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Heart Cake
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This heart cake was made for a friend's daughter. The bottom is two 13x9 cakes. Then there is a 3 tier heart on top. It is all devils food cake. The ...
Sweetheart Cake
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This sweetheart cake was made for my buddies, son's girlfriend. Its all yellow cake. The top cake is hollowed out and filled with Hershey kisses. The ...
Computer Cake
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This computer cake was for my niece's 20th birthday. The monitor is pound cake edged with fondant. It's held up by a wooden base I made. The keyboard ...
Chevy Tahoe Cake
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I made this Chevy Tahoe cake for a friend. The truck is made out of pound cake, and the tires are pound cake covered in fondant. The rest, bumpers mirrors,...
Cupcake Cake
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Directions for making this cupcake cake:
1. Start with a basic cake recipe. You'll need two pans, a regular circular pan and a barbie skirt pan. Both ...
Mail Box Cake
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This mail box cake was for my son that just put in 35 years at the post office. After all those years, it's hard to find another idea for a birthday cake ...
LaRissa's Volcano Cake
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I ended up using 3 cake mixes to make this volcano cake. And I used a 9" x 13" oval pan and the wonder mold pan as well.
After baking according to directions,...
3D Piano Cake
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I made the 3D piano a week in advance using pastillage fondant. Every part of the piano is hand cut out and join together. Then on the day of the birthday ...
Treasure Chest Birthday Cake
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I made this treasure chest cake with a half sheet cake cut in 4 pieces. I covered in supposedly gold color buttercream. I added some wiggly decorations ...
XBOX Future Cake
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I made this XBOX cake for my son's birthday. He has so many games consoles that I wanted to give him something different. I found that this could ...
Bag of Ruffles Potato Chips Cake
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My best friend lists potato chips as her favorite food, so I thought she would enjoy having her cake and chips too! I got the idea from a bag of Lays chips ...
Cup N' Saucer Cake
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This Cup N' Saucer cake is made up of 12" round chocolate cake and cream icing for the decorations. This is moulded in two separate cake and put together ...
Ship Cake
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This ship cake is made up of one 6x12" chocolate square cake, with cream icing and fondant for the tree's decorations. I made this cake for my friend's ...
Sandy Crab Cake
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Not your average crab cake
I started off with a batch off pound cake mixture. I divided my mixture into a rectangle cake pan and a round cake pan. When ...
Mum-to-Be Birthday Cake
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This birthday cake consisting of 1 9" round sponge cake and some cupcakes around it. A unique theme mum-to be cake which decorated with baby beans, tulip ...
Edward Cake
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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 cake.
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Roller Skate Birthday Cake
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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 cake ...
Renaissance Wedding Cake
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I made a 14", 12" & 8" cake from scratch. The bottom layer was chocolate, middle white, top was chocolate. The couple wanted clotted cream and berries ...
Hannah Montana Themed Guitar Cake
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This Hannah Montana guitar cake is the first cake I have made. My daughter was having a Hannah Montana themed birthday and I wanted a unique cake rather ...
Pink Tea Pot Cake
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For this tea pot cake, I used a spice cake mix and baked it in a ball pan. Also used a tuna can for a little of the batter. When done I cut the bottom ...
Car At The Garden Cake
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This is one of the many cakes that I've made. This cake is made up of a 15" x 3" square chocolate cake with the flowers and trees as a design of garden,...
Another Band Themed Cake
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This band themed cake was for my kids' band party at school.
I used a rectangle pan that holds 3 cake mixes.
I used 3 white cake mixes and added 12 ...
Erupting Volcano Cake
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To make this Volcano cake, I used 2 bundt sizes, and an 18x8 inch square pan. I made "dirt" with tinted homemade butter frosting, then shaped the "mountain"...
Musical Note Cake
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I made this musical note cake with 2 devils food, 2 6" round and 1 9" square. I used buttercream icing to decorate with. I used a writer tip for everything ...
Cell Phone Cake
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I used 2 white cakes to make this cell phone cake. I reserved a small amount of one cake mix to use in a small loaf pan to make the cell phone.
I mixed ...
Salmas Princess Castle Cake
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To make this princess castle cake, I baked 2 cakes the same size. I put them over each other. In between I used dream whip cream. I also used icing ...
Chocolate Humor Cake
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This chocolate cake I made in fun and it was a pleasure to make. It is moist, rich chocolate sponge, covered with mint, chocolate, fudge frosting with ...
Chocaholics Dream Birthday Cake
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For this chocolate birthday cake, I baked 2 x 9 inch chocolate sponge cakes and used a nutella and peanut butter mixture filling,(tastes just like Snickers ...
Heavy Metal Skull Cake
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For this heavy metal skull birthday cake, I baked one 9 inch round cake and one 7 inch round cake. The black icing was a bit of an experiment. I used ...
Easy and Elegant Wedding Cake
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For this wedding cake, I used 12" x 3", 8" x 3", and 6" x 3" circular cake molds. I iced them with white butter cream icing. I used plastic dividers to ...
Friends are Forever Cake
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This is a Lemon cake and I filled it with homemade lemon filling. I made before hand in the morning, the little figures with fondant. I got the coloring ...
Chess Board Cake with Pieces
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This chess board cake was made with marble cake inside with chocolate buttercreme layers and frosted with chocolate buttercreme. The cake was outlined ...
Suitcase Cake
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I have always wanted to create a suitcase cake. Finally my opportunity came forth. I was contracted by my job to create a retirement cake. The cake ...
More Piano Cakes
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I happened to make another piano cake for a lady who loves music. I hope you all love it. Compared to my 1st piano cake, it seemed like it was much easier ...
Veggie Cake - Bubba's Market
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This veggie cake is for my cousin. She is a registered dietitian and loves veggies!
I used 2 carrot cake mixes and made 2 - 9" x 13" cakes.
Cool ...
Another Piano Cake
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This piano cake was for my daughter's choir director. I made it the same as my other piano cake.
It is two spice cake mixes. I used a 9" x 13" pan ...
Ivory Keys Piano Cake
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For this piano cake, I bought two aluminum throw away pans and baked two chocolate cakes with Betty Crocker's help. I filled the center with butter cream ...
Piano Birthday Cake
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Just sharing this piano birthday cake with you. Not so good but I enjoy doing it.
My note: Lena, I think your cake is great. I really like how you ...
Present Cake
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This present cake is my first cake made with fondant. I used a basic yellow cake mix (2) in a 10 inch by 3 inch cake pan. Fondant is real easy to work ...
ABF Truck Cake
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I did this truck cake for my sister. She was responsible for the cake this month where she works. The company is called ABF.
I made 2 - 9" x 13" chocolate ...
Piano Cake
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This piano cake is a surprise for a cousin....
I made 2 - 9"x 13" spice cakes. I used Betty Crocker boxed cake mixes and baked according ...
Fairy Tale Cake
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This fairy tale cake consists of 17 cakes. There are 3 half sheet cakes, one side has 10, 8 and 6 inch round cakes. The other side has 10 and 8 inch ...
Panda and Flower Cake
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To make this panda cake, I made a chocolate cake using a mix and made according to directions. I used the flower shaped pan.2 layers.
I also used part ...
Tres Leches Photo Cake
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3 Leches Cake:
6 large eggs, separated
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon ...
Chinese Checker Cake
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To make this Chinese checker cake, I used a boxed mix and baked according to directions.
I used the flat round wilton pan for cookies and made 2 layers ...
Tropical Island Cake
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For this tropical island cake, I tinted fondant into three shades of blue then rolled them out together to make it look like water. I covered a 18x24 foam ...
Hawaiian Shirt Birthday Cake
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I made this Hawaiian Shirt Birthday Cake for a friend's son was celebrating his 16th birthday Hawaiian style!! Since the party was for around 30 kids, the ...
Fun at the Fair Carousel Cake
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This carousel cake was my entry for the County Fair last year. The base cake,10"
and second layer is an 8" white almond with raspberry mousse filling....
Edible Tiffany Tiara and Box Cake
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The Tiara was made out of fondant with a hand cut scroll design, the jewels are made of candy and backed with edible silver to complete the effect.
I ...
Birthday Wishes E-mail Laptop Cake
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I got the idea for this laptop birthday cake because my oldest son seems to have been born with a laptop computer in his crib. He has been fascinated with ...
Halo Helmet Cake
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To make this Halo helmet cake, I made two square cakes and two round cakes. I then used my husbands Halo helmet as a guide. I cut and stacked the cakes ...
Salon Cake
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This salon cake is a large pair of hair cutting scissors. It is two 6" round chocolate cakes, two 10" round lemon cream cakes, and one 8" square chocolate ...
Blue Stock Pot Cake
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I made this cake for a friend whom bought his wife a set of pots and pans for her birthday. I made four round red velvet cakes and filled them with cream ...
Days of Summer Cabin Cake
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I made this cabin cake to raise money for children to go to camp. I made four square confetti cakes and filled them with trutti-frutti filling.
I added ...
Pink Flamingo Cake
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To make this pink flamingo cake, I made a wooden stand out of dowel rods and board and screws.
The cake was 2 9x13 pans; cut and shaped for the body....
Picnic Refreshing Cake
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This is a single layer 10" round rum cake. This cake was iced with whipped cream icing. I prepared my regular whipped cream icing recipe and I added an ...
Farmer Cake
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The Trees are fondant covered cookies. The cows are fondant figures painted with black food coloring.
The tractor is fondant covered rice krispy treats ...
1950's Poodle Skirt Cake
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This is a fun cake that I made for my daughter's best friend. It was a "girls only" birthday party in which they celebrated at a 1950's dinner theater....
Volcano Cake
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This cake was made for a 7 year old. He loved it.
I baked the cake in a large Longaberger bowl and added two mini bunt cakes for the very top.
It ...
Jesus Praying Cake
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I baked a regular 8" cake and iced as usual. Then I outlined Jesus and filled in with a thinner icing using corn syrup. I found the picture of Jesus ...
Belted Hip Cake
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This cake was designed for my 16-year old niece who loves to wear belts and show off her skin just at the waist. For this cake, I baked two 9x13 cakes ...
School Bus Cake
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Bake a 9"x13" cake. Cool completely. Cut in 2 pieces, right down the middle, lengthwise.
Cut 3" off and end of one piece. From this small piece cut ...
Skateboard Cake
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I made this skateboard cake for my son on his 16th birthday. I used one 13x9 cake for the center (cut the sides to be curved. The ends are a 9 inch round ...
Marci's Calculator Cake
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For this calculator cake, I baked one cake in a 9" x 13" in pan. Let cool completely.
I iced with black buttercream. Let crust a bit and smooth with ...
Rainbow of Spring Cake
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For this rainbow cake, I baked a large 9 x 13 red velvet cake. I iced it with butter cream and found a patter on Wilton to copy off and I traced it onto ...
Band Party Cake
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This cake was for my kids' band party at school.
I used a rectangle pan that holds 3 cake mixes.
I greased and floured the pan and added the mixes....
Grandmas Goose Cake
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This goose cake was for my Grandma for her birthday. She likes geese so that was what I made. I used a 11x13" devils food cake mix. I cut the cake to ...
Teapot Cake
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My Aunt sent me the idea for this teapot cake last year, she found it in a magazine. Thanks to her!
I used the ball cake pans. Bake 1 cake mix according ...
Coffee Shop Cookie
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I cheated and used a packaged mix for peanut butter cookies.
I baked in a heart shaped cookie pan.
After cooling completely, I used buttercream icing ...
Garden Path Cake
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This garden path cake is a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream icing. The bridge is done in white chocolate piped on acetate and carefully lifted ...
Ocean Cake
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This ocean cake is a 9" X 11" yellow cake. For the turquoise color, I mixed a good amount of royal blue color into white buttercream icing. I used a very ...
Karaoke Cake
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I used one box cake mix, prepared and baked in the shape of a star. I used buttercream icing in 2 shades of blue and a small amount of grey, thinned for ...
Cowboy Boot Cake
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The cake is a chocolate cake with buttercream icing. It started with a sheet cake and then I cut the sheet cake using a template that I drew out.
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Flamingo Cookie
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I made a chocolate chip cookie instead of a cake.
I used buttercream icing and used a star tip.
I colored the icing pink.
I covered the top and ...
Lighthouse Cake
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I used cans that food comes in, like a green bean can and stacked the cakes and used dowels. I also used 2 cupcakes on the top.
I used star tips and ...