My son is a Pokemon freak so I was delighted when I found this easy but great Pokemon cake and cupcakes from the Mom’s Fridge blog. You’ll need the following ingredients: 3 cans frosting (one chocolate, 2 white) 2 cake mixes, prepared as directed red and white M&Ms. icing bag and frosting tip ( #3 tip ) 1/2 bottle red food coloring For detailed instructions on how to make this [...]
Categories: Birthday Cake Ideas, Fun and Games Tags: easy cake decorating ideas, Pokemon
I’m always on the lookout for easy cake decorating ideas and at Parenting.com they have 31 great ideas with step-by-step instructions. How to Make a Shark Cake How to Make a Lion Cake How to Make a Snake Cake How to Make a Monkey Cake How to Make a Dinosaur Cake How to Make a Horse Cake How to Make a Cat Cake How to Make a Turtle Cake How [...]
Categories: Animals, Birthday Cake Ideas, Fairy Tale, Food, Fun and Games, Vehicles Tags: bulldozer, butterfly, castle cake, critters, dinosaur, dump truck, easy cake french fries, Insects, lookout, martial arts, mermaid, parenting, pirate ship, purse, rocket ship, snake, soccer ball, train cake, turtle cake
St. Patrick’s Day is March 17th and this week I’ll be sharing some ideas for tasty treats to celebrate. Here’s a very quick and simple cake decorated with green sugar and sprinkles. You will need a shamrock cookie cutter for a “stencil”. If you can’t find find a shamrock cookie cutter, try using a heart shaped cookie cutter to create each leaf of the clover or create your own stencil [...]
Categories: Holiday Cakes Tags: cake, St. Patrick's Day
Hobnails You will want to use a lot of light frosting for this. Press the back of a spoon into the frosting, twist and lift to make swirls. Experiment with different size spoons. With a large wooded spoon you can make make large tear shaped petals. I think that this technique works great when embellishing with fruit and flowers. ZigZags A decorater’s comb makes for quick work and looks [...]
Categories: Decorating Basics Tags: Decorating Basics, icing techniques
This cake is an example of how you can create something unique and special without having any baking or decorating skills at all. For my son’s 5th Birthday party I baked a large chocolate sheet cake and created a Spongebob SquarePants scene for him using Crayola’s Model Magic clay to make the Pineapple and jellyfish. The characters are from the top of special edition PlayDoh cans and the “sand” is [...]
Categories: Birthday Cake Ideas, Television Tags: spongebob squarepants
This cake is much easier to make than it looks! Select your cake pans You will need at least four, maybe five cake pans. I used a 9 in., 8 in., and two smaller baking dishes. However, the size of your cake will vary depending on how many people you need to serve, or what cake pans you actually have! You can stack your pans upside down to get an [...]
Categories: Birthday Cake Ideas, Food Tags: hershey kiss
A simple cake can be beautiful and elegant. One way to quickly decorate a cake is to use fresh flowers. Here is a list of safe flowers. Remember that while some flowers are edible, it is best to just use them as decorations. Make sure they are pesticide free before using. Apple Blossom, Malus spp. Begonia, (most tuberous), Begonia X tuberhybrida Borage, Borago officinalis (must remove hairy sepals from center) [...]
Categories: Cake Baking, Supplies Tags: edible flowers
Your cake needs a place to rest. Most of the time your simple round cakes will do fine on a cake plate or cake pedestal. However, your other sheet cakes will need a cake board. Some options for cake boards: hardwood pastry boards plywood foam core cardboard masonite Once you’ve chosen a cake board, you’ll need to cover it. You are probably thinking that covering it with aluminum foil would [...]
Categories: Cake Baking, Supplies Tags: cake board
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