Birthday Cakes for Kids

With four little girls in our house, we have a lot of fun. One way we have fun & save few dollars is to make our own birthday cakes. They choose the theme and I do my best to make it happen. I'm not the best yet, but I am getting better. This blog is for me to share my ideas with you and also for you to share yours with the rest of us do-it-all moms.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

I've MOVED!!

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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Baseball Park Cake- Texas Rangers


This was made with a 14 inch round and a 10 inch square. I cut each in half and pieced it together in this shape, making double layers.

The deco is fondant for the brown (dirt) and buttercream for the green & white.

I know it's not a scale model of any kind... just green grass & 4 bases...

The most important part is that it tasted great and the birthday boy was happy.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Cute Puppy Dog Cake

This cake was made by piecing together a loaf pan size cake with some smaller round cakes. The head is rice crispy treats shaped like a head and then topped with buttercream and fondant. The legs are pieces of cake cut to fit.

It was all put together and covered in buttercream and decorated with MMF.

My daughter loved it!



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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Ladybug cake

This was baked in a bowl (Pyrex) for the body. I added a round cake for making it the perfect height. The head is a smaller, 4" round cake (2-layers) carved out for the rounded head.

The icing is buttercream and the black head is marshmallow fondant.

The leaf & dewdrops underneath the ladybug are also MMF.

Friday, July 23, 2010

A cake for chocolate Lovers



This was my first attempt at a filled cake. It has chocolate cake (Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge) and home made whipped  chocolate ganache in between the layers (4). The icing is home made chocolate fudge icing, and it's been drizzled with white & dark chocolate as well as topped with shaved chocolate.


Thursday, June 24, 2010

Jeopardy Theme Cake








My husband appeared on 4 Jeopardy episodes! I'm so proud of him. We had a watching party & I made this custom cake.

I'm still learning how to use fondant, and I don't quite have the right tools, but I think it turned out okay anyway. The best part was the taste... it was chocolate.


Cuddly Teddy Bear Cake

My daughter wanted a shaped cake, and we happened to find a Wilton Teddy Bear cake pan at my mom's house. (Thanks, Mom!)

My daughter was thrilled. We followed the directions on the box for making the cake more dense so it would hold its shape. It was moist and delicious with the addition of dry pudding mix.