Today is my husband Bob’s birthday and so Courtney and I decided to be daring and attempt a 3D cake of his 1974 VW Bus which Courtney and her friends call “The Twinkie”. I’m not gonna lie, it was a little tricky but it came out ok, not perfect but not a total loss either. … Continue reading
This is not my gram’s cake recipe, I think this is a Kraft recipe but I can’t remember where I got it from so I’m not sure. It is so delicious! Try it, try it right now! 🙂 1 (2 layer size) package yellow cake mix 1 (3.4 oz) package vanilla flavor instant pudding 4 … Continue reading
This was a birthday cake for Courtney’s friend Romina who loves Hello Kitty just like Courtney. Courtney saw this cake pan in Michaels and really wanted it so we got it to experiment with and see how fondant works on a cake made in one of these shaped pans and, as it turns out, it … Continue reading
This is the last cake we made yesterday for graduation today. It was for our awesome, sweet, funny friend Marlene who loves pandas! The head of the panda is a Devil’s Food cake made in the Pampered Chef batter bowl (recipe on blog under “Barbie Doll Cake”) then covered in vanilla buttercream frosting and finally … Continue reading
Our first “topsy turvy” cake for Courtney’s friend Janessa who is turning 18 today! She wanted chocolate so the cake is the “White Almond Sour Cream” cake recipe (with chocolate instead of white and vanilla instead of almond), my go to Vanilla Buttercream Frosting recipe and several different kinds of fondant – the white and … Continue reading
Courtney and I love the Tres Leches Cakes at Cafe Rio and Costa Vida and this, I think, is probably about as close as we’ll be able to get. It was so good! Homemade cake with 3 kinds of milk drizzled on top then homemade whipped cream topped with fruit, what could be better than … Continue reading
Here is Carl’s other daughter Kelsey’s graduation cake. Kelsey loves chocolate and her favorite color is blue. This cake was made in the Pampered Chef Batter Bowl (the recipe for how to do this is on the blog under “Barbie Doll Cake”) with a Dark Chocolate cake mix. It has the Vanilla Buttercream Frosting on … Continue reading
My friend Carl from high school sent me a message on Facebook asking if we could make 2 graduation cakes for his twin daughters who are fraternal twins, not identical so he wanted two different cakes. Kiersten likes vanilla cake and her favorite color is purple so this is the cake we made for her. … Continue reading
This is a birthday cake for Courtney’s friend Dakota who wanted it for a friend who is a girl, did you follow that? That’s all I know! Cort and I both put on our Facebook status’ that we were looking for opportunities to practice our fondant decorating skills and so if any of our friends … Continue reading
It was Courtney’s friend Melody’s birthday on Saturday so Cort and I got to practice our fondant skills again which was awesome but this cake gave us a good workout since it was taller than all the others that we’ve done so far. I had some difficulty laying the fondant over that tall beast but … Continue reading
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