I made this Jungle Safari Cake a while ago for Daniel’s 1st birthday party. This post ends my series of posts about a Safari / Jungle Themed birthday party. Here are all the other posts in case you missed them: Part I – Dessert Ideas Part II – Appetizers, Finger Foods & Snack Ideas Part […]
Spider Cake
While the Ghost Cake was the kids’ favourite one, this Spider Cake was my favourite. I loved creating a cute 3D cake without having to use fondant for the details (which I almost always use for my custom 3D cakes). Also, I enjoyed covering the Spider Cake with the velvet texture made out of chocolate. […]
Ghost Cake
Out of the three Halloween cakes I made this year, this Ghost Cake received the highest number of votes from the kids – for both flavour and looks. I used a chocolate cake. However, if you don’t like this, you can use a vanilla cake or have a look at this section of my blog […]
Halloween Pumpkin Bucket Cake
This Halloween Pumpkin Bucket Cake is easy to make and is great if you don’t like working with fondant. It’s also a fun cake to make… the kids are undecided what they like more – the cake or all the goodies in the “bucket” :-)! I used vanilla cake. However, if you don’t like this, […]
30th Birthday Tuxedo Cake with Striped Bow Tie Tutorial – Triple Chocolate Mousse and Peach Jelly Filling Plus Other 30th Birthday Ideas for Men
This is the best cake I’ve made for the best surprise party to celebrate the best occasion of the year – my husband’s 30th birthday … well, best occasion until November, when I’m turning 30 :-P. If you’re looking for ways to surprise your loved one for their 30th birthday or another milestone birthday party […]
Red Velvet Naked Cake with Drunken Cherries for Our 5th Wedding Anniversary
If you’ve seen my previous post with 14 Fabulous Wedding Cakes with Modern Flair, you probably know that two weeks ago we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. I was super busy that week so I decided to make a very simple, yet special, Red Velvet Naked Cake with Drunken Cherries and Cream Cheese Filling. I […]
Pumpkin Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling and Cinnamon Pecan Topping
It wouldn’t be Fall in our house without a pumpkin dessert! My mom’s all-time favorite pumpkin recipes – oven-roasted pumpkin and a super easy pumpkin pie recipe that I’ll share with you one day. Well this past weekend I decided to test out a different pumpkin dessert recipe, something simple but unique – Pumpkin Muffins […]
Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcake Cake
Cupcake cakes are easy to make and even easier to eat… just pull a cupcake off the cake and enjoy it! Since Thanksgiving is just around the corner around here I decided to make a fun Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcake Cake and show you how easy it is to do it in this tutorial. I hope […]
Quick and Easy Nutella Peanut Butter Monkey Cupcakes
Last week I saw a super easy recipe for Nutella cupcakes on Pinterest with only 3 ingredients. Basically, you only need 1 cup (280 g) of Nutella, 2 eggs and 10 tablespoons of flour, then mix everything up and bake – you can read the full recipe here. To keep things simple, just use Nutella […]
