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Feb 8, 2010, Monster Birthday Cake

My friend was having his 17th birthday and he loves monsters so I decided to make him a monster energy cake. He loved it and it tasted delicious.

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Feb 6, 2010, Construction Site Cake

My son is really into trucks. For his 2nd birthday I made him a cake with a bunch of different construction trucks at a work site. He loved it! I used

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Feb 5, 2010, Sams Christening Cake

This cake was for my son's christening

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Feb 3, 2010, Peppa Pig Cake

After seeing some photos of other cakes I'd made a friend asked me if I could make a 3D Peppa Pig cake for her little girl, Scarlet's 2nd Birthday. Here's

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Feb 3, 2010, An Eight Cake

When my son turned 8 he wanted a rather unique cake. He wanted it to look like a ball, have the number 8 on it and be covered in Pokemon characters. To

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Feb 2, 2010, Elmo Cupcakes

My niece LOVES Elmo :) So for my niece's 2nd birthday, I made Elmo cupcakes! And they are much easier than you would think, but turn out great! I just

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Feb 2, 2010, Tractor Train Cake

My daughter loves trains. I wanted to make her a train cake. I created the wheels using some small circle pans and then cooked the rest of the batter

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Jan 31, 2010, Computer Mouse And Mouse Pad Cake

I was inspired by my kid's passion for PCs. My child is 12 years old. I didn't use a special pan. The mouse is with marzipan and the mouse pad is with

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Jan 31, 2010, Tiger Cake

My little boy loves tigers so I thought my friends and I would make him a tiger cake. He is 9 years old and always paints his face orange and roars around

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Jan 31, 2010, Kitty Litter Cake

I love making birthday cakes but was getting bored of the typical cakes. I wanted to make something interesting that would strike everyone as unforgettable.

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Jan 31, 2010, Dinosaur Cake

My son wanted a dinosaur cake for his 6th birthday. I made a 9 x 12 chocolate cake. I then cut the ends of the cake and stacked it to create the cliffs

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Jan 29, 2010, Leaning Fondant Cake

My sister-in-law and I threw a double party for our daughters last fall. My daughter turned 4 and hers turned 2. We wanted to do dramatically diffrent

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Jan 29, 2010, Harry Potter Hedwig Cake

This was a very simple cake done for a friend's birthday. The whole party was Harry Potter themed, and we all (myself and the other party goers) felt

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Jan 29, 2010, Abby Cake

This Abby cake was made for my daughter's first birthday party with a Sesame Street Theme. I used a special Wilton Abby Cadabby cake mold pan. and followed

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Jan 28, 2010, Lightning McQueen Cake

My sister, her friend and I worked on this cake for 36 hours, way too long bacause of our lack of skill, and a really tough cake to make. We had some

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Jan 28, 2010, Detroit Tigers Cake

My son's 13th birthday and his love of the Detroit Tigers is what inspired me to make this cake. It was for his 13th birthday and was made with a

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Jan 27, 2010, My Sally Fallon Cake

This is what I call my Sally Fallon Cake. Out of the cook book, Nourishing Tradition, this carrot cake is made with spelt flour that is soaked in

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Jan 25, 2010, 2nd Birthday Cake

For my son's second birthday, this is the cake we made him. He loves being outdoors, so we made what we call this nature cake. My wife and I made it

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Jan 24, 2010, Toilet Cake

This toilet cake was made by Paul's Pastries in Picayune, Mississippi for a friend's 40th birthday party. The cake was chocolate, and like anything

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Jan 20, 2010, Gambling Cake

When my son was going to turn 7, he asked for a gambling cake of all things. I have no idea why he would want that, but I decided to see what I could

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Jan 18, 2010, Pink Flower Almond Cake

I used pre-made sugar flowers from Bulk Barn and lots of pink and white icing. The cake is dense almond, one of my favourite cakes

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Jan 18, 2010, Chocolate Birthday Cake With Green Writing

My son wanted a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting for his 7th birthday. He wanted it to be double layer and the writing to be green. I found pans

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Jan 16, 2010, 21st Birthday Cake

It was my friend's 21st birthday. Just turned 21. No special pan. I prepared the cake like it said on the box. I do have a picture of

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Jan 16, 2010, Floral Birthday Cake

This cake was made for a special 16 year old. I wanted to make something pretty for the occasion. This cake was inspired by a picture in a cake

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Jan 14, 2010, Homemade Barbie Cake

My daughter turned 5 last November and wanted a Barbie Cake in the worst way. I decided to suprise her with a homemade Barbie cake just like the ones

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Jan 14, 2010, The Grape Cake With Fruit

I was visiting my granddaughter in Vermont around the time she was having her 4th birthday. Since her mother and father were pretty much occupied with

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Jan 14, 2010, Pooh Bear Cake

This was an easy stand-up cake that was made for a friend. One of the ones I really liked! Editor's Note: Thank you, Wanda. The cake came out great

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Jan 12, 2010, Fire Truck Birthday Cake

My son was fascinated with fire trucks around his 4th birthday and he asked for a fire truck cake. I looked all over the Internet and finally found a

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Jan 11, 2010, Lady Bug Cake

My daughter had asked me to make her a lady bug cake. I was really nervous as it was my first 2 tiered cake, but it turned out to be wonderful and a

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Jan 9, 2010, Chocolate Strawberry Cake

I wanted to make a special, fun cake for my strawberry-loving girlfriend. I bought the cake mix and made my 19 yr old delight a chocolate strawberry

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Jan 8, 2010, Castle Cake For Mya's 1st Birthday

I wanted to make my neice's 1st birthday cake. My sister liked the idea of a castle for her. I did some research online and had some ideas but had

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Jan 8, 2010, 5th Birthday Cake

I made this cake for my two Yorkies' 5th birthday party. I used a square pan to make a two layer cake.

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Jan 7, 2010, Smiley Cake

I was inspired to make the cake for my wonderful baby girl Jazmin's birthday. She was turning nine and has recently developed an obsession for smiley

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Jan 7, 2010, Ange's 40th Birthday Cake

40th birthday cake for Ange. Happy Birthday toooooo Ange. My great sister - mum of two people. We made this cake as a very, very special

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Jan 7, 2010, Storm's Dr. Seuss Cake

I call it a Seuss Cake because it was a little wonky, not quite sliding apart but definitely lopsided a bit. This was the first birthday cake I made

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Jan 5, 2010, Flower Fondant Cake

I made this cake for my younger sister's 9th birthday. She didn't want an age-typical character cake, she wanted something a little more grown up.

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Jan 5, 2010, Blues Clues Cake For 1st Birthday

It was my son's first birthday and he wanted a Blues Clues

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Jan 3, 2010, Lemon Blueberry Pudding Cake Slice

This is a lemon blueberry pudding cake slice that was cut from the cake that was submitted recently. It tasted as good as it looked and at less than

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Dec 31, 2009, Ben 10 Omnitrix Cake

At the time my 9 yr old son was really obsessed with a cartoon called Ben 10. He wanted a cake of the characters omnitrix, basically a watch shape

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Dec 30, 2009, Teddy Bear Cake

This is my daughter's first birthday cake. It is a creamy pineapple flavour. My daughter loves teddy bears so we made a pineapple flavour teddy bear

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Dec 30, 2009, Lemon Blueberry Pudding Cake

This lemon blueberry pudding cake recipe comes from The Pampered Chef's healthy cook book called It's Good For You. It takes 10 minutes to prepare

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Dec 29, 2009, Gingerbread House Cake

This cake is very interesting because it is a gingerbread on the outside but a cake on the inside. Although it appears to be a house, there are three

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Dec 28, 2009, Elmo Birthday Cake

For my son's 2nd birthday this past June I asked him what kind of cake he wanted. I had a bunch of cake pans and pictures of each character. They

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Dec 24, 2009, Thomas The Tank Engine Cake

This cake was made by my mother and me for my son's third birthday. He loved Thomas and wanted everything that had anything to do with Thomas. This

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Dec 23, 2009, Robot Cake

Using five different pans, we made a multi-layer cake for our son Levi's first birthday party. Editor's Note: That's a great cake. Thanks for

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Dec 20, 2009, Cake Decorating Videos

Cake decorating videos that appear on YouTube are described on this page. One described decorating tools, one shows how to use fondant.

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Dec 18, 2009, Strawberry Chocolate Birthday Cake

My stepson loves strawberries, and I love chocolate, so I combined the two into a 4th birthday cake for him. I knew I would end up eating most of the

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Dec 17, 2009, Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe

This chocolate bundt cake recipe gets a thumbs up from many cooks who have tried it. One has added a pack of chocolate pudding mix to the batter to make the cake more moist.

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Dec 16, 2009, Captain Rex Birthday Cake

My soon-to-be eight year old requested a Star Wars the Clone Wars themed birthday party. He also requested a Captain Rex Birthday cake. I made

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Dec 14, 2009, Red Roses Three Tiered Wedding Cake

This three tiered wedding cake had red roses. It was a fondant and gumpaste

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