http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/cakes-you-can-bake-blog.html The Cakes You Can Bake Blog tells you about the latest additions, cakes, recipes and updates to the Cakes You Can Bake website. en-us cakes you can bake Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:32 GMT Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:32 GMT cakes-you-can-bake.com http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/trex-cake-for-a-very-special-little-boys-3rd-birthday.html This is my 2nd attempt at a t-rex cake, it is for a very special boy who beat the odds with regards to his health and is now a very healthy 3 year old. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:30:28 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/cricket-cake.html I made all the items on this cricket cake with gumpaste and marzipan. Edtor's Note: Thanks for allowing our readers to see another one of your wonderful Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:29:07 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/flowers-fairy-and-mushrooms-cake.html This cake was for my twin granddaughters' 2nd birthdays. The cake is just a square cake, covered in fondant and decorated with fondant fower shapes, a Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:22:34 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/cowboy-boot-cake.html This cowboy boot cake was made with boxed cake mix, homemade cream cheese frosting, store-bought chocolate frosting and M&Ms. It took a while to make but the final product looked amazing! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:39:23 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/twotiered-heartshaped-cake-for-valentines-day.html We made this two-tiered heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day. We used two different sized Wilton heart-shaped pans that we bought from Hobby Lobby. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:44:38 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/poppy-cake.html This cake was to celebrate the birth of my grandaughter, born 11-11-11, hence the poppy theme. I carved it from a chocolate cake using a 'veterans paper Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:23:40 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/trex-cake.html This T-Rex cake was for a friends son's birthday. The body is cake and I used cereal treats for the head (it was my first attempt using cereals treats). Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:22:20 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/dog-cake.html My First attempt at a dog cake. This cake was for my nephew's birthday. I carved it out of chocolate cake, covered it with fondant and scratched it with Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:15:25 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/happy-new-year-cake.html We were searching for a Happy New Year cake and found a pretty colorful one at our nearby Wal-Mart. The only problem was that it cost $24.95. So we decided Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:07:42 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/colorful-christmas-cake.html This colorful Christmas cake was made with store-bought cake mix and frosting. We placed an assortment of red, green and white candies and sparkles to make a one-of-a-kind holiday cake. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:49:32 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-cake.html I made this cake for my son's first birthday. The outside is marshmallow fondant painted with green and yellow food coloring to give it the tissue paper Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:59:28 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/homemade-coconut-vanilla-wedding-cake-the-icing-was-great.html The cake was made the day before the wedding, and assembled and iced the day of. It was so delicious, moist and cheap! We spent 27 dollars making the whole Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:01:45 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/red-bull-racing-car-cake.html This is my first car cake. I made a large cake, layered it with jam and buttercream, then carved out the shape, covered it with fondant, then added all Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:15:00 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/monkey-n-around-cake.html I made a three-tiered cake for my niece's birthday. She loves monkeys. The top layer is a marble cake, middle chocolate and bottom layer white. Her favorite Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:42:54 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/spooky-halloween-cupcakes.html These spooky Halloween cupcakes include a boo ghost and a Frankenstein. They are colorful and pretty easy to make. Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:59:41 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/ruby-anniversary-cake.html This is my first attempt at fondant roses, I made them with circle cutters (because I just couldn't get on with those bought rose cutters) & I dusted them Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:03:32 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/candy-corn-cake.html This colorful candy corn cake is perfect for Halloween but it is a sure bet to delight your family any time of the year. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:50:50 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/princess-barbie-cake1.html For my daughters 5th birthday, she is very much into princesses right now. Editor's Note: It is gorgeous, Billie. I was wondering if you used an entire Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:34:32 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/iron-fist-shoe-and-shoe-box-cake.html My friends partner loves Iron Fist Shoes and asked me to make a cake using a picture of her own shoes, this is what I came up with, all edible, even the Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:30:01 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/halloween-cupcake-ideas.html These Halloween cupcake ideas include a spider cupcake and a really creepy gummy worm cupcake. Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:21:58 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/three-layer-halloween-cake.html This three layer Halloween cake was mostly made from a magazine recipe, but we used boxed cake mixes to save time. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:46:55 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/spiderweb-applesauce-cake.html This spiderweb applesauce cake tastes fabulous and would be a perfect dessert for Halloween. Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:36:47 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/donald-duck-birthday-cake-for-my-friend.html My friend Jackie loves Donald Duck. This is the surprise birthday cake I made for her. Editor's Note: Thanks, Lesley. This is another example of your Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:20:23 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/my-daughters-sloth-birthday-cake.html My daughter loves sloths. This is a sloth cake I made for her. Editor's Note: Thanks for sending this one in, Lesley. We have thousands of cakes on Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:14:21 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/liams-football-boots-birthday-cake.html This cake I made for my grandson's birthday using his own soccer boots for inspiration. Editor's Note: Thanks for sharing this with our readers, Lesley. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:10:40 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/aleahs-princess-birthday-cake.html I made this cake for my grandaughter's 3rd birthday. It's my first attempt at a princess cake. I layered up 6 cakes for the skirt and carved them to the Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:59:18 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/shrekelvis-cake.html I made this cake for my friend's 40th birthday. People tell him he resembles shrek (awwww!!!) and he loves Elvis so I combined them both and came up with Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:52:31 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/halloween-birthday-cake1.html I am actually the child and I made my dad a cake for his birthday. He has an October birthday and loves halloween and spooky things. I am not that great Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:36:44 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/piano-cake.html This cake was for a friend's younger sibling (age 11). She loves playing the piano and has been taking lessons for several years so we decided to make Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:58:52 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/fondant-animal-cake.html I made this cake for my son's first birthday last month. This was only the second fondant cake I had ever made. Surprisingly, it isn't as hard as it looks! Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:51:54 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/beach-wedding-cake.html This couple was married in Jamaica. They asked for a beach inspired theme. We used graham crackers for the sand and molded a variety of shell shaped chocolates. Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:53:19 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/backyardigans-birthday-cake.html This Backyardigans birthday cake was for a one year old girl. We drew on two of the characters free handed. The only thing about doing this, is that it Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:47:30 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/white-birthday-cake-with-red-roses.html This is a birthday cake that we purchased from Marguerite's Cakes in Slidell, Louisiana. It is a white flavored cake with almond-flavored buttercream Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:26:34 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/firetruck-cake.html For our little boy's 1st birthday I made a firetruck cake. Daddy is a fireman so thought we would go with that theme, besides, our gorgeous boy is obsessed Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:44:40 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/our-beach-wedding-cake.html This is not a homemade wedding cake, but I wanted to share a picture of it. We had a beach wedding at Henderson Beach State Park in Destin, Florida on Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:26:44 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/camping-cake2.html A camping birthday cake. Our 27 year old son wanted to go camping on his birthday but he had to work so we made him a camping cake. It was hand made Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:26:10 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/football-shaped-cake.html As my children get older their interest change. So for my son's 21st birthday we (his sister and I) made him a football shaped cake to celebrate his favorite Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:56:40 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/peppa-pig-cake2.html I saw another one of these cakes on your website and was inspired to try and recreate it (my first ever cake making attempt!) I did email the girl that Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:05:27 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/coca-cola-cake.html My girlfriend knows I love Coca Cola, so she made me a Coca Cola theme birthday cake. It turned out amazing! Editor's Note: Thanks for sending in the Sat, 25 Jun 2011 22:48:25 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/my-first-wedding-cake-ever.html I had sticker shock with all the wedding cake prices this week. I have 2 daughters getting married 1 week apart and I am having to cut corners wherever Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:13:00 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/indiana-jones-cake.html My son turned four this year, and wanted an Indiana Jones party. I knew this would be challenging due to the fact that Indiana Jones party supplies are Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:46:37 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/emes-ice-cream-birthday-cake.html I made Eme an ice cream birthday cake because I'd found a recipe several weeks earlier and was dying to try it out. Eme turned 2 that year! I followed Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:41:14 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/twinkies-mini-muffin-cakes.html A small company that I used to work at invited all employees and their family for a Day of Fun. And so I asked my sisters to help me bake something for Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:32:14 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/homemade-wedding-cake-for-a-friend.html I love making cakes and with the high costs of most weddings, I try and help friends by doing the cakes for them at a huge discount. This is a cake that Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:45:58 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/15th-birthday-cake-for-my-cousin.html My cousin Erin was turning 15. It was her last hurrah as a kid. After this it is PSATs and temporary driver's licenses. I did not use a special pan Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:37:28 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/carrot-cake1.html I was inspired to make this cake because it is my husband's favorite and it was for his birthday. I followed a simple carrot cake recipe and added a hand Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:41:53 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/panda-bear-cake2.html When I was little this was a cake my mother made for me, I absolutely loved it. So to my surprise years later I find the mold for this cake in the basement Tue, 31 May 2011 16:34:55 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/csi-cake.html My inspiration came from my son who loves CSI. In the future he wants to become a crime scene investigator. My child is 17 years old. I did not use a special Tue, 24 May 2011 20:19:36 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/army-tank-cake1.html Made this cake for my grandson. He loved it. He showed it to all his young friends and said...my grandma made this cake for me Tue, 24 May 2011 20:14:10 GMT http://www.cakes-you-can-bake.com/first-holy-communion-cake.html Made this for my grandaughter's communion. It servered nearly 80 people. Made a sheet cake then made the cross cake and put it on the full sheet cake. Tue, 24 May 2011 20:11:52 GMT