Winnie The Pooh!

For Christmas I recieved several Wilton Cake Pans including this Winnie the Pooh.  What a fun and easy way to make a special cake.  I love how there is room to personalize the cake on the balloon.  I made this lemon cake for my nephews 2nd birthday.  First I covered in in white buttercream icing, with a shell border.  I smoothed out green on the balloon and piped a special message.  The Winnie the Pooh was made up of LOTS of stars.  I love that piping a star is so easy and yet looks so good!   Mmmm...good!

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Strawberry Shortcake

When my our niece told Richard that she wanted Strawberry Shortcake for her birthday, he replied, "Perfect, that's Auntie's favourite cake to make." Well, he was right. My favourite cake is simply a moist white cake, dripping with whipped cream and fresh strawberries. Mmmm! He was also naive. I knew instantly that she wanted THE Strawberry Shortcake, after all, she did dress up as her last Halloween. I was a little intimated by the thought, but decided to give it a go! I had to change it from my original drawing a bit as it just wouldn't work for me, but I am happy with the end result!

I made a two layered 10" cake filled with Whipped Cream Cream Cheese frosting and Strawberries!  I then used buttercream to decorate the cake.  The little strawberry on the left hand side was made using a heartshaped cupcake.  The flowers along the bottom were licorise flowers.  I piped strawberries around the outer edge of the cake as well. 

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Thomas the Train

My nephew has been in love with Thomas for over 3 years now.  Each May we travel to see Thomas on his Day Out at Heritage Park in Calgary.  It is so much fun watching his eyes light up when he sees Thomas on the traintrack.  For his 5th birthday he requested a Thomas Cake.  I searched online and fell in love with a few.  I was inspired when I saw a half-tiered cake with Thomas emerging from a tunnel.  I added a few of my own ideas as well.  All in all I love the way that it turned out.

I made 2 8" white cakes and then cut one of them in half and stacked them on one half of the other cake.  I used a Whipped Cream, Cream Cheese frosting for the filling and then decorated it using buttercream icing.  I started with green grass and a blue sky.  I piped some brown to make the tunnel and outlined it with chocolate chips.  I made a tree on the front and added some licorise candies that look like flowers.   I used a toy Thomas to set on the brown piped railway track.   I also put chocolate chips all around the bottom.     

On the top I wrote 'Happy 5th Birthday Josh!' and then I decided I needed to add some decorations to the back.  Harold flying over the mountains of Sodor Island was the perfect way to finish this Thomas and Friends Cake!

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Baseball

My family enjoys hockey in the winter and baseball in the summer.  We enjoy other sports as well, but these are our two favourites!  This past summer I created to baseball cakes.  The first was for my Dad's birthday.  I used the Wilton ball pan to make a 3-D baseball on top of an 8" circle.  I decorated it with buttercream icing.  I got the idea for this cake from a photo in a book that came with my decorating kit.  I was a little disappointed that my red icing appeared so pink.  I learned for the next time and bought premade red icing.  Definately the way to go for red and black icing!

The second baseball cake was for my Nephew's baseball team after they won Provincials. For this cake I made two huge square cakes filled with a Whipped Cream, Cream Cheese icing.  I also added a 3-D baseball in the outfield.  I put their team name and logo (The Cardinals) on the infield of the diamond.  I new I wanted to be able to use the sides of the cake to decorate, so I had to make it extra big.  Around the two front sides I wrote 'Congratulations Provincial Champs.'

I melted some white chocolate and then used red icing to make little baseballs.  I the put the name of each player, coach and manager on a baseball, along with one that said fans.  I then iced them onto the remaining sides of the cake, and filled in some of the spots on the front.

I hope that all of the players, parents and coaches enjoyed eating this cake as much as I enjoyed the opportunity to make it for them!

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3-D Hockey Bear

I love the Wilton 3-D Bear pan and all of the decorating options that come along with it.  I decided to decorate it as a hockey player for my nephew's 10th birthday.  I put the name of his spring hockey team on the front, and his name and number on the back.  Not only did his teddy have a black eye, but he even wore a bandage on his opposite cheek.  I also melted chocolate in a circular shape for the hocky puck.  The stick and skates were made of cardboard covered with tin foil.  My nephew enjoyed sharing this cake with the kids at his birthday party.

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Quilting Cake

I made this birthday cake for my Mom and Sister Janis.  My Mom is an avid quilter and my sister enjoys it as well, so when I saw a photo of a three tiered quilting bee cake, I new I had the inspiration for my mom's cake!  Each 'patch' of the quilt is made up of different colours and designs, and then stitched together with icing.  I melted chocolate to make the scissors and needle.  

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Moolicious!

I made this cake for my brother Duane who is a holstein farmer.  His little boys loved it- especially all of the sprinkles!  I designed this cake with the help of my husband and am very happy with how it turned out.  I hear it tasted pretty good too!

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Giant Cupcake

I finally bought the Giant Cupcake pan.  This cake is super cute and would go great with a bunch of cupcakes around it.  The cake to the left I decorated with a rainbow theme, but the options are endless. Carson loved to tell us all the colours of the gumballs as he took them off to share.

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