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How to Make a 3D Frog CAKE!

April 8, 2017 by Jenn

Today I’m showing you how to make a 3D Frog Cake! This adorable guy is modeled off of Newt from the game Best Fiends. Thanks so much to them for sponsoring this video!

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3D Ham Cake / Thanksgiving Cake

November 18, 2015 by Jenn
Last Thanksgiving I showed you how to make a 3D Turkey cake, so today I went with a different fake food for the holiday season and I’m showing you how to make a Glazed Ham cake!  This cake will be a great Christmas or Thanksgiving dessert, and will definitely fool your guests!

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3D Baseball Cake

October 25, 2014 by Jenn
Plaaaaaaaay ball!  
 
It’s World Series time in North America, and if you don’t know what that means, its Major League Baseball’s final show down of the top two teams of the season.   I’ve never been much of a baseball fan, but around this time of year, something makes me what to watch the World Series.  It must be the hype and excitement!  
 
I never played baseball growing up as a kid- I was a soccer player- but I did have one exciting incident back in grade four or five where I learned to “watch the ball” the hard way.  The last thing I remember is hearing “Jenn, watch the ball!” being yelled at me by my dad (he was my Gym teacher), and then WHACK.  Ball right in the back of the head.  Ouch.
 
This cake is made easy because there is no carving involved.  I was shopping at the Bulk Barn (as I do pretty much everyday) and I saw this 3D ball mold.  At the time, I didn’t have a specific cake in mind, but I bought it anyway.  When I finally realized the baseball season was coming to an end, to celebrate the World Series, I decided to use the pan to make a 3D baseball!  There are so many other sports balls that it can be used for as well.  I’m looking forward to making basketball, golf balls, soccer balls and more baseballs with this pan.  I also used one of the domes to make the spider body in the 3D spider web cake I made a couple of videos ago (shocker!!!).  
 
When decorating a cake with the star tip method, it does take a lot of time . . . and pain if you have tendinitis like I do (too much cake decorating!).  I love the final look of this type of cake though . . . it’s worth the pain!  
 
For this cake, I wanted to add a second element beyond the ball for a more complete cake.  That is where the idea for the field came in.  The ball can stand alone if you don’t want to have the additional element (or work), but I think that it “completes” the cake.  
 
Good luck to the final teams in the World Series this year!  And to those of you who are ending your baseball seasons as well.  
 

 
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3D Spider Cake / Halloween Cake

October 11, 2014 by Jenn
 This weekend we’re celebrating Thanksgiving up here in the great white north (Canada), but Halloween is already on everyone’s minds!  I can tell because I’ve received dozens of requests for new Halloween recipe requests.  We’ve done a number of treats over the last couple of years, so if you’re looking for more ideas, try these:  Halloween Candy Bark, Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies, Heart and Brain Cupcakes, Halloween Cake Roll, Spider Web cupcakes, and a Black Velvet Cake!
 
This cake is a fun one to do as the inside of the cake is bright and the outside is black and spooky! You can pile the cake batter into the cake pans however you like, and I’ve shown a number of other ways to make marbled cakes, but this time, I tried something new, and made the cake by squeezing cake batter out of a piping bag.  I found this way to be slightly less messy
 
Making the marshmallow web is super messy, but super fun as you can get the marshmallow’s anywhere and it looks good!! Washing up from the messy is surprisingly easy, and a little hot water and scrubbing is all you need!

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3D Turkey Cake/Thanksgiving Cake

October 8, 2014 by Jenn

It’s about time I learned how to cook a turkey I say!!  A turkey made out of CAKE that is!  

Thanksgiving Cake

Somehow Canadian Thanksgiving has managed to sneak up on me.  While learning how to cook a turkey for a big dinner is honestly on my list of things I want to learn how to do, this year will not be the year!  Paul and I will be furiously filming this weekend in order to be prepped and ready to go to Buffer Festival next weekend in Toronto!  I’ll give more updates on that later.  

This 3D carved turkey cake is surprisingly easy.  The hardest part is having the patience to ice the turkey legs and wings.  I found that freezing the cake “pops” worked well, and gave me a bit more time before the cake became soft, and was a serious problem to cover in buttercream.  Carving the turkey shape is simple, and again, if you’re having difficulty with that, try freezing the cakes before starting to cut them.  You will definitely want to freeze them if you are using cake mixes.  The cake mixes are much softer and lighter than homemade cakes (as a rule) so carving them is super challenging.  

I found the cutest “Peas and Carrots” candy from Jelly Belly on a recent trip to the States.  I haven’t looked for them in Canada, but I’m sure they can be ordered online.  I found that they were the perfect addition to the cake, as adding some colour seemed to be a must.  If you can’t find the peas and carrots, making them yourself out of fondant, candy or modeling chocolate is also a possibility.  

Another way I found to add colour to the cake was the addition of the bed of “lettuce” on the serving plate.  This again is an optional step, but I think it really adds to the overall presentation of the cake.  I used a simple petal tip, but you could do without a tip, and simply spread it onto the cake.  

Whether you’re with or without your family near or far, I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving weekend!!  

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Thomas the Tank Engine Cake

March 20, 2012 by Jenn

 Thomas the Train, JJ's Custom Cakery, Cakes Cranbrook

Thomas the Train, or Thomas the Tank Engine as I knew him to be called, is a popular toy with the little ones these days.  I know this from Kindergarten of course!  

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