When I was a kid, I loved Nerds! There’s nothing much better than “retro” candies from the 80’s! Nostalgia makes everything taste better, am I right? Combining cake and the crunch of Nerds is such a novel treat!
Melting Candle Rainbow Cake
February 14, 2015 by
This is such an amazing birthday cake idea . . . in my humble opinion! Sometimes when it comes to decorating cake or cupcakes, you need to make sure that you are precise and perfect, but with an idea like this one, you can be as messy, aka artistic, as you want to be!
I searched all over town for all of the candles that I ended up putting on this cake. Whatever you can find, however crazy looking, buy them and put them on this cake! It was tricky to find enough of the purple candles, as for some reason that colour isn’t included in some of the candle packs. If you’re in Canada, I found the candles I used in the video at Bulk Barn and Target (RIP).
Popcorn Cake (No Bake)
February 11, 2015 by
I love popcorn. It’s my vice in the evenings. Really, it’s probably a habit that I should quit, but I just can’t quit it. Yet. But I should try. Soon. Maybe. But I like it! Years ago, my friend Kim introduced me to the wonders of popcorn with Smarties. Say what? Popcorn and chocolate? OMG, Everyday I curse and applaud her for this. Thank you dear friend.
Well, now that you have direct proof of my mental struggle with food, I will move on to the actually reason you are here reading this, and that is for the Popcorn Cake!
If you love a salty and sweet combination, which I also love, but we don’t want to get into that, this is the perfect no-bake cake for you! Start out with a basic recipe that you might find for rice krispies treats (marshmallows and butter), and add in any of your favourite small candies or chocolates, press it into a cake pan, and ta-da! A popcorn cake!
How to Make a T-Shirt Shaped Rainbow Tie-Dye Cake
November 15, 2014 by
I used to run a home based bakery business (until my love of YouTube took over!) and during that time, my t-shirt shaped cake pan was one of my most used pans out of all of my shaped cake pans. I had so many of them that they were the first thing that I sold when I closed the business. I was SO happy to get rid of them.
I have a love/hate relationship with shaped cake pans- they are great as you don’t need to carve or structure the cake, but, they take up so much room! When I decided which ones to keep and which to sell, I kept the ones that I used for multiple projects, knowing that I would be able to use them in future videos, in multiple ways. This t-shirt pan can also be used for other cakes, which I’m sure I’ll be showing you at a later date.
Unfortunately as with all good things, they come to an end. Wilton has “discontinued” this cake pan, but I was able to find another similar cake pan on Amazon, and it you can get it here. It is basically the exact same cake pan, just with sharper, deeper sides. If you’re not up for purchasing a cake pan, you can always freehand carve a t-shirt out of a rectangle cake. That would save you a little bit of money, and a t-shirt is a pretty simple shape to make. Besides, we’ve all seen one so we should have a pretty good picture in our heads as to what one looks like!
I have wanted to make a cake into a tie-dye design for a while now, and when thinking up a reason, and a cake design, a t-shirt seemed like the natural way to go. When I think of tie-dye, I think t-shirts, peace, love and the 60’s! You can do this design on any cake- round, rectangle etc. To recreate it, start the piping gel spirals at the center of the cake, and work your way out, alternating colours as you want to.
Keeping your brush clean is the most onerous activity throughout the whole process. I would imagine having 100 brushes would make it a lot easier, but who has that many brushes? Washing the brush is important, as it helps to prevent the spreading of the colours where you don’t want them to be. You don’t HAVE to wash it, but your cake may end up being a lovely shade of brown if you don’t.
I hope you enjoy this project! Peace.
Rubik’s Cube Cake – Surprise Inside Cake!
September 27, 2014 by
Rubik’s cube has been around longer than I have been alive, but it’s still a popular toy that exisits in many stores. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that, and was quite shocked to be able to find one in the store on my first try.
The point of the Rubik’s cube puzzle, is to have each side of the cube (9 squares) be one solid colour. You have to do that without taking off the stickers!! Unfortunately the new cubes don’t have the stickers, so there is no cheating by way of the 80’s!
I’ve never had the luck of being able to solve it, but in all honesty, I haven’t really tried. I made this cake because I think it looks cool!! I know there are genuis’ out there that have actually tried to solve the puzzle and CAN solve it! I applaud you! Apparently, the current World Record is held by a gentleman in the Netherlands and is attempt was completed in 5.5 SECONDS!!! I can’t even imagine how he could do that!! It takes me 5 seconds to figure out how the thing moves.
Making this cake is a little time consuming, but the WOW factor when your guests cut into it will definitely cake it worthwhile! You can prepare your cake batter ahead of time, as well as prep your fondant squares. The cake batter should be coloured in the colour theme of the Rubik’s cube- red, orange, yellow, white and green. The fondant squares work best if they are a little bit pliable, but I ended up putting on some that were rock hard, and they worked fine too. The hard ones don’t mold to the side of the cube as well, so some of the corners stick out.
When you’re lining up the rectangles to make your cube, make sure you’re paying attention to the side the will have the 9 blocks shown when the cube is cut. Otherwise, if you cut on the wrong side, you will be shown only three rectangles. Other than that, making this cake is pretty fool-proof!! Unlike the Rubik’s cube itself.
Skittles Poke Cake with Skittles Buttercream- Collab with MyCupcakeAddiction!
September 20, 2014 by
I told you a couple of days ago that I had an awesome collab coming up . . . and to announce it properly, this is a Skittles collab with Elise from the YouTube channel My Cupcake Addiction! Whoop! She is a fellow YT baker, and creates amazing recipes for people to follow along with on her channel.
I haven’t had the fortune of getting to meet Elise in person yet, but through our email communications I can tell you that she is a very talented baker and decorator, a mom of two young boys, and is an amazingly hard worker! Her days must be SO busy! I’m so glad that she was able to take the time to work together with us, in order to put my flavoured cake into decorated form.
This cake truly tastes like Skittles. Boiling the Skittles down to a simple syrup preserves the flavour of the candy, but eliminates the chewiness that you might not be accustom to in a cake. I thought about using the syrup in the buttercream as well, but I figured that I would need so much of it to get a strong Skittles flavour that I would be stuck with a super runny icing. So, instead, I used my food processor and blended the Skittles up to a fine powder and substituted a portion of the icing sugar for the Skittles powder. It ended up working out perfectly, and tastes just like a Skittles cake should! Skittles are a fabulous addition to a plain vanilla cake.
Inside Out Rainbow Cake
April 23, 2014 by
Do you have a bunch of leftover jelly beans from an Easter egg hunt? Well, I have the perfect way to use them up! I would love to be able to tell you that I was “using mine up” but, no, I went to the Bulk Barn (I should have frequent flier miles there) and bought all brand new jelly beans for this project.
I absolutely adore this cake. I think that it is beautiful, and the shock value of the inside is second to nothing I have seen. I contemplated using vanilla cake, but I felt the darkness of the chocolate cake really accentuated the bright vibrancy of the buttercreams.
Now, I am a buttercream LOVER, but if you aren’t (what is wrong with you?!) you can make the layers of the buttercream thinner but only making one stripe for each ring. But, if you do that, keep in mind that your cake will not be as shocking when you cut into it. The point of a cake like this is to make it look amazing when it is sliced into . . . and for it to taste amazing!!
I went with an outer colour of white buttercream for the cake to mimic a cloud like appearance . . . did I achieve that!?! Haha. I also think that the white makes a clean slate for the jelly beans to sit on nice and brightly!
I hope you enjoy this cake, I know I loved making it!
Rainbow Ice Cream Cake Recipe: How to Make a Rainbow Ice Cream Cake
January 18, 2014 by
I’ve wanted to make an ice cream cake for a while now, as I dream about the cookie crumb filling that Dairy Queen layers in their ice cream cakes! I’m drooling, just thinking about it. I found the perfect imitation of it, and it is so simple- just Oreos and fudge/ganache. It provides a crunchy base for this bright vanilla ice cream cake.
I’m not a huge fan of vanilla ice cream, but I swear I can taste rainbows when I bite into this one. It’s like a magical explosion in your mouth. With that explosion from the colour, and they the overwhelming delight with the cookie crust, this cake not only looks amazing, it tastes fabulous! If you’re not a fan of vanilla like me, you could replace the vanilla ice cream with pretty much any light flavoured ice cream that would work to dye.
The only difficulty when assembling this cake is getting your ice cream to be the perfect consistency in order for it not to be a melted mess, but soft enough to be able to mix the colouring into it. I brought the ice cream out about half an hour before I wanted to make the first layer, and just left it out while I did each layer. It was kind of a sloppy mess at the end, but it worked!
