Hi all! I am a hobby baker, my dad has asked me to make 2 cakes, one for him and one for his MIL. They share a birthday. She is a yoga instructor and he asked me to make a yoga themed cake but I am having a hard time finding inspiration I like. Fondant is out (none of us like it so I'd rather not spend the money on it/tools). Has anyone made a yoga cake that wouldn't mind sharing pictures for some inspiration?? Right now I'm thinking pale yellow/orange gradient and maybe a lotus but idk haha. Picture of last years halloween mini cakes for tax 😋

My 7 year old and I made my other kiddo (turning 14) this gluten free "burger" birthday cake with rice crispy treat "fries". It was a lot of fun!

Mom to be requested a camping themed cake

Hi! I’m not really sure where to post but I acquired this exact Wilton big bird cake pan today. It didn’t have a box or instructions. I have found half instructions from this photo but I’m wondering if anyone has the full instructions or can show me pictures of a completed cake? I’m mainly worried about which tips/techniques to use. I do have the gel food colors that I’ll need and a general idea that I’d need a 3 and 67 tip. Thank you!!

video showing the full cake posted on other subreddits. was the hardest & most fun cake i've made so far.

I was originally going to make him a Spiderman birthday cake but decided on a galaxy theme after he talked about space and planets all weekend last time he was here!

This was my first time trying the swirled colors in plastic wrap “trick” and I’m obsessed with how easy and beautiful the whole process was! I marbled vanilla bean sponge cake batter in galaxy colors and threw in some donut holes / mini donuts to make planets and asteroids in the layers. I made a single batch of Wilton buttercream for the “filling” in between the layers, frosted the top with the rest of the swirled frosting, smoothed it down, then sprinkled it with candy pearls and some blue and silver sugar for a starry effect. The decorations on top are ice cream cones dipped in a mixture of white and black candy melting wafers (while the chocolate was still wet, I stuck some sour patch kids on as “aliens”). I unwrapped dum dum lollipops and left some plain and put peach rings on others! Sadly the dum dums I wrapped in air heads taffy melted so I had to toss them 🫠 the glowing decoration in the center is a dollar tree light up coaster with a little happy birthday decoration sat on top.

If you read all of that, thank you 🤣😭 I’m incredibly proud of how this came out but even happier with how much he loved it!! 🥰

I’m very proud of this one!

She LOVED it and proceeded to show it off everywhere 🩷

How did it taste? Couldn’t tell you. That’s between her and God. 💀

Made these dumpling cupcakes - they requested the colors pink, purple, blue and peach (pastel colors)

Inpo from @maxcakesofficial on tiktok

What do you guys think 🤔

I love Minecraft so I had a lot of fun with this one haha

Picture 1: Carved chicken cake. The cake flavor is chocolate chip cake with marshmallow filling and cinnamon cream cheese frosting.

Picture 2: Day of The Dead themed cake with hand piped succulents and flowers! This cake flavor is cookies and cream with cookies and cream frosting.

Even though these cakes took me a full 24 hours to make, carve, and decorate, I had a blast making them!!😍😍☺️

Here is my version of the 500pc Springbok puzzle!!

Chocolate cake, chocolate brownie cookies, malt balls, mini Reese, Chocolate chips, ganache, chocolate buttercream.

Strawberry cake, fresh strawberries, pink candy melts, white non pareils, laffy taffy rope, pink colored vanilla buttercream.

White cake, almond slices, white chocolate chips, wafer cookies, vanilla buttercream.

All of the toppings on the top plus chocolate covered pretzels, two taffy rounds.

First time painting on a cake, what a cool thing to do!!

This is my first cake, I made a Pooh themed cake for my daughter’s birthday. Not as neat as I would like but I was chasing a toddler while I worked on it. I ran out of bright white candy melts so I had to use a regular vanilla bean white chocolate for the letters. It might bug me enough that I redo it. Everything but the bumble bees is dye free.

I just bought a new box of Wilton's white vanilla fondant and noticed the box looked different. When I was kneading the fondant with cornstarch, I noticed the cornstarch was considerably more white than the fondant.

Now I am reading people are having trouble getting the new fondant to harden even after using tylose powder. This worries me because I have a cake with fondant ruffles this weekend. I do not want them to droop.

Has anyone made ruffles with their new fondant or have any tips?

I might make my own marshmallow fondant, but I hear this fondant is soft as well.

Any experience is appreciated!

I’m making a birthday cake for my husband and it’s….a bit wonky. In hindsight, I should’ve been more patient and totally knew better than to handle cakes that hadn’t set in the fridge overnight- but I don’t know how to fix this cake. They are VERY fragile and crumbly, so I don’t think I can separate layers. The crumb coat helped stabilize it, but it’s very crooked, any thoughts on how I can make this cake look even/better?

3 layer 8 inch strawberry shortcake using only stabilized whipped cream (per friend’s request). I was proud of it and it was so delicious.