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Easy Monster Cake

June 10, 2018 Add Comment Cake, Fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving, How-To Edit

Happy Halloween!

I know it's a little late for new ideas, but this cake is so easy that it will take you maybe an hour to complete. It's not hard... just repetitive. And it only takes two icing tips and three colors... if you count white as a color.

What You Need:
Cake - any shape or size would do
Purple, or green, or blue, or pink icing (about 3-4 cups depending on the size of your cake)
1/4 cup (or less) white icing
1/4 cup (or less) black icing
Icing Tips #233 & #10 (or #12)

*Note: This would be even easier to do if you use canned icing for the "hair" and tubes of icing for the white and black!

I started by icing the cake smooth with purple icing.
Then, I added the whites of the eyes.

Using Tip #233, add hair/fur all over. Remember to start with the tip touching the icing of the cake, squeeze while pulling straight away from the surface of the cake. The further you pull away from the cake, the longer and scragglier the hair will be.

Add the pupils and a line or circle or whatever for a mouth, and voila! SUPER Easy Monster Cake.

Click the Links Below to See:
A ridiculously difficult Monster Cake
Other Halloween/Fall Ideas

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Easy Monster Cake

June 04, 2018 Add Comment Cake, Fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving, How-To Edit

Happy Halloween!

I started by icing the cake smooth with purple icing.
Then, I added the whites of the eyes.

Valentine's Day Ideas & Treats

June 02, 2018 Add Comment Valentines and St. Patty's Day Edit

Truthfully, Valentine's Day for me is more of a store-bought treat day. Mostly because I just want really good chocolate truffles. I don't want cookies or cupcakes or cake. But that's just me. I know some people would prefer the homemade stuff, so... here's my collection of Valentine's Treats in one easy-to-find post.

Cakes:

Ruffle Heart Cake

Easy Fondant Valentine's Cake

Easy Buttercream Valentine's Cake

"Wild About You" Monster Cake

Not-At-All-Easy Chocolate Valentine's Cake

A Little Easier Chocolate Lover's Cake

Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Cake

Cookies:

Chocolate-Strawberry Sandwich Cookies

Love Letter Sugar Cookies

You're My Little Love Bug Cookies

Bee My Valentine Cookies

Valentine's Day Bouquet of Cookies

Other Ideas:

Cream Cheese Mints (Easy!)

Chocolate-Vanilla Tuxedo Cheesecake

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

Easy Cake Pops

Pink-Pink Cake Pops

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Wild About You - Easy Monster Cake

June 02, 2018 Add Comment Basics, Birthday Cakes, Cake, How-To, Valentines and St. Patty's Day Edit

How about a hairy, purple Monster to say I'm Wild About You, Valentine!?!
This cake is super easy! It took me less than an hour to decorate. It's perfect for Valentine's Day, Birthdays, whatever!

What You Need:
6-9" Round Cake (This was 6"x3")
2-4 cups of Buttercream Icing (depending on the size of your cake)
Colors: Purple, Pink, Black (and white)
Decorating Bags & Tips #5, 12, 233

Ice the cake smooth, and start by adding white dots with Tip #12 for the eyes. (However many eyes you want.) Add the black mouth and eye spots with Tip #5. The tongue is made with another Tip #12 dot- in pink.

Then, it's a lot of repeating... Tip #233 "hair" all over. Always start with the tip touching the cake, and squeeze while you pull straight away from the cake.

I couldn't pass on taking this picture! I thought it was so adorable, the balding monster with mutton chops.

Once he is covered, finish it off with a message on the cake plate.

Click the Links Below to See:
Another Easy Monster Cake (too funny, I thought the last one had 2 eyes.... I guess I'm not very original)
A More Difficult Monster Cake
Other Valentine's Day Ideas

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Easy Cat or Dog Food Bowl Birthday Cakes

June 01, 2018 Add Comment Basics, Birthday Cakes, Cake, Decorating with Kids Edit

My boys turned seven this weekend. Every year, we have a costume party for their birthday, to give them (and their friends) another chance to wear their Halloween costumes.

This year, they were cats. So, they wanted cat food bowls for their birthday cakes.

I decided to go with simple for the decoration because this year the boys were very particular about flavors and fillings. (Chocolate-chocolate-chocolate for Charley, and White cake with lemon curd filling and vanilla frosting for Jax.)

The 'water' is piping gel colored blue. (I added a small layer of white icing underneath the blue gel to make the water look lighter in color.) And the cat food is cereal. Each cat chose his favorite cat-food-looking cereal to go on his cake.

I made each a two-layer 9x13 cake, filled in between the layers, and to get the 'indentation' for the sides of the bowls, I used a tip #12 to add a thick layer. I added three layers, then tried to get them as smooth as possible (easier said than done).

In the end, they weren't perfect, but they won over the cats, and their friends.

Click the Links Below to See
How to Make Cake Mix taste Homemade
Rich Vanilla Buttercream Icing Recipe
Silky Chocolate Buttercream Icing Recipe
Lemon Curd Recipe
How to Frost the Corners of a Cake
Last Year's "Backson" Monster Birthday Cake

Easy Monster Cupcakes - 5 Ways

June 01, 2018 Add Comment Basics, Cupcakes, Decorating with Kids, Fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving Edit

I found some Candy Eyeball Sprinkles at the store this week... so, I had no choice, I had to make some quick Monster Cupcakes for Halloween.

I thought I'd show what you could do with a few different, easy-to-find decorating tips. The tips are labeled in the picture above. I think my favorite is the easiest... Wilton Tip #233 in a messy pile. The center cupcake.
(Click on the picture to see the cupcakes larger and in more detail.)

My kids' teachers and our neighbors will hopefully enjoy their simple little monsters.

Click the Links Below to See:
Easy Monster Cake
Halloween Cupcake Ideas
How to Make a Cake Mix Taste Homemade
Basic Buttercream Icing Recipe

Easy Halloween Eyeballs Cake

June 01, 2018 Add Comment Basics, Cake, Fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving Edit

A super quick post to show you a super quick Halloween cake idea that's easy on the eyes... get it?!?

What You Need:
Cake
Icing
Fondant
Round Cutters (or Icing tips)

Simply cut out the white and black fondant in various round sizes. Layer them, using vanilla to help them stick to one another.
Voila! Spooky Eyeball Cake.

For an Easy Fondant-Free Halloween Cake...

Check out My Monster Cake Tutorial

Or These Super Simple Monster Cupcakes