To be kind to our gluten free guests at our Christmas eve party, I made this luxurious Triple Layer Chocolate Peppermint Mousse Cake on a Krusteaz Gluten Free Double Chocolate Brownie crust as part of a bake off challenge sponsored by Krusteaz. I figured just because someone has to live on a gluten free diet doesn’t…
Decorated Cakes
Coconut Icicle Cake
Please don’t adjust your set, it’s Saturday and I’m here, Kim, The Partiologist! Because of a schedule conflict, I’m here today to share a super cool cake with you. It’s cool because it’s dripping with icicles and not really too hard to make. I knew you would like the not hard part. Now you can enjoy…
Christmas Present Cake with an Ornament Surprise Inside
Surprise your loved ones by cutting into a Christmas Present Cake to reveal a red and green swirled ornament hiding inside. This cake will keep people guessing as to what will be inside your next cake! This cake was one of the most challenging I’ve made to date. It took three tries to get this…
Snow Globe Cake with Cake Pop Snowmen
It’s blustery cold outside, but I’m betting it’s not as chilly as it looks for these snowmen inside my Snow Globe Cake. These snowmen are made out of cake pops so they may get eaten before they freeze. As I am writing this we are getting freezing rain. I’d prefer snow. Well, actually I’d prefer…
Ugly Christmas Sweater Cake
It’s Sunday, so you know what that means…I’m back with something to keep you warm. I’ll give you a hint, it’s ugly. I can make fun of these sweaters, because I may have worn one. I won’t say for certain, but I have had a few fashion moments when I look back and think to myself “what was…
Magic 8 Ball Cakes
These Magic 8 Ball cakes are the perfect Halloween dessert! Did you ever close your eyes, shake a Magic 8 Ball, and hope for the right answer when asking life’s important questions, like, “does Billy really like me” or “will I get into Mrs. Smith’s homeroom?” I sure did. Playing with Magic 8 Balls was…
Pumpkin Pail Cake filled with Halloween Candy
This Halloween serve your party guests a cake filled with candy. Not only is there candy coming out of the top of this Pumpkin Pail Cake but when you cut open the cake you’ll find more candy hiding inside. Did you carry a plastic pumpkin to collect candy when you went out trick or treating…
Black and Orange Halloween Petal Cake
As part of the Wilton Sweet Treat Team, I had the opportunity to take a Wilton Course 1 cake decorating class at JoAnn’s last month. On the final day of class I decorated this simple Orange and Black Halloween Petal Cake using one of the techniques I learned. I had not taken a cake…
Cooler Cake
Cooler Cake This red Cooler Cake looks almost like the real deal! With isomalt ice cubes and shiny modeling chocolate beer bottles, this is the perfect dessert for any tailgating party. It’s tailgating season, and for those of you who pack up your trunks full of food, head off to the football game, hang out in the…
Personalized Fortune Cookie Cake
If you could put your own fortune inside a Fortune Cookie Cake, what would it say? Personalize this large homemade fortune cookie with your favorite saying for a beautiful tasty treat! I always hope to find something inspiring when I crack open a fortune cookie, like “a dream you have … will come true.” When…
3-D Game Day Football Cake filled with Chocolate Footballs
You’ll score big if you serve this 3-D Game Day Football Cake on game day. Be careful and warn your guests that this isn’t an actual football so they don’t try to go and throw around the pig skin. Every time I get an assignment from General Mills for a sculpted cake I worry that…
Root Beer Mug Cakes filled with Vanilla Ice Cream Ganache
Surprise friends and family when you serve them what looks like a mug of rootbeer, but is actually a Root Beer Mug Cake filled with Vanilla Ice Cream Ganache and Whipped Cream. Not only do these look like a frosty mug of root beer, they taste like it too.The cake is made with real root…
