Archive of ‘Cakes for Guys’ category

Camera Cake: Say Cheese!

| 3-D cakes, Cakes for Girls, Cakes for Guys

Say Cheese!  Cream cheese frosting, that is, on carrot cake, shaped into a Camera Cake!  This cake was made for photographer Mike as a surprise for his 40th birthday.  It is modeled after his own camera, although the dimensions are not exact because, don’t forget, it is a cake, and I needed it to feed […] Read more…

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Spiderman Takes The Cake

| Cakes for Guys, Figurines, Kids' cakes

THWACK! Spiderman spins a web in a (vain) attempt to save Manhattan from a cake knife!! This Spiderman cake was made for an avid Spiderman fan named Rohwan, who was turning 4.   I had a blast making this cake.  The cake is vanilla with chocolate frosting, and the whole thing is covered with fondant […] Read more…

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Cobra Cake – I Ate Snakes

| 3-D cakes, Cakes for Guys, Kids' cakes

Have I ever told you that I don’t particularly love snakes?  They slither and have no limbs.  They don’t greet you at the door when you come home, offering you a ball to throw for them to fetch, their bodies shaking with excitement.  No, snakes are cold, indifferent to hostile in temperament, and look like […] Read more…

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The Hunger Games

| 2-D, Cakes for Girls, Cakes for Guys

The Hunger Games is the first book in a young adult trilogy by Suzanne Collins.  The books have been extremely popular among the middle and high school set, and so it is no surprise that the movie, which opened a week ago, has become the must see film of the spring. I received an order […] Read more…

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Running Shoe Cakes

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  Nancy made these for the birthdays of our good friends Liz and her marathon-manic husband Tom.  The cakes (top photo!) are replicas of Liz’ and Tom’s running shoes (bottom).  Liz’ cake is chocolate with a chocolate caramel ganache filling and frosting.  Sooo good!  Tom’s is an apple cake, made from home-made apple sauce, with […] Read more…

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Magic Maple Syrup

| 3-D cakes, Cakes for Guys

Isn’t this amazing???This fondant-covered cake looks so real, and the bottle of syrup seems to be suspended in mid-air.  The bottle, syrup and butter are made from modeling chocolate, but we’re not giving away the secret of levitating syrup bottles!   This cake is one of the reasons why I love taking cake classes.  I made […] Read more…

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