Welcome to the cake decorating contest and STORY sharing at Wedding Cakes For You. All of the cakes on this page are from readers like you who are handy with a pastry bag and are willing to share their skills with everyone. You can comment on the stories if you would like to.
"I can't believe all of the cakes that are on here now; a virtual 'plethora' of ideas.....Great job Lorelie and Wedding Cakes For You!!"
~Colleen Charles, SweetCakes & CheeseCakes~
Since starting Wedding Cakes For You in 2009 hundreds of cake decorators have shared and entered the cake decorating contest here . Below you will find photos and stories from talented people from all over the world.
They have revealed inside tips on how they made their cakes with recipes, tutorials, and even some bloopers. The inspiration that you can find here is priceless, and it's FREE.
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Say Cheese
I thought I had heard it all until someone requested a camera cake. Here is how it went.
"Hi Danya can you make me a camera for my friend's birthday? …
Fairy Tales Do Come True
Teamwork If there is one thing I love to do in life, it's to try new challenges any time an opportunity presents itself, which seems to happen often here …
Minion Birthday Cake
Life is Good
No matter how old your children get they still have a passion for cartoon characters and such. Well today is my #1 sons birthday. He turned …
Hightop Sneaker Cake
After agreeing to make a 3D tennis shoe while not having done one before, I thought it wouldn’t be too difficult! Actually applying the laces was the …
Krazy About Cake!
I started Decorating when I was very young. My mom and I would bake for all the Holidays and Birthdays. As I grew up and had children I would make cupcakes …
Cascading Roses
This cascading roses cake was a very special and an absolute delight to make.
It was specially made for my niece Audri and her new husband Nick. The …
Pollyanna Cake
We've been wanting to have a Pollyanna Cake ever since we first saw Disney's "Pollyanna" and the cakes they had at the orphanage fund raiser. …
Flower Pot Cake
This flower pot cake cake was for a ladies Birthday who had a love of gardening with her Roses being a favourite.
The cake and the flower pot were …
21st birthday cake.
This 21st birthday cake was really fun to make. It was ordered by a number of friends of the Birthday Girl. I did have a chat with the young lady to get …
Music Cake
The music cake was inspired by the original Piano/Cello design by Amanda www.sweetfixrva.com
Surprise
A young woman I work with showed me …
Pink Monkey Cake
I had a customer's grandma contact me to make a 'smash' cake for her granddaughter's 1st birthday; one layer, a white cake,something pink and could I put …
Mickey Mouse Birthday Cake
This Mickey Mouse birthday cake was for a one year old girl's birthday.
Here is how I made this fun Mickey Mouse Cake
The hat was constructed …
Pony Cake
This cake was for a little girls 3rd Birthday. The cake was an 8' chocolate with chocolate frosting. The disk in the middle of the cake and the pony were …
Gladiola Fondant Flowers
Hi Everyone,
I am very proud of this cake, not because of the finish so much as the fact I wanted to give up but stuck to it.
A lady came to me …
Rubber Ducky Cake For A Baby Shower
I am very excited about this rubber ducky cake that I made for a baby shower. I started out with 3-10" layers of cake for my bottom tier.
In order …
Chessboard Cake
I LOVE the game of chess! I've been playing since I was a kid, and I wondered whether or not if I could make a cake that looks like a chessboard. The …
Cars Cake
Aiden's Cars Cake
I inherited my passion for making cakes from my late grandmother Betty Rogers. She made all of the decorated desserts for our families …
Dragon Cake
I have dreamed of opening a bakery for as long as I can remember..I am always ready for what ever challenge someone throws my way. This Dragon cake is …
A Cinderella Story
On December 28, 1947, my aunt Hazel was born. Hazel grew up living a wonderful life. Spending time with family and friends was always first. She took …
Valentines Day Cake
My Valentines Day Cake inspiration was my mom. My mom could not boil pasta correctly, but she could sure bake a cake. One of the prettiest cakes I remember …
Sewing Machine Cake
I began decorating cakes 7 years ago, but this sewing machine cake was my ultimate challenge.
This cakes started off as just a board, pipes, cereal …
Turtle Cake
This Turtle Cake cake is the VERY FIRST 3-D cake I have ever attempted, as well as working with rice krispy treats.
My client requested this sculpted …
25th Anniversary Cake
Inspiration
This cake was inspired by my mom and dad's 25th wedding anniversary. I wanted to make something beautiful for them, so I decided to learn …
Alice in Wonderland Cake
This is an Alice and Wonderland cake that I made for a 6 year old's birthday.
INSPIRATION
Inspiration was easy here! With Alice and Wonderland being …
49th Wedding Anniversary Cake
My parent’s 49th wedding anniversary was coming up and I decided to have a dinner in their honor. Since I am an amateur cake baker I knew that I would …
Unique Wedding Cake
When my to-be sister-in-law asked me to make her a unique wedding cake, I was thrilled. When I first asked her what she wanted, she just said, "Whatever." …
Gollum Cake
I made this Gollum cake for a friend whose son was turning 15. It was to be a surprise and remembering teenagers, I knew it had to be over-the-top to …
Celebration of Love
Wow ! Cake decorating has truly become my greatest passion. It all started with a desire to bake and decorate a cake for my daughter one thanksgiving. …
Kettle Cake
The story behind this Kettle Cake:
It took me down the memory lane when as a child I would play with dolls and have tea parties. Just recently I had …
Hello Kitty Birthday Cake
My client requested a Hello Kitty Birthday Cake for her granddaughter's seventh birthday. Having never carved or sculpted a cake before I expressed doubt …
A cake with flowers
I made this cake with flowers two days ago and the flowers that you see on the cake were also made by me using gum paste.
My passion is baking and …
Fathers Day Fish Cake
It all started with a fish. My husband LOVES-I repeat LOVES fishing. So I decided to make him a Fathers Day Fish Cake. I went to the internet and searched …
Shoe Cake
My Baby shoe cake for a baby being welcomed into two heritages.
The art of baking cakes is something I am always exploring. I feel like I learn something …
Cherry Blossom Cake
A Cherry Blossom Cake for a very special bridal shower. I was asked to be the Maid of Honor of a friend of mine. The funny part is, I am friends with …
My Daughter's Bridal Shower Cake
I have twin daughter's whose wedding's were 2 1/2 months apart in Feburary and May 2011. In Feburary I made the wedding cake, which was my first decorated …
Thomas the Train Cake
I babysit for a living, and I was asked by the mother to bake a "Thomas The Train cake" for her son's 2nd birthday. Since she's often a "guinea pig" …
Warning: Wedding Cake in Trunk!
This wedding cake had to be delivered in the trunk of our car to my niece's wedding which was 150 miles away in a city where the traffic is absolutely …
For the Birds
My cake drama
This cake was not one of my best cakes, it actually was my worst cake disaster. (not visible in the "before" photo) but I also learned …
Decorating A Cake- 50 Lessons in how not to panic
Decorating A Cake
I love to bake, but I’m not a professional. In fact, I’ve only recently started to play around with fondant and gum paste as a hobby. …
Wedding Anniversary Cake
My sister asked me to make a cake for her 35th wedding anniversary party. No design was given, so it was left to me to come up with something. My sister …
Margarita Cake
Margarita cake for a bridal shower...I was asked to design a cake for a friend which resembled the invitation. The theme was margaritas and the shower …
4th of July Cake
This 4th of July cake was for a very special person. My husband is currently deployed,and missed Father's day, and the 4th of July, when he came home for …
Lego Star Wars Cake
Hello ladies & gentlemen. This entry comes to you from someone, me who loves cake decorating & as much as I enjoy decorating them (did you notice I didn't …
Safari Cake
This safari cake was for our godson Aiden's baby shower
Let me first start by saying that I love creating new cakes and seeing what I can do! I started …
Friends Forever
I made this cake for a school friend of mine who I met after 30 years. I made the gum paste dolls clad in uniform as it's been that long since we had seen …
Space Shuttle Cake
As a child my dream was to become a pastry chef but where I grew up there were no culinary schools so I just learned it from watching videos and reading …
Diamonds are a girls best friend
This cake was made for a Bride who loves diamonds. She was asking if there was a such thing as edible diamonds. She had seen some on a cake once and …
Birthday Present Cake
This was a birthday present cake for my mother in laws 80th birthday party. The cake feeds 125 people. I made a butter cake and used a coffee "simple syrup". …
Hello Kitty Cake!!!
I made this Hello Kitty Cake for my granddaughter....she just turned 5. I decorated cakes years ago for my children, and well...they grew up and I stopped …
Jasmine & Aladdin Birthday cake!
My Love For Baking
It started with watching the Foodnetwork Channel. I love to cook and bake as I soon realized I was intrigued by the cake decorating …
Bikini Cake!!
I made this bikini cake for my fiances 39th birthday!! He LOVED it!! Four 12" in Heart Shaped pans make up the body and the Wilton ball pan made the ,... …
Orchid Wedding Cake
My name is Mariah, I am finishing high school and this Orchid wedding cake is my third. I started 5 years ago making cakes for family and friends. This …
Violin Cake
My name is Keri and I am currently attending graduate school. I began to watch television shows about cake decorating a year and half ago, and was so …
Mario Brothers Cake
My great-nephew Adrian (7) LOVES Super Mario! So, I took on this daunting task, frosting and fondant for his birthday party which was held at the bowling …
Groovy Owl Birthday Cake
I have a tiny obsession with all these cute little owl party decorations,greeting cards, toys and what not. They are so incredibly adorable I just want …
Guys Night Around the Poker Table
I started making cakes when I was a kid. Of course, they were out of the box with store bought frosting, but I always tried to personalize them for …
Frog Cake
So this frog cake is definitely one of my favorites. It was done for a client who has gone through a couple years of major struggle. She has always had …
Tea Party Cake
"Mom of two teenage kids, a wife, an Auntie, a sister and friend, little bit of a perfectionist, that likes to bake?".. well who better to volunteer to …
Sesame Street Cake
My Sesame Street Cake
When I Realized My Calling.
When I was a little girl my mother always made sure my sister and I had special Birthdays. …
Disney Cars Cake For Collin!
My Disney Cars Cake For Colin!
Cake decorating has been handed down to me from my grandmother. Grandma, aka "Bama," made us beautiful decorated cakes …
Pink Zebra Cake
My Pink Zebra Cake
My inspiration
A 16 year old girls birthday party. What is more popular with girls than hot pink and zebra stripes?
A Cake Decorating …
Sudoku Puzzle & Pencil Cake
My husband is a Sudoku fanatic - literally. It helps him switch off from the manic pace of his publishing work. I made this cake for his birthday this …
Spiderman Birthday Cake
I made this Spiderman Birthday Cake for my grandsons 7th birthday. The building around the bottom layer is made out of sugar cookies. The white building …
Baby Carriage Cake
This baby carriage cake is my favorite cake I have done yet. Not only did it come out great but it was for a very special little boy. Baby Sidney was about …
A Pink Wedding Cake
I made this pink wedding cake for my brother-in-law's fiance who was very indecisive in what she wanted for a cake! I gave her a couple pictures and she …
I'll be Home For Christmas Cake
I named this particular cake " I'll be home for Christmas " because it reminds me of someone who is waiting for their loved one to come home for Christmas. …
A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS CAKE,,,, ITS WATING FOR YOU!!!
My secret ingredient:
Love and fondant
My tip:
Patience
My inspiration:
The holidays
The time we spend with our loved ones during the holidays …
All Ocassion Cakes
This page is a compilation of cake shares by Wedding cakes for You visitors. Starting with a gorgeous Mardi Gras Cake. This cake was made for a sweet 16 …
Black And White Wedding Cake
Black and White Wedding Cake
A three tiered red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting. Fondant is a MMF...clean simple elegant design. Topped with …
Tinker Bell Cake
Tinker Bell Cake
This Tinker Bell Cake is one I made a for a beautiful girl that was turning 8 years old. Her birthday theme? Tinkerbell.
Flavors …
tulip wedding cake
My Tulip Wedding Cake...
This is the first wedding cake I have ever made!
I have been making cakes for four years and started making cakes for family …
Rookie Wedding Cake
My Rookie Wedding Cake And Love For Baking And Decorating
Within the last seven months I decided to finally take up cake decorating. I have always had …
Wild Wedding Cake
A Team Effort For A Wild Wedding Cake
My son just got married and my daughter-in-law wanted to do a theme of hot pink, zebra print and Black... at …
My "I DO-over" Wedding Cake
Cake Decorating Class Final
I come from a long line of artistic people and finally, at the age of 46 (and a divorce), found where my creative juices …
Catch That Groom!!!!
This was a FuN cake to make for a fun bride and groom. Her favorite (as mine) movie is "Because I Said So" and she was very inspired by a black and white …
Beach Theme Cake With Sculpted Beach Couple
My Niece's Beach Theme Cake
I make cakes as a hobby, not a professional, mostly for my grandchildren for their birthdays. When my niece asked me to …
The Traveling Wedding Cake
Big Responsibility Traveling With A Wedding Cake
The responsibility of making a couple's wedding cake is one thing, but traveling 1063 miles with 10 …
Second Time Making A Wedding Cake
This is my second time making a wedding cake! My sister in law Cathy's wedding cake.
When Cathy announced her engagement back in December, it …
7Th Heaven
My Second Cake
Well this is the second cake I have made, the first being my daughter's cake for her 2nd birthday.
The Inspiration
It was …
Koi Fish Cake
A friend of mine ordered a cake for his fishing trip. He gave me carte blanche. I decided to make a fish-shaped cake with a twist... koi! I thought for …
Pink And Brown Wedding Anniversay Cake
How I Made My Pink And Brown Wedding Anniversary Cake!
This is a five tier vanilla sponge cake filled with chocolate ganache. There are three pink fondant …
A Fondant Cake For Animal and Art Lovers
This three tiered fondant cake is covered in rolled fondant. All the decorations and the dog and cat are hand sculpted in fondant as well.
How I …
Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend
I made this cake for a friend of mine 2 months ago, she used diamond paperweights as center pieces so, I wanted to incorporate that into her cake. …
Alice In Wonderland Cake
My theme cake is an Alice in Wonderland Cake. It is a topsy not so turvy cake.
How I Made This Whimsical Design
The cake is made with cake decorating …
I Love Decorating Cakes
This is my story.
I love decorating cakes! A few months ago I found myself enrolled in a wedding cake decorating course. There I was with all of my …
"...and I want it covered in real 24ct Gold"
I made my own wedding cake mainly as I couldn't find a decorator able to make the cake for me, for less than a thousand pounds (roughly 1,500 USD) and …
Chubby Chefs Cake
This cake was a self-portrait of me (the blonde) and some of my chef friends just having fun decorating cupcakes. Our bodies are also cupcakes (turned …
A Beginner's Tale. Not rated yet
I have never been a person who was interested in baking, and in fact I had been totally unaware of all the wondrous things one could accomplish in this …
10 yr Birthday Cake. Not rated yet
If only the little girl who got this cake, knew how long her Mum and me had talked about her. I even met up with her, where she works. The shop has a toy …
18th Birthday Cake Not rated yet
OK, so this 18th birthday cake was a super challenge. It had to be girly………,but not too girly.
She is an amazing BMX bike racer (I know nothing …
First Birthday Cake Not rated yet
This first birthday cake was a really simple design for twin’s first Birthday. I had to get a good mix of girl and boy in the design, without one outdoing …
Cakes For Girls Not rated yet
A Tinkerbell Cake
I love how cute this cake turned out. I found a great pic in bright colors of Tinker bell. I don't have a printer that makes edible …
Safari cake Not rated yet
This safari cake was for a baby shower and I wanted to make sculpted animals. You can find how to make them on YouTube. They show you step by step.
…
Diva Shoe Cake Not rated yet
This Diva Shoe cake was for my sister in laws 40th birthday. She's a Betty Boop fan so I used the colors that Betty always has, which are red, white and …
Princess Cake For Sofia Not rated yet
I made this cake for a little princess who is 3 years old and loves Sofia.
The title for the party was Sofia in Paris. Her mom wanted a cake to represent …
Harry Potter Cake Not rated yet
Harry Potter Cake-I was contacted by Icing Smiles to make a "Dream Cake" for an older sister of a little guy with a heart condition. The sister was always …
Minnie Mouse Cake And Monster High Not rated yet
Wow...I had a three day adventure making two cakes. A Minnie Mouse cake and a Monster High design for two of my nieces They were celebrating their first …
18th Birthday Drama. Not rated yet
Party time
My daughter had said she did not want a party for her 18th Birthday. So, being a mean Mummy I threw her one anyway as a surprise. I made …
A Glam Farm Cake Not rated yet
This glamorous farm cake was made for a 40th Birthday. They asked me for a cow hide fondant with (gumboots, galoshes or willies) depending what country …
Angry Birds Cake Not rated yet
It all began in November of 2006. My son Jonathon, who at the time was 21 years old, talked me into flying back home to Indiana to make a 3D monkey cake …
Safari Cake Not rated yet
This was my safari cake project for the weekend! It was for a co worker's baby shower and is a 2 tier vanilla with strawberry fruit filling. The bottom …
Hello Kitty Cake Not rated yet
This is my first Hello Kitty carved from 2 - 8" vanilla sponge cakes.
It was for a little girl named Poppy, hence the poppy in place of the usual bow …
Fish Not rated yet
This was made for a graduation party. I carved the cake- used an impression mat for the scales painted brown food coloring on the fish with vodka and …
Princess Garden Cake Not rated yet
This Princess Garden Cake was for a little girl whose family had never been financially able to throw her a birthday party. She was turning 8 and was …
Gum Paste Decorations Not rated yet
Gumpaste Peonies.
I started the gumpaste decorations first for this cake about two weeks prior. Gumpaste peonies. First I researched good pictures of …
Monkey Cake For Baby! Not rated yet
CONGRATULATIONS HOLLY!
The combination of your cake story with tips, the comments you received and your cake decoration have won you the first prize …
Yorkie Dog Cake Not rated yet
The reason I did this dog cake is, I have a little Yorkie and I wanted to make a cake for his first birthday. Bailey is my world and I love him so much. …
Great illusion art on butter cream cake Not rated yet
I'm a chef in a bakery shop.
fond of fine arts using cream.
I had created lot of fine arts thru years in cakes.
my work on fine arts started when i …
Topsy Turvy Cake Not rated yet
A Topsy Turvy Cake For An Engagement
This is my very first 3 tier cake. I discovered that covering a topsy turvy cake is not easy. I had to use so …
Another Hello Kitty Cake Not rated yet
I made this Hello Kitty cake for a daughter of my friends. She was turning 7 a couple years ago and loved Hello Kitty. I was new to cake decorating at …
Hello Kitty Birthday Cake Not rated yet
My client requested a Hello Kitty cake for her granddaughter's 7th birthday. I had never carved a cake before and didn't think I could. However she had …
60th Birthday Cake Not rated yet
My 60th Birthday Cake Challenge
My father-in-Law's 60th Birthday was approaching very quickly and I felt inspired to make a memorable and delicious …
Louis Vuitton Cake Handbag and Shoe Not rated yet
Louis Vuitton Cake Handbag and Shoe
Every year my daughter's school has a cake auction for a fundraiser. This year I decided to go all out and try …
Marine Cake Not rated yet
This cake was done for a Marine returning home after 2 years away. I used an actual Marines coin to make the emblem on the hat.
Tracy thank you for …
Lightning Mcqueen Cake Not rated yet
The cake is a 2 layer 12 x 18 with a hand carved Lightning Mcqueen on top. It is yellow and chocolate layers, iced in buttercream, covered in fondant. …
Beautfiul Wedding Cakes Not rated yet
This page is a compilation of beautiful Wedding cakes from visitors. This was my first real wedding cake using real cake. It was a challenge stacking the …
Easter Basket Cake Not rated yet
I just started baking in March of this year and made an Easter Basket Cake for a coworkers family gathering.
The bottom 2 layers were Red Velvet …
Norma's Fantastic 80th Birthday Cake!! Not rated yet
This Fantastic 80th birthday cake was for a family member named Norma - my mother and I made 2 yummy chocolate mud cakes & decided to make the number eight …
Prego Belly Cake Not rated yet
I have been waiting for my Bestie to fall pregnant so I could throw her a baby shower, I was dying to try this cake for her, with all other party preps …
Lightening McQueen and friends Not rated yet
I never know how I'm going make things work out the way they do but I know it's a blessing when it does.
My Cake Decorating Passion
I am an accountant …
Vintage Car Wedding Cake Not rated yet
I had a very unusual request to make and decorate a fruit wedding cake. The happy couple have been together for some time and had decided to 'tie the knot' …
Pregnant Belly Cake Not rated yet
Pregnant belly cake photo courtesy of www.dpasteles.com
Hi There,
I was asked to make a pregnant belly cake for a baby shower. I know that your focus …
My First Topsy Turvy Cake Not rated yet
My son designed this topsy turvy cake
A few weeks ago I told my son that for his "16th" Birthday he could design his cake anyway he wanted. Well …
Nature Theme Cake for Outdoor Wedding Not rated yet
Our son's "green" wedding was held in a conservation area, and the ceremony was in the forest. So the theme was trees, mushrooms, grass and flowers. …
Decorated Cakes Not rated yet
All of the decorated cakes on this page are shared with you by visitors to "Wedding Cakes For You" Enjoy their stories, ideas, baking tips and cake decorating …
Fairy Cake Not rated yet
The Fairy Cake Inspiration
This was a fairy cake designed for a bride with a medieval flair, not the knights and ladies, but more the woodland theme. …
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