First Nephew

When I was 14 I got my first baby nephew. So I've done all of his birthday cakes since he was born. My little man is turning 6 this November and has loved every cake I have done for him.

Baby Elmo

His first birthday cake was baby Elmo. Nothing super complicated since he couldn't really choose for himself yet. He just knew that he wanted cake. So I piped the entire cake with homemade butter cream frosting and hand drew baby Elmo on top. I did NOT use a stencil, all I did was look from a picture that I had printed of the internet. I have never and will never use a stencil to design my cakes.

Baby Elmo turned out amazing and my nephew wanted to dive right in.

Bee Cake

His second birthday he wanted a bumble bee cake. So I stacked cakes to make a hive, used three half egg pans to makes the bee's bodies, and three cupcake eggs to make the bee's heads. I used butter cream frosting and did rosets on everything. I cut fruit roll-ups into rainbow wings and antenna. I also used smarties for the eyes and decoration on the hive.

 The bee's were a hit and everyone loved the style and taste.

The Cat in the Hat

For his third birthday he was obsessed with the cat in the hat (he even dressed up as him for Halloween). So I to a large slab cake and hand drew the cat in the hat on it. I used homemade butter cream icing to pipe it and used piping gel for the milk. I did NOT use a stencil, I looked at the book to draw him like the true cat in the hat.

Everyone was so amazed by this cake that they didn't want to even cut into it.

Iron Man Cake

His fourth birthday was when he loved iron man. So once again I took a slab cake and piped iron man onto it with homemade butter cream frosting. The background is made to look like steel plating with bolts punched through it. I also used gold shimmer dust to give iron man a little more shine. I used a little piping gel on his chest since that's what glows.

 Spider-man

Finally his last birthday cake was a spider man cake. I did this cake a a two tier cake, the bottom tier being the buildings that you always see in the comic books, and on the top of the top tier I piped spider man. I also piped spider webs throughout the cake. This was again done with my homemade butter cream frosting.

This has been his favorite cake so far, but there is still definitely more to come. He was already informed me that this November he wants a Superman cake for his sixths birthday. So we'll see if that's what he still wants by then or if he has some other grand idea. Either way no matter what he chooses I know that I'll make something that he'll love.

Deej