Graduation Panda

Made for a graduation party! This panda and his cute props are entirely edible.

Chocolate Bear on a Round for a Boy

One of my most viewed cakes is the Brown Bear on Round - Girl. It's also my profile icon on some of the cake forums I'm on. But it's not all about the baby girls! Let's hear it for the boy!

Bear is a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream fur. The round is covered in MMF. The shower theme was teddy bears and was so adorable, with the table centerpieces as a cluster of bears in all sizes and colors.

Team Werewolf

If you know me, you know that I am slightly obsessed with werewolves, so when my favorite babysitter said she'd love a werewolf-themed cake for her birthday...well, I was all over that.

Cute, huh? I used the Stand-up Cuddly Bear pan and just made a few adjustments. I even gave him a bushy tail in the back. Inside, his furry exterior is chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream.

Moo Cow

Did you know the number one search phrase that brings folks to my site is "cow cake" from any search engine? It's true! And despite the fact that I call myself the Cake Cow, I've never made an actual cow cake...until now!


Ain't she sweet? I used the Stand-up Cuddly Bear pan and then carved down the ears for the horns, trimming off the face to make room for the cow's nose. The ears are made from black fondant and attached with toothpicks. I think I'll add more black spots on the next one and change the eyes. Poor thing looks a little freaked out.


Inside, she's dark chocolate cake with my signature buttercream frosting.

Stand-Up Penguin

I made this cake using the Wilton Stand-Up Cuddly Bear pan. To get the shape right, I trimmed off the feet and ears, then used the ears as the base for the feet. He has a "Happy Birthday" sign made from brown fondant but it was still too fragile to attach for this picture.

Hint for other newbie cake decorators: When transporting a cake on a night that might be a little chilly, make sure to turn off your car's heater that points directly at the back of the cake...Lesson learned!

Build-A-Bear Workshop (Mini-Bear with Logo)

My daughter celebrated her sixth birthday with a party at the Build-A-Bear Workshop. Perhaps I was feeling generous (or delusional) so I let her design her own cake.


I used the Mini-Bear pan with the BABW face and colors. The fluff coming out the back and around the cake is the stuffing they used to make the bears. It's cotton candy. By the way? Virtually impossible to find white cotton candy. Oh, and don't put it on until you're ready to serve the cake...it melts into little sugary mounds that might cause your six-year-old to pout until you add more.

Mini Bear Tea Party

This was made for a baby shower where the only stipulation I got from the mom-to-be was that she's like it to be pink. She also mentioned she loved my bears and wanted to try my strawberry cake. I tried to accommodate her. The round cake is strawberry, although the bear and table are vanilla.


Isn't the tea set adorable? Took me about an hour to sculpt. I haven't done much figure sculpting and wanted to try it a little more. Fondant and I aren't the best of friends but I am trying to improve the relationship.

Baby Bunny

Made for a baby shower with a bunny theme. I used the bear cake pan, shaved off her ears and changed the arms. Originally, I planned to use marshmallow rice treats, molded to the shape of floppy ears but the icing proved to be too heavy and they broke. So after eating them to console myself, I opted for cardboard shapes and attached them with toothpicks.

Ballerina Bear with Mini Bear

I wanted to try something new with the teddy bears. I've seen this bear in the Wilton Yearbook and thought it would be perfect for a first birthday.

I made the smaller version for the traditional First Birthday Smash Cake.

Brown Bear with Different Face - Girl

Same bear using a different style for the face. Read the blog post about it here.

Talent Bear in Yellow

Made for a Talent Show. I do not know what possessed me to make a bright yellow bear...maybe I had too much caffeine that day. The microphone is made from black fondant and attached with skewers.

Smores Bear

Read the blog post about this cake here.

Here's another version:

Panda Bear on Round - Girl

Read a blog post about a similar cake here.

White Bear - Girl

My first white bear! This cake was made so long ago that the picture was taken in our old house! Ahhhh, the memories...

Van Gogh White Bear

This bear was made for a baby shower where the Mom-to-be had decorated the nursery with a mural of Van Gogh's "Starry Night." I thought the bandaged ear was fitting.




The bear is set on a basic round cake and surrounded by star cookies decorated to match the theme. Paintbrush, of course, is not edible.

Little Bear Blue

This picture is missing the ribbon bowtie the bear wore to the baby shower.

Also? Pictured above is the bear "before." The "after" picture is not so good...because between the two shots, the bear took a head dive off the plate! I managed to catch him before he hit the ground but he didn't look too pretty...some major repair work had to be done while hiding in the kitchen at the baby shower. Good times...

Brown Bear on Round - Girl

One of my favorites. This was made for a baby shower where the Mom-to-be is also a cake decorator so it had to be perfect. Hey, at least she's like me and refuses to make her own cakes!