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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Barbie’s Birthday
Today is Barbie’s Birthday! Barbie was created in 1959, (53 years ago), and as a tribute to Barbie, I have posted all the barbie themed cakes I have created over the past years. I really enjoy decorating cakes with a … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Holiday Cakes – Valentine’s Cakes
It will be Valentine’s Day in just less than a weeks time. A great occasion to create a cake for your loved one(s). Over the years I have created a quite a few heart cakes, heart shaped and with hearts … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – How to Make Butter Cream Icing
This blog is all about Fun Cake Decorating ideas and so far I have posted quite a few cake decorating ideas. With each decorating idea I have been talking about which icing or fondant type I have used and shown … Continue reading →
Special Announcement
You may or may not know about the book that we wrote as a family about the loss of our dog. Well, “Remembering Candy” has been on Amazon for a few months now and it is doing great. We also … Continue reading →
Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Wedding Cakes – Lilly of the Valley
This week’s cake is, like last week, a flower cake. I decided to keep to the same theme. This is a wedding cake I did for a friend. She absolutely loves Lilly of the valley. She has a whole collection … Continue reading →
Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Birthday Cakes – Flower Vase
This is a cute little cake I did for a good friend of the family. Her birthday is very close to my dad’s birthday, so I usually end up baking and decorating a cake for her as well. Every year … Continue reading →
Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Specialty Cakes, Diaper Cake2
It is the second week of the new year already. Quite often, in cartoons, the new year is shown or drawn as a baby wearing a diaper. I thought it would be appropriate to show you this diaper cake, I … Continue reading →
The kids decorated
It was my mother’s birthday just after new Years and I could not show up without a cake. We are house sitting at the moment, taking care of a few dogs and cats, so I had to do with whatever … Continue reading →
A Motivational Cake for the New Year
I created this cake a few years ago for a friend of mine that needed a bit of a boost. She was feeling kind of down and with a birthday close to New Years, it is hard to first of … Continue reading →
Cream Cream Frosting
I just love frosting! Don’t you like to take a fingerful of frosting after it is mixed just to see how it tastes? Yummy, yummy! One of my favourites is a decadent whipped cream and cream cheese frosting which I … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Character Cakes – Barbie Cake-2
In July I posted the first barbie cake I created. Since that first cake, I have received quite a few requests for barbie cakes. This one was for the daughter of the boyfriend of one of my friends. It can … Continue reading →
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Halloween Cake Voting Is Now OPEN Until Nov. 11th!
(Scroll Down To See How To Vote For Your Favourite Halloween Cake…) To vote for your favourite Halloween Cake simply click here or on the image above to see how to vote for your favourite cake. Only the individual ‘likes’ … Continue reading →
Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Holiday Cakes – Halloween Bird Cake
It was Halloween last weekend and we always enjoy dressing up and going trick-or-treating with our kids. This year I was a vampire queen, my husband was a pirate, my daughter a princess and my son a Ninja. We always … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Sports Cakes – Ice Fishing Cake
Recently it was my dad’s Birthday. I have made quite a few cakes for him and they always have a hunting theme or something with deer. So, this year I thought I try something different. During the winter, when deer-hunting … Continue reading →
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SALE: Lowest Price Ever Offered – 4 Days ONLY!
from Midnight tonight until midnight on the 27th of October. Click here to take advantage of our 4-day Only Sale. Amanda’s Fun Cake Decorating book has been very popular and we have been selling it for $29 all day long … Continue reading →
Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Specialty Cakes – The Place to Bee
Every year I try to enter a cake in our Fall Fair cake decorating contest, so far I have entered a cake every year for the past three years. I have posted about my past cakes in earlier posts: Last … Continue reading →
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Contest Winners: Back to School
Congratulations To… Click here to see if your cake qualifies to enter our: “Halloween” Cake Decorating Contest! Cheers…Amanda van der Gulik…Excited Life Enthusiast! ;o) P.S. Make sure to let your friends know about our next contest!
Cakes – Cupcakes – CakePops – Chicken Noodle Soup?
Watch this video to find out what Chicken Noodle Soup has to do with cake decorating… Want to get life-long recognition for each cake masterpiece you create? Want to get free traffic for your cake business? Want your cake to … Continue reading →
It’s Time To Place Your Vote
Voting is Now OPEN! “Back To School” Cake Contest Click here to place your vote for which cake you would like to see featured on the cover page of our new “Fun Cake Decorating Ideas For Back To School” book. To … Continue reading →
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“Back To School” Cake Contest…
Enter Our Cake Contest… Want to be Featured in a Cake Decorating Book? (Entries Close on Thurs Aug. 25th at 12pm EST.) Enter your own “Back To School” themed cake… and Win the chance to be Featured in our book… … Continue reading →
Chicken Noodle Soup Cake?
Yup! That’s a cake, NOT soup! Pretty cool eh? I made this cake last weekend in preparation for a special video I’m putting together for you that I’ll tell you all about in my next post. So stay tuned to … Continue reading →
The “Summer Fun” Cake Decorating Contest Results are in
“Summer Fun” Cake Decorating Contest Results… Congratulations Dawn! (Click photo to see what Dawn Won!) Congratulations Samantha! (Click photo to see what Samantha Won!.) To see how all of our contestants placed in this contest, simply scroll down to see … Continue reading →
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Voting is Now Open for the “Summer Fun” Cake CONTEST!
********************************************************************** VOTING IS NOW OPEN – Tell Your Friends To Vote For Your Cake! Voting Closes Sun. July 31st, 12pm EST “SUMMER FUN” – July Cake Contest !!! Simply Click here or on the “Summer Fun” Album Photo BelowTo Learn … Continue reading →
“Summer Fun” Cake Decorating Contest!
************************************************************************* ENTRIES NOW OPEN… Entries Close Sun. July 24th, 12pm EST Voting Begins Tues. July 26th… Voting Closes Sun. July 31st, 12pm EST “SUMMER FUN” – July Cake Contest !!! 1st Prize: The Wilton “2012 Yearbook”! (Photo is clickable) 2nd … Continue reading →
Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Specialty Cakes – Diaper Cake
This is not your typical diaper cake. Usually people associate a diaper cake with a “cake” made of stacked up diapers for new-borns. A friend of mine, Heather, was expecting her tenth child. Heather has a passion for knitting and … Continue reading →
Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Character Cakes – Barbie Cake
This was the very first Barbie cake I made, about 6 years ago. A friend of mine just turned 40 and she absolutely loves Barbie. For her birthday she organised a Barbie and Ken party. So you see, it is … Continue reading →
Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – How to Bake a Cake
This blog is all about cake Decorating ideas and so far I have posted quite a few cake decorating ideas and don’t you worry, I have a whole lot more to come. I just wanted to do something a little … Continue reading →
“Fairy Tale” Cake Contest Results
… Hello Fellow Cake Decorators, The past few weeks I have been running a special Cake Decorating Contest for the Fans of my Fun Cake Decorating Ideas Facebook Fanpage. My Fans have been delighting us with some of the most … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Specialty Cakes – Opt-in Page Cake
This was a cake I made for my hubbie’s birthday. He is my techie and geek (besides being a great father and husband). He does all the behind the scenes stuff (the technical stuff) for my websites and the programming. … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Vehicle Cakes – Digger Cake
This was a very fun cake to do and before I started, I had no idea how I would tackle this one. Friends of ours, we met during the ante-natal classes, now have two sons. The oldest boy was born … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Birthday Cakes – My Castle Cake
It was my birthday on Tuesday, as you would know if you read my blog regularly. I posted a cake that my husband and kids decorated for me a few years ago. This does not happen very often, that my … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Birthday Cakes – My Birthday
Today is my birthday and I have made many cakes for my own birthday. Not this one, this cake was actually made and decorated by my husband and my kids. The kids did most of the decorating and my husband … Continue reading →
Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Specialty Cakes – Blankie
This is the cake I made for my son’s fourth birthday. It represents his “Blankie”. When my daughter was born, my sister made a little quilt blanket for her. My daughter liked it but was not really attached to it. … Continue reading →
Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Animal Cake – Hippopotamus
How about this cake and that cute little girl? This is a cake I made for my daughter when she turned Two. I can’t believe that it is already 7 years ago, two months ago she turned nine! You can … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Fantasy Cakes – Castle
After I had made the castle cake for my daughter, (see this post) one of her friends wanted a castle cake for her birthday as well. Not one of my cakes are ever the same, so for this one I … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Holiday Cake – Mother’s Day
Next Sunday is Mother’s day. Always a good reason to first of all spoil mom and to make a cake. I actually made the cake posted above for the birthday of my Mother’s best friend. Even though it was a … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Wedding Cakes – White Wedding Cake
In the spirit of the Royal wedding, I decided to post a short story on this wedding cake I made for a couple in Auckland New Zealand. The bride-to-be, first showed me a photo of the type of wedding cake … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Holiday Cakes – Easter Hen
Easter is still fresh in our minds, so I decided to post about another cake that would suit Easter very well. Last week my post was about an egg, this week my post is about a chicken or a hen. … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Holiday Cakes – Easter Egg
Easter is just around the corner and I have made my share of Easter cakes.This particular one stands out for me. I made this cake for charity as a raffle item to raise funds for a local parent centre to … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Seasonal Cakes – Horsing Around
This cake was a very fun project. I made this cake for the Fall Fair and the theme for the year was “Horsing Around in the Neighbourhood”. My two kiddo’s helped me as well. They are really starting to enjoy … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Animal Cakes – Butterfly Cake
Here is a cake that I did not make myself. This one was made by my sister. Cake decorating runs in the family, my mother has been decorating cakes for years and after a while I sort of took over. … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Animal Cakes – Deer Cake
This is the fourth post on a birthday cake I made in a row and the third one for a family member. I created this one for my daddy. (Yes, I still call him Daddy) My daddy is a hunter … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Animal Cakes – Dolphin Cake
My son absolutely loves dolphins. He would love to ride a dolphin some day, we came very close earlier this year, when we were on a cruise and visited Curaçao. The timing just did not work out, besides that, he … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Character Cakes – Hannah Montana
Today is my daughter’s 9th birthday. I can’t believe she is already 9! This is going to be very short and sweet, I wanted to share the cake I created for her and not take too much time away from my … Continue reading →
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Fun cake decorating ideas – Fantasy Cakes – Fairies
Here is another birthday cake I did for a daughter of a good friend of mine. Her daughter turned 5 and we were visiting them for a week. She used to live right close to us in Whangarei, New Zealand … Continue reading →
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Fun cake decorating ideas – Portrait Cakes – Baby Basket
I have been baking and decorating cakes for years. A lot of cakes I made are for friends and family and not one is ever the same. When I was looking through my photos of all the cakes I have … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Seasonal Cakes – Picnic Scene
This is a cake I made for the local Fall Fair two years ago. Like many towns in Canada and the USA, Uxbridge has it’s own Fall Fair. It is one of the biggest happenings in town and this is … Continue reading →
Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Fantasy Cakes – Princess Castle
This is a cake that I made almost three years ago. My daughter, like so many little girls, is crazy about princesses and dolls. For her sixth birthday she wanted a cake about princesses. So we decided on a castle … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Holiday Cakes – Valentine Cake
It is almost Valentine’s day and that is always a great opportunity to spoil your partner. I decided to write a quick post about a small and easy cake to impress your partner and to tell him or her you … Continue reading →
Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Seasonal Cakes – Bonfire
Every fall or autumn when we are in Canada we have at least one bonfire in the backyard with friends. We have a huge fire-pit set up and we start the fire before sundown. When the people start to arrive, … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Animal Cakes – Ladybug Piñata
This is a cake I made almost 2 years ago for my niece. She will be turning 7 this year already. Does time ever fly or what. My niece wanted a piñata, what is it with kids nowadays wanting to … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Sport Cakes – Bowling Alley
Here is one of my recent sports themed cakes. I am bowling in a ladies league once a week. It is really more about the social aspect than the bowling, but don’t tell anyone. For Christmas we had a special, … Continue reading →
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Fun Cake Decorating Ideas – Seasonal Cakes – Igloo Cake
We are in Canada at the moment and we have had some snow, not as much as previous years, but enough to have a white Christmas. So, just before Christmas, my husband decided to build an igloo. We have tried … Continue reading →
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