I made this cute stegosaurus birthday cake recently for a little boy who absolutely LOVES dinosaurs. I sent his mom a couple of different designs, initially – one was a cake shaped like a dino, like this one, and the other was a round cake with a little dino figure on top. The birthday boy liked… Read More
I know it’s supposed to be Throwback Thursday today, but I had some exciting news to share instead: Cakes by Caralin just reached 200 followers! Woot woot! 🙂 To celebrate this milestone, I’m going to offer my very first “Win Free Cupcakes” contest! Up for grabs? One dozen full-size OR two dozen mini cupcakes in the… Read More
So, I originally started this blog several years ago. Those of you who have been following me since then (thanks, guys!!) know that I sort of fell off the wagon and didn’t post anything for a while (okay, I didn’t post anything for a loooong time), but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t making tasty cakes! (To… Read More
I made this pretty, rustic birthday cake this weekend. It was a great chance to try out some new rose petal cutters I got – I definitely approve, and I can’t wait to use them again soon!
Here’s a baby shower cake I did back in the fall (I’m trying to post more regularly this year!). The client initially wanted little booties on top, but after they saw the little bears on my blog from some other baby shower cakes I did, they decided to go for a bear too! That made… Read More
In continuing the theme of buttercream cakes, here is another I did recently! This technique is called petal effect, and the term for the graduated colour is “ombre”. Sounds fancy, huh? 🙂 What do you think? Do you prefer this petal effect, or the piped rosette cake I posted last week? They were both fun… Read More
I made this pretty rosette cake for a recent birthday. The piped buttercream rosettes were actually quite quick to do, but I love how they turned out. So did the birthday girl, actually – so much so that her mom ordered another exactly the same a week later! (Not that you need an excuse to… Read More
Well, I think they’re cute, at least – and you’ve got to admit that the title is great alliteration, either way. 🙂 I’m still playing catch up on all the cakes I made before I started this blog, so today is a two-cake old/new combo post. Both are car cakes, so I thought it made… Read More
