Mr.Gray Owl in the houuuussse! I made this adorable gray owl cake DIY for Handmade Charlotte – click on over to Handmade Charlotte for the whole DIY. He would be an adorable addition to the Thanksgiving table, or the centrepiece for an owl or woodland themed birthday party. You can find me in a few […]
Ginger Maple Pumpkin Pie Recipe
I’ve always been fascinated with American Thanksgiving, guys. It seems WAY huger than Thanksgiving is here in Canada – am I right? Kids travel home from college for Thanksgiving, people fly or drive thousands of miles and everyone comes together as friends or a big old family for a beautiful feast of love and food […]
How To Style A Cake For Photography
Hi blog buddies! You all know I write for Craftsy, yes? I wanted to share with you a post I wrote on fun tips for styling your cakes and desserts for photo shoots. Check out my article with some fun tips and examples of how to style cake photos here! Are you a blogger? What’s your […]
Happy Halloween! Halloween Cake Round-up
Cute Dracula cake DIY! Mutant bunny cake DIY for Handmade Charlotte! Scaredy cat cake toppers for Poppytalk! Paper plate animal mask DIY for Shop Sweet Lulu! Mellow mushroom cupcake toppers for Handmade Charlotte Mini monster eyeball cupcakes – full DIY on Craftsy.com! Lots of fun Halloween cakey times came out of Coco Cake Land this […]
Mini Monster Eyeball Cupcakes DIY
Countdown to Halloween is totally on! For simple and cute cupcakes to bring to work or school on Halloween day, you can slam together these hairy eyeball cupcakes in no time flat! You’ll need some colourful cupcake liners (I used orange) and a piping bag fitted with a multi-opening tip and filled with a bright […]
Halloween Cake: Mutant Bunny Cake DIY
Oooh I made this hilariously deviously cute Halloween themed cake DIY for Handmade Charlotte! Mutant bunny cake! This will jazz up your Halloween table big time, guys. Let me know if you try it! Full tutorial over on my mutant bunny cake DIY post at Handmade Charlotte. xo Lyndsay
Scaredy Cat Cake Topper DIY
Meowrrr! These scaredy cat cake toppers are simple to make and super cute, too – and they will instantly Halloween-ize your cupcakes or cake. Bake some cupcakes in orange liners, or plunk one of these cat toppers in a simple store bought cake and your Halloween party is all set in the blink of a […]
DIY Paper Plate Animal Mask Party
I created this super cute and easy to make animal mask out of this adorably patterned tableware set from Shop Sweet Lulu. No need for paint and markers when you have a pattern like this! This would be such a fun and easy craft for a youngster’s animal themed birthday party, or a last minute […]
How To Ice A Cupcake – 6 Designs
An icing style is like a hairstyle – ponytail, perm, straight, bangs, short cut, undercut, mohawk! Here are six different ways to instantly style and change up your cupcake frosting! The full tutorial is over on my post at Craftsy! What’s your favourite way to ice a cupcake? Find Coco Cake Land elsewhere this week: My post […]
I’ve Come To Suck Your Buttercream – Cute Dracula Cake DIY
Today’s cake DIY is sponsored by Minted.com Guys, it’s Halloween season! Do you remember last year when I made a green hairy witch cat cake DIY for Halloween? Let me refresh your memory: MEOW! The witch cake cake tutorial how-to is right here! I know Halloween is supposed to be scary. But I just can’t get […]
Fluff + Puff: Coconut Raspberry Snowball Cake Recipe
A pretty little beauty of a cake. I love the look of the snowball cake – mine has coconut cake layers with a hint of pure almond extract and it is filled with raspberry jam, iced in vanilla cream cheese frosting and covered in white shredded coconut. Topped with a fresh raspberry, I think it’s […]
Cookie Problems: Coconut Macaroon Recipe
Coconut macaroons – simple, sweet, chewy, crunchy with a touch of pure almond extract and plenty of coconut, of course. This recipe uses Smitten Kitchen‘s “throw ’em in a food processor” method for easy mixing. Blammo – you’re done!
Toadstool Mushroom Cake Topper DIY – Handmade Charlotte
We’re shrooming and zooming all the way into wet and damp Fall with these cute as can be toadstool mushroom cake topper buddies! Go take a look-see at the full toadstool mushroom cake topper DIY over at my post on Handmade Charlotte! Wheeeee! I went on a mushroom picking hunt a few years ago with some […]
Coco Cake Land via Instagram – Baking Galore + Alt For Everyone
What an awesome week. I feel jam-slammed busy these days but still it’s fun to be jumping from food-flying kid play dates to baking up a storm in the kitchen to styling cake photos to my kid’s music class to editing and writing… this week was extra sweet because Alt For Everyone happened! Alt For […]
Cotton Candy Cake Tutorial
Does anyone else love thin as air, wisps of nothing spun sugar cotton candy? Pale pink sugar threads fluffing and puffing up like a beehive wig, melting into your tongue like magic. We took Teddy to our city’s annual fair this past summer and I felt inspired by the cotton candy sticks in pale bubblegum pink […]
Fluffy Pink Lamb Cake DIY
I’m so excited to announce that I will be a regular contributor to the cutest DIY/design blog, Handmade Charlotte! Hooray! My first post is this fluffy lamb cake DIY – please visit my post on Handmade Charlotte for the full tutorial. Hope you like it! xo Lyndsay
