Take a look at these cool homemade Bathtub cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
To make this cake it looks like a lot of work but it is actually very easy. To begin with my cake baking tips for the floor is use any type of box cake you like. On this particular cake I used fondant instead frosting. Either way you decide to frost, it is fine. Once … Read more
Rub-a-dub-dub, a new baby boy to love was the theme of this baby shower cake I made for a fellow Special Education Aide at school. All decorative pieces of the cake were made from fondant (duckie, bubbles, soap bar, towel, shampoo bottle, comb and even the faucets)! Sheen on bubbles was achieved with pearl luster painted on multi colored blue … Read more
My little nephew, who was not only a great surprise, was also a great miracle to our family. While my sister was pregnant she had some tests come back not so great, and was sent to a specialist the next day. We later found out she was sent there the next day because it was … Read more
My mother made this cake for my sons 1st birthday. The cake is decorated with a combination of fondant and icing. To create the wagon on the bottom she baked a 9×13 sheet cake. The cake was set on a foil-covered cardboard rectangle. To make the wheels, we colored fondant red and shaped it into … Read more
Rubber Ducky, Youre the One . . . to Make a First Birthday so much Fun! I made this very cute birthday cake for my son, Joshua’s 1st birthday party and it was one of the most adorable birthday cake designs! Here’s how I did it: Bake a cake mix (I used Betty Crocker’s “Funfetti” … Read more
I made this Duckie in Tub Birthday Cake for my daughter’s first birthday. It was very easy to make. I made a two layer round cake and frosted it. I applied graham crackers around the cake to be the “tub”. I then dyed piping gel blue and frosted the top of the cake. For the … Read more
My 2 year old daughter loves ducks. Where do ducks live? In a duck pond. This is one of my favorite birthday cake designs.
This is a Rubber Duckie Cake I made for a friend. Its Ernie and his Rubber Duckie taking a tubby. The tub is the cake carved and covered in fondant with fondant accents and Ernie and rubber duckie are also made from fondant and sugar paste. The cake is on a board with wood pegs … Read more
This was for my sons first birthday. He had a thing for ducks and I thought it would be the perfect idea. I found the duck in a coloring book and had my husband enlarge it on the copier at his work. I cut out the duck and after I put my regular icing on … Read more
I made this Baby Shower Bathtub Cake for my friends baby shower. I made (2) 13X9 one chocolate and one vanilla. I placed cakes in the freezer for easier handling. Apply frosting to center and add top layer. I cut out the center of the 13X9 to match the size of the plastic container. Frost … Read more
For my daughters 1st birthday, I decided on a duck theme and searched for cool birthday cake designs. “Duck” was the only word she knew and what to associate it with, so that’s what we did. I’ve never made a 3-D cake before and decided against buying a 3-D cake pan, because I wanted it … Read more
This cake is a tub cake with ducks swimming in it. I used two 9×13 inch pan to make the cake and cut the center out of one of them. I made blue jello and used it for the water in the tub. The faucet is just some foil that I shaped to look like … Read more