This is a fun cake, a non traditional 4th of July theme. The coolest part is the shark in the water! This cake was actually brought to a beach celebration. This is a fairly simple cake to make. However, most of the fondant decorations need to be made in advance. Such as, the hammock, which … Read more
I baked a simple layer cake, iced with butter cream and decorated with goldfish crackers, gummy sea life creatures, teddy graham crackers. Beach towels are made from Fruit Stripe gum and floats for bears are gummy life savers. The “sand” is made from crushed vanilla wafers. I cut a hole in the top layer of … Read more
It was son to be my dad’s birthday. I love making cakes and only need an excuse to get baking so I had a think what to make for him, they were going on holiday in a month’s time so I thought it would be a great idea to make a holiday cake. I started by … Read more
This is a double layer sheet cake. I crumb coated it then went back with a layer of white frosting. I cut the “cookies” in different lengths to represent a beach fence and glued them to the side of the cake with additional frosting where necessary. I did learn however, that this should be your last step … Read more
“Fairies and pirates, pixie dust and buried treasures… how do I capture that in a cake?” That was all I could think of in my jet lagged, exhausted head. My daughter’s 4th birthday party was 3 days away, and I had just landed after a 24h flight, and was devising a strategy on how to prepare … Read more
This was a beach party cake for my niece and nephew. It is a 2 layer cake. I carved out a spot for the swimming pool and filled it with partially set blue jello gelatin. The beach sand is crushed graham crackers mixed with a little white granulated sugar. I piped little outfits onto teddy … Read more
I made this beach cake for my son’s beach themed birthday party. I got the idea out of a magazine and just took it from there! I used a really smooth frosting that was easy to apply. I used two 9in rounds to give it the height. I made extra frosting so we could have … Read more
I made this Beach Birthday Idea from a brownie cake for my sister’s 28th birthday beach party. I baked the brownie batter in a 9 inch round pan and covered in white fondant. I used blue food coloring and painted the ocean side. I brushed a little bit of plain water over the other half … Read more
This Beach Scene Birthday Cake is a three layer yellow cake with buttercream icicng. I made white chocolate shells from molds and lined the cake. I used a plastic castle for decoration (we already had). The Ariel characters are from a sticker book, the cardboard part. I cut them out and glued toothpicks on back … Read more
I used two 9″ round cake pans. The top layer had to be cut into about an inch and a half and scooped out. I added blue Jell-O that was almost set. You then have to allow it to set. I made blue icing. The sailboat is made by icing a Twinkie and using a … Read more
I got this unique birthday cake idea from the web. I made it for my daughters 3rd birthday and had so much fun making it. I used a 13×9 pan for the cake, torted it, and filled it with chocolate buttercream. I also added chocolate buttercream on the sandy part and covered it with graham … Read more
The other beach cakes on this site inspired me to a Beach Birthday Cake for my husband’s 30th birthday. When he saw it he absolutely LOVED it! His family and friends liked it so much I got an order to do another birthday cake. For this cake I made 2 13×9 sheet cakes with a … Read more