I was asked to make a birthday cake for a Boy Scout banquet and the first thing that came to mind was a camp cake. I used homemade fondant to make the tents, boats, sleeping bags, pillows, fire and life preservers and chocolate covered raisins and marshmallows for the rocks. The mountain is covered in … Read more
This Cub Scout Graduation Camping Cake was for our year end scout celebration or cross-over ceremony. The cake is 1/2 a sheet cake, covered in butter cream frosting and spray painted green on top. The trees are fondant cones covered in royal icing, the bridge and tent are fondant also. The path way is made … Read more
My friend and her family LOVE to go camping. So, I got this idea for a Camping Cake from Wilton’s website and used the guitar pan to create the camping site. I was even able to tort it and fill it! I cut off the knobs of the guitar and covered the front part in … Read more
I made this camping cake for a friend who finished Boy Scout training and needed an outdoor themed cake. The tent is a Graham cracker, the fire is pretzels and red tinted coconut. The lake is icing and the path is crushed Oreos. The trees are sugar cones iced with stars. I am big on … Read more
My sister asked for a camping birthday celebration, so I decided to make her a tent cake, in the shape of our traditional rectangular cabin-style tent. This cake was created based on a “doll house” pattern from the old Bakers coconut cut-up cake books. It’s two square layers. One is cut corner to corner, both … Read more
I made a camping birthday cake for my neighbor’s son’s 6th camping theme birthday party! The cake is boxed cake mixes, chocolate fudge and vanilla swirled with fudge icing in the middle. I always use the Frost & Pride from Staples for the outer icing, easy and light to spread. I made the tent out … Read more
For my sons birthday we had a camping party and the boys slept outside. We wanted the cake to be a camping cake to suit the camping theme. This cake was really easy to make and fun too! I used a 1/2 sheet cake pan and used a Wilton’s tip for the grass. The trees … Read more
I was requested by my childhood friend, to make a birthday cake for her hubby’s 40th. No theme was given, but the invite to the party was a picture of the man himself on his motor biking tour of Europe taken earlier in the year, sat in front of his tent, alongside his BMW bike. … Read more
This Homemade Camping Birthday Cake is the first cake that I have made to sell to someone! The top round layer is Swiss Chocolate with caramel filling. The square layer is lemon cake with whipped cream & lemon curd filling. The lady who requested this cake said her husband enjoys camping, among other things, so … Read more
This is a camping cake that my husband and son came up with for the father-son cake bake for cub scouts. They decided to go with a scene about boy scouts with a pond camp, fire, tents and trees for the atmosphere. Using the Tiger Cub motto of Search-Discover-Share We baked a sheet cake frosting … Read more
The actual Camp Out Birthday Cake is made of baked cookie dough set to 325 F. and is delicious! At first me and my Mom couldn’t decide how the fire should look, and every camp out cake has to have a fire, so we made rocks out of M&Ms, jellybeans work too, and candles for … Read more
I used one cake mix and baked the tent part of the cake in a small Pyrex bowl. The tree is made from a sugar cone decorated with the star cake decorating tip. Brown M&M’s make up the ring for the fire. One crushed Oreo was used for the ash. Pretzel sticks are the wood … Read more