Take a look at these cool homemade Garden Scene 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!
Ann-Christine was turning eleven so I made her favorite chocolate cake. She loves being outdoors, and she’ll totally get engrossed in her own little world once she’s got her book to read, her iPod and Kaasy, her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. She likes to tune out and we let her be. Based on that, it … Read more
The design of this garden cake is not exclusively mine though, I tend to take bits and pieces of ideas from other online cakes to create mine. The two flower pots were made from a cupcake and a mini-mini-cake pan. The pot of mum’s is my favorite and was so simple to do using a … Read more
I made this “Bugs and Butterfly” cake for my daughter Hannahs 5th Birthday Party. It’s one of those cake recipes that are so easy to make!! I bought small butterfly cookie cutters and rolled out white fondant, then cut out the butterfly shapes. I then “painted” the fondant butterflies with gel food colors mixed with … Read more
My nephew is obsessed with everything Japanese. He wanted a Japanese themed birthday party. I offered to provide the birthday cake. The inspiration for this garden cake came from a decorative Zen garden my manager had in her office. I made a standard yellow cake for the base. I cut out approximately one inch in … Read more
We did a Garden themed party for my daughter Lily’s 1st birthday. We decided on the Garden theme based on her name. I baked Garden Cupcakes for the occasion and did a “Rose Garden”, and a “Vegetable Garden”. The cupcakes were both mini and regular sized cakes, and were just a boxed mix! I made … Read more
My daughter’s birthday is in April and she wanted to have a Spring Garden party theme. I had just bought the book, “Hello Cupcake” and was inspired by their butterfly and sunflower cupcakes. After making the cupcakes I decided to make an actual cake to go with them. I used the same decorating techniques described … Read more
For my daughter’s 5th birthday I decided on a garden theme as the party was based around fairies. I made this Garden Birthday Cake. For the sponge I used a Betty Crocker carrot cake mix. I simply sandwiched them together using green butter icing. I used two different lots of coloured butter icing. The idea … Read more
I cooked a sheet cake. We covered the entire cake with blue icing with a little more white mixed in for the “sky”. Since it was close to Easter we were able to get pastel m&ms to make the flowers and sun. We added green grass and stems to complete the “picture”. The cake was … Read more
My niece was turning 7 and asked if I could make her a birthday cake. Her instructions were: a house, a garden, a rabbit, a snail, a rainbow, AND the cake had to be PINK inside. NO PROBLEM! So this House And Garden Birthday Cake is the creation I came up with. I baked a … Read more
My mother-in-law made this Homemade Garden Birthday Cake for my daughter. It was a big hit at her recent 1st birthday party! The theme was a big number 1 pulling a red wagon with flowers. We wanted the theme from the napkins, plates, etc. to continue with the cake. So, I found a miniature red … Read more
I made the sun in 1/2 of a sports ball pan, and the orange “rays” are triangle shaped cutout cookies. The grass portion is just the remainder of the cake batter baked in a 9×13 pan and cut to resemble a hill. The flowers, butterflies and letter in her name are also cutout cookies. There … Read more
