I am a self taught cake decorator with no schooling. I learned just because of the love of creating. This particular cake was inspired by someone needing a cake to say thank you. The person is native to Hawaii and he just came back from a visit to his family and upon his return to … Read more
I had a blast doing this Hawaiian Luau birthday cake. It was my niece, Faith’s 12th birthday. My parents, Faith and myself had a HUGELY anticipated trip to Hawaii planned in June and her birthday fell on our first full day there. We celebrated her birthday at home the weekend before our trip with what??? … Read more
This entirely edible display was made for a Hawaiian Luau. The totem in the center is made of four six inch rounds stacked. I stacked the first two on the board, frosted and inserted 5 dowel rods to support the weight of the next two layers. I prepared a small cake board, stacked the next … Read more
Believe it or not, this was a last minute cake! Made entirely by one person in one week, this cake wasn’t as hard as it looks. I had to take it tier by tier in order to not panic. I started with the bottom, which consists of buttercream and fondant rocks. The rocks were actually … Read more
I made 3 Hawaiian Luau Cakes. The top level is a pineapple. I used a 6″ and a prep bowl to make my cake, with a little carving to tweak it. It is covered in fondant. The leaves are fondant with gum text added to help them harden and keep their shape. I piped my lines with butter cream. … Read more
My friend wanted a luau themed cake. I made this Luau Cake with Piped Hibiscus Flowers in a 12″ circle cake and covered it in fondant. Then I put a plastic grass skirt around it. I piped several hibiscus flowers and put them around the circumference of the cake. I used tinted blue piping gel … Read more
This Hawaii Island Cake is a checker board cake inside (black and white cake). The main cake is layered and frosted in Butter cream frosting (BCF) that I made from scratch. The sand is made out of brown sugar with a little water added. The palm tree is life savers, and marshmallow fondant (MMF) (made … Read more
I got this unique birthday cake idea from this website since my theme was “Splash Party” and we had a bunch of different pools and water activities in the backyard. But I altered it a little bit from the ones I read. I found it much easier to make a Jello jiggler of the Berry … Read more
My daughter wanted a luau party them. I found some great ideas from this site. She loved the hula girl cakes, but wanted water and palm trees too. I decided to do the waterfall, and incorporate some hula girls into it. I used three different size pans, and layered them off center. It was very … Read more
For my eldest daughters 8th birthday, we hosted a party at one of the local city pools. Being huge fans of the ocean, we decided a beach kid birthday cake was in order! I had always wanted to try using piping gel, and this provided the perfect opportunity. I used a large sheet cake pan … Read more
I made a 16 inch round pan for the bottom, a ten inch pan for the middle tier, and the Barbie cake on top for this Hawaiian Hula Girl cake. I used the Wilton wonder mold for the Barbie cake. I like to use Wilton cake release instead of cooking spray. I did use pieces … Read more
I used store bought cake mix for my luau party idea and followed the directions on the kit for baking. I used tubes of icing to make the bikini top. I used flower sprinkles to make the lei attaching them with the icing. For the grass skirt I simply put an excessive amount of butter … Read more