My children always give me a challenge for their birthdays. When my daughter was turning 10 she wanted a komodo dragon cake. You just can’t go buy one of those at the IGA. That’s the year I started making all my children’s birthday cakes, so for her 12th she wanted a turtle birthday cake and … Read more
To make the sea turtles I used a ball cake pan for momma and and only used half of the ball instead of making two as you would to form a 3-D ball. I had another pan that made four smaller cakes in one that I used to make her babies. All of the limbs are made … Read more
My daughter turned seven and told me she wanted a Littlest Pet Shop Sea Turtle Cupcake Puzzle Cake. I admit I wasn’t sure how to create a cupcake puzzle cake. I knew it would be easier to arrange the mini cupcakes than the normal size cupcakes but I wasn’t sure how I was going to … Read more
My grandson turned 2 and his favorite thing to do was play in the sand box, so I decided to make a turtle sandbox cake, just like the one he played in. It was not as hard to do as I thought it would be. It was a big hit with all the kids but … Read more
I made this turtle birthday cake for my daughter’s birthday. She loves turtles and I thought this would be enjoyed. The cake was chocolate and French vanilla, with butter cream icing. I used Wilton gel for colors and added Wilton vanilla for flavoring in icing. A very large sheet cake pan I used and doubled it’s layers. The turtle was … Read more
My youngest girl wanted a turtle cake for her 3rd birthday. I initially thought it might be a nightmare but I managed to come up with the turtle so close to the real for my 3 yr old. I managed to get ideas from all over the websites and finally from the super market. Yep, … Read more
We had a turtle party for our son’s birthday. We used a soccer ball cake pan that we ordered on-line to make the shell of the turtle. We just piped icing around shapes from the soccer ball in green, light green, blue and yellow, consecutively. We used baker’s icing because it is easier and thicker … Read more
I made this Turtle cake for my niece Shari’s birthday. She wanted a turtle cake so I made her one. I get a lot of ideas from this website, as well as others, and then recreate them, adding my personal touch. For the base cake, I made a chocolate with pudding filling cake in a … Read more
I made this Sea Turtle Cake Idea for a friend’s baby shower. She was having her first boy and ocean was her theme. I made two choc. fudge cakes, 1 9″ round and 1 11×14 cake. I hand carved the flippers and the shell. I made modeling chocolate for the shell pieces, buttercream for the … Read more
I decided to be different on my daughters birthday. Instead of a cake she asked for a birthday cookie. I made a double batch of Chocolate chip cookie mix and spread it out on a pizza pan. I used a turtle template for the turtle. She adores turtles thus turtle cakes! She loved the cookie. … Read more
I used the 3D bear pan for this turtle cake. Covered everything with fondant and made a separate shell out of fondant and hand painted everything.
For my son’s 12th birthday, he requested a two-headed turtle cake! I always use photos for reference. I used 2 boxed cake mixes and baked them one at a time in an 8 cup Pamphered Chef mixing bowl. One cake was used as the shell and the other was trimmed to make the contours of … Read more