Coolest Free Cake Decorating Idea for Scarecrow Cakes 1

To ice the face, we tinted white icing with just a touch of brown icing concentrate (available at craft stores). For the hair, we tinted white frosting with a little yellow icing concentrate and then piped it through a tip especially designed for hair and grass likeness. The eyes and cheeks are Nekko wafers. For … Read more

Coolest Wizard of OZ Birthday Cake

Homemade Wizard of OZ Birthday Cake

I made this Wizard of OZ Birthday Cake for a friend of a friend’s niece. She was turning 5 and wanted a Wizard of Oz cake. My husband baked 2 9in round white cakes, leveled them, and stacked them. I frosted the cake and then covered it with white fondant. I made the yellow brick … Read more

Coolest Wizard of Oz Cake Photos and How-To Tips 1

My daughter, Brianna, loves the Wizard of Oz. Ive baked cakes before but not for something as important as her birthday party. The cake was a store bought cake mix. The icing is also right off the shelf with green food coloring and covered the whole cake. I than added the yellow brick road by … Read more

Coolest Ruby Slipper Cake

Homemade Ruby Slipper Cake

My aunt loves The Wizard of Oz so for her 50th birthday I decided make her a Ruby Slipper Cake. I used box cake mixes, marshmallow fondant and buttercream icing. The base for the slippers was a half sheet pan. I found a “brick wall” for a doll house at hobby lobby and I used … Read more

Coolest Wizard of Oz Cake Photos and How-To Tips 2

My daughter is three and loves dressing up like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. so of course we made a Dorothy cake. I used the doll cake mold. I bought the Dorothy Barbie just for the dress. I bought an in expensive Barbie and popped her legs off to make her look like she … Read more

Coolest Wizard of Oz Cake

Homemade Wizard of Oz Cake

This Homemade Wizard of Oz Cake was for my daughter’s 6th birthday. She was really into The Wizard of Oz, and she wanted a theme cake. I started off by baking two 9×13 cakes (one confetti, and one strawberry). I filled both bakes with vanilla buttercream and placed them side by side on a cake … Read more

Coolest Wizard of Oz Cake Photos and How-To Tips 3

This Wizard of Oz cake is a rather large cake with a few different parts of cake on the base. My friends mother in-law loves the Wizard of Oz. I could not find a cake anywhere so after reviewing the movie a couple of times I choose a scene for her birthday cake. For the … Read more

Coolest Wizard of OZ Birthday Cake

Homemade Wizard of OZ Birthday Cake

This Homemade Wizard of OZ Birthday Cake was for my sister-in-law’s birthday and graduation from college. She’s always liked the Wizard of Oz, so I thought I’d surprise her. I made the shoe with red melting chocolate in a high heel shoe mold and added a fondant bow and edible glitter. The yellow brick road … Read more

Coolest Wizard of Oz Cake Photos and How-To Tips 4

This wizard of oz cake was easy to do. I used blue icing for the background. Emerald castle was two color greens, rainbow was different colored sugar, yellow brick road was basic tip 5 and the poppies were also just a basic tip with yellow in middle. I cheated with the characters by a photo … Read more

Coolest Wizard of Oz Birthday Cake

Coolest Wizard of Oz Birthday Cake

This Wizard of Oz Birthday Cake was made entirely with buttercream icing and candy. It was filled with a whipped chocolate genache and was made with both butter yellow and devil’s food cakes (made side-by-side so people could choose their cake flavor). First, I did a crumb coat. Then, I made the yellow brick road … Read more

Coolest Wizard of Oz Cake Photos and How-To Tips 5

I made this Wizard of Oz cake for my daughter Annies 8th birthday party. Wizard of Oz party stuff is hard to find. I had to be very creative. After trying to find figures for my cake I gave up and found some cardstock stickers with the characters. I put them on skewers and decided … Read more

Coolest Scarecrow Cake

Homemade Scarecrow Cake

I made this Scarecrow Cake for a church fall cake walk after seeing something similar in a magazine. I used a baking bowl and unfortunately, due to a time issue, used a triple chocolate fudge cake mix. I coated the cake in cream cheese icing, unfortunately also purchased from the grocery store shelf. I used … Read more