Coolest Sgt Major Cake

Homemade Sgt. Major Cake

This is a USMC Sergeant Major Chevron Cake that I made for a friend who recently got promoted and was having a party. It’s a full marbled sheet cake trimmed down to the correct size. The icing is buttercream made with half almond extract and half clear imitation vanilla. I did the red stripes first … Read more

Coolest Memorial Day Cake

Homemade Memorial Day Cake

This is a yellow cake with chocolate icing adorned by a pair of combat boots draped with the American Flag. The flag is a full 13 stripe / 50 star flag. I made this to celebrate the sacrifice that our service men and women have made for our freedom. We had the veterans cut the … Read more

Coolest American Flag-Shaped 4th of July Cakes 0

My husband is in the Army and while we were stationed overseas we had a party to celebrate the 4th of July. I was asked to make the 4th of July cakes and came up with this design. The cake was baked in an 11×15 pan. I then iced it with butter cream icing, dyed … Read more

Coolest State Of California Cake 6

Homemade State Of California Cake

My 12 year old daughter needed a cake for her project on the State of California. I decided to carve the shape of California out of two 9×13 sheet cakes (used two boxes of cake mix per 9×13 pan so they were fairly tall). I iced it with buttercream icing and sprayed the green areas … Read more

Coolest Air Force Cake

Homemade Air Force Cake

This air force cake I made for a family friend who was soon to be leaving to the air force. His mother wanted something partiotic so I thought the flag was the most patriotic thing I could think of. The cake itself is a vanilla chocolate chip cake with a vanilla buttercream, baked on a … Read more

Coolest Islands Of Fiji Cake

Islands of Fiji Cake

I first printed off a map of the Fiji Islands from Wikipedia. Since there are over 300 islands, I decided to just do the 2 biggest ones. I baked a 9×13 cake and a 9 in. round cake. I covered the board with aluminum foil and sprayed it with blue color mist. If I did … Read more

Coolest Patriot Cake

Homemade Patriot Cake

I was asked to make a cake for the cake walk at my niece’s school carnival. Their mascot is a patriot and I wanted to make something that really stood out from the rest. I baked a large bakers sheet cake (2 cake mixes) the night before. As I do with all cakes I need … Read more

Coolest 4th of July Cake Idea

Homemade 4th of July Cake Idea

I made a flag cake for my son’s Great Grandfather. He loves anything with flags on it. It is a 9×13 cake but it is 2 layers so you will need to make 2 cake mixes. The cake is chocolate and the frosting is vanilla and I just colored it. I had to add 6 … Read more

Coolest American Flag-Shaped 4th of July Cakes 2

This is just a 1/4-sheet cake iced with buttercream. My father-in-laws birthday party was held on Flag Day and he is very patriotic so I thought I’d do a flag. It’s one of those easy and quick to make 4th of july cakes. I made thirteen stripes and fifty stars. The stripes are just zigzags … Read more

Coolest Map Cake

Homemade Darwin's Map Cake

This map cake was to celebrate Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday. (Yes it’s a science geek thing). The cake is vanilla cappuccino (you can make a buttercream icing but add a bunch of espresso instead of milk or cream to get an incredible flavor). To get the map (which is a map of the route that … Read more