Our 1 year old just loves chewing on crayons that her big sisters leave lying around so when it was her birthday I had this idea of making a Crayon cake – but with no idea what it would actually look like or how to do it! So I googled it and of course scores … Read more
I made this crayon box birthday cake for my son’s 2nd birthday party. We were having the party at a campground so I had to make the cake/cupcakes the night before and then travel with them, this is why I went with cupcakes instead of the cake. First I took ice cream cones, cut them … Read more
This Crayola Crayon box cake was really fun and easy to make. I made three 10×10 cakes and stacked them for a 4″ tall cake, then with the third cake I cut it in half and then in half length wise so I had a 5x10x1 cake to put under the crayons to hold them up. While the … Read more
I used a 9″ x 13″ cake pan to start this Crayon Box cake. When the cake was cooled I cut out a section at the top, like a step. I then dirty iced the cake with butter cream icing. Trying to get the color of the crayon box just right to forever! I finally got close enough and covered the cake in … Read more
To start out, I viewed all of the great ideas for a Crayola Box Birthday Cake listed on this site! I just made a few adjustments: I didn’t stack my 9×13 cakes, since I had over 40 people to feed. I baked one chocolate cake and one yellow cake, trimmed one edge off of both … Read more
I used a 9×13 pan for the crayons cake. Then I cut down about an inch and sliced it in half until that cut. The crayons are ice cream cake cups frosted. The colors I just mixed until I got the right shade. I used regular store frosting. I should have frosted it first with … Read more
One of my twins is very artistic and wanted a cake that revolved around this concept. Last year, I made a paint palette so this year I went with a box of crayon cake. The cakes as well as the icing were made from scratch. I doubled a recipe for a white cake and added … Read more
My friend cut and placed pre-colored green fondant for the contrasting color and to spell my daughters name. We also used red fondant for the number 3. I cut three ice cream cones in half down the length of the cones. (I found that I was only able to get three good halves as the … Read more
The cake is a chocolate sheet cake. I made two 11X17 and cut them down a bit. The paper is made from Wilton ready-to-use fondant. It is hard to see in the photo but I curled up the corners a bit to make it look like paper. The crayon box is made from graham crackers … Read more
I piped my crayon box green with lines and added my wording. After that was complete I added my edging anywhere where it appeared to look unfinished.
I made this crayon cake for my daughter’s Pre-K graduation. I used two boxed cake mixes and canned icing. I baked two rectangle sheet cakes the day before so they could completely cool. The next day I cut a few inches off the top of one cake so when I stacked them there would be … Read more
Regular Wilton colors were used and I cant remember the tips. It was just a star tip on the crayon and the smooth box was just the same frosting smoothed out. Everyone loved it and I got the inspiration from this website.t remember the tips. It was just a star tip on the crayon and … Read more
I recently decided to take up cake decorating. I had my first order for a birthday cake and the theme for the party was crayons. I was asked to do a crayon cake. I checked out some pictures on the web and went from there. The cake was chocolate with buttercream icing. I was pleased … Read more
Once I had the idea for a theme for the party, I drew a picture of the 3 crayons. I then took it to a copy store and had them blow it up as large as I wanted the kid cake to be. I then made 3 cakes that were baked in 9×13 pyrex pans. … Read more
I made this crayon cake theme for my daughter’s 23rd birthday. It all started when I found these crayon candles months ago. She still loves to color! I used a big 12x18x2″ Wilton cake pan for a white cake. Made buttercream frosting for top and trim. I wanted to make a coloring book, so I … Read more
This Crayon kid cake is time consuming, but the end product is amazing!! 1 box (18.5 oz.) yellow-cake mix 2 cans (16 oz. each) vanilla frosting Blue, green, orange, red, and yellow food coloring 5 Yodels or Ho Hos or swiss logs 1 cup dark-chocolate-fudge frosting Green sour-licorice strips 1. Using pound-cake variation (add instant … Read more
This Box Of Crayons Birthday Cake is for my cousin’s youngest child’s 3rd birthday, all she does is color! It’s a half sheet cake with a ‘chunk’ cut of of one end and a sheet of grayish fondant placed in the hole to make it look like the back of the box. Iced with yellow … Read more
Behind the cake theres a draw-string piñata I made from a box. I cut a trap door in the bottom and attached strings – only one of which releases the trap door. Around the cake are “crayons” made by dipping Twix sticks into candy melts. You could also use pretzel rods, but those aren’t available … Read more
I got this idea from this website. My niece Katia turned 6 years old and she loves to color everything, so when I saw this idea, I knew I would have to try to duplicate it. My nephews Anthony and Arthur helped me with this homemade Crayola colors box cake. I baked two rectangular cakes … Read more
The cake was made out of a 1/2-sheet cake. The yellow and green frosting on the cake is buttercream frosting. The girl who made the cake for me just measured in a few inches from each side of the cake to cut the open part of the “crayon box”. She made the “crayons” on the … Read more
This Crayola Crayon Cake can be made using any favourite cake recipe. Prepare and bake the cake using a 13×9 cake pan. Once cake is baked and cool, place on cake board. At the top of the cake (9″ section), slice midway through the cake lengthwise approximately two inches. Bring your knife back to the … Read more
When the cakes were cool enough, I spread pastry cream on them and then a generous amount of sliced bananas and strawberries. I did 3 layers of yellow cake and 2 layers of filling. I did a crumb coating of white icing first and after it set, I did a 2nd coat of yellow icing. … Read more
My roommate is always so creative so I decided to make her a Crayola Crayon Cake! It started off as a regular white 13×9 cake from a box. I carved a rectangle out of the top like the lid was off the crayon box. The crayons were each a Twinkie with one end cut into … Read more
To make a true black for the letters, I used a chocolate fondant with true black gel colorant. This was my first foray into fondant and I loved how easy it was. It was also my first time using the gel colorants. They were awesome too. It made this kid cake project a breeze! The … Read more